Knicks eliminate Pistons, 1992 Playoffs (Last game of The Bad Boys) 

Hell yeah

Back when the NBA was real.

More like a prison yard fight! lol

Real basket at its best not this soft shit we watching now

It's a war lol 😂

lol

So true

Byzantine41 I loved those Knick teams. Man.....

good ol days

Back then, the other NBA teams circled the dates on their calender when they had to go to MSG and play these guys. Especially in the playoffs.

Same

FACTS

Today’s players are likely tiny toons

I’m bringing it back mane… Mark my word In the next 5 years or so… LOOK OUT FOR KOBE HARRIS

exactly

And Orlando Woolridge

@@samu-eljackson4211 Hey what's the meaning of your RU-vid profile 🤔❓

Facts!!!! I still have his jersey. #RIPMASE

elwin38 I got my hair cut correct like Anthony Mason

Other than Magic (6'9") I never saw a 6' 8" player handle a basketball like the "Mase" back then

Mr_ Flight1586 You must’ve missed the CBS era

Best NBA broadcast ever

Yep

Right

@@90sBullsFan Adam Silver should have the NBA back on CBS & NBC take it from ABC\ESPN cause they coverage the NBA is watered down having it on CBS & NBC would be better & make more sense

Before creampuffs played basketball

Asi es se jugaba por el orgullo y el amor al juego 👍 sentimientos que ya quedaron en el olvido en la NBA actual.

In the mid 90's Orlando was a part of that mix too. It was very difficult to win in the O'rena from 93'-97',in fact they won playoff series against each team you named during this period excluding the heat who they didn't play. Stand corrected,they played and lost to Miami in 97',that was led by Penny without Shaq. They never played New York in the PLAYOFFS through those years but from what I remember, that Magic-Knicks rivalry was as intense as it got on them winter nights and spring days back then.

John Davidson I didn’t forget about Orlando, they were new on the scene. They did win the last game in the old Boston Garden then they went on to eliminate MJ and the Bulls and the Pacers before getting swepped by the Rockets then the next year swepped by MJ and the Bulls. They were a blimp on the radar for those couple of years. Entertaining though!!!

Yes 😁👍🏾

NBA is too soft nowadays. I just cannot stand it.

I agree the NBA NFL and MLB all are softer now but that’s what the fans want more scoring hence the hand rule NBA the illegal contact NFL and juiced balls/sign stealing MLB

@@bobbyjohnson1739 Yeah the low IQ people are entertained by a hyperinflated offense. But the science of the game is lost. I hate the NBA. It's such a watered down product. And the Astros that cheated should be banned from baseball. Give them a trashcan as a parting gift.

@@ShaAllahShabazzMBA these games weren't scientific. Its was prison ball. There's a reason ratings went in the tank when MJ wasn't playing.

@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 prison ball? Look at the positioning look at the intensity. Watch the clip again

The difference between a game won and keeping it close.

@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C nobody asked basketball is superior to soccer

They weren't free back then LOL could have costed you a shoulder dislocation an ankle sprain or something

@@aedexdex9660 lmao ur high basketball is awesome but soccer is the most popular sport in the world sorry but its superior in that regard

@@klimundas1 nobody asked basketball is superior to soccer and this is 7 months ago back when this dude used to spam the shit out of every basketball, nfl, rugby, etc. comment section saying the same shit so i just use to say random stuff lol

Absolutely! The NBA today is the sissy league! The 80s and 90s was the greatest era of the NBA. Hardcore defense and most of the greatest players ever came out of that era

Funny, I was just asking the same question XD

They wine because the referees are horrible

Yeah, at the end of the game, Laimbeer met Riley in the tunnel and said "Congratulations. Now go fuck up the Bulls." Didn't happen, but made for a few good years of playoff basketball.

The Knicks ultimately broke through and beat the bulls 2 years later in 1994 when MJ was gone on his first retirement but they certainly gave us some great battles as the 90s went on while the pistons wouldn't become relevant again until the grant hill arrived (by then Joe Dumars was the only remaining holdover left in Detroit from the Bad Boys era)

I get it other planets, I have no life either. Please explain what's so dumb about it then if you're such a genius...

I get it other planets, I have no life either. Dumb?how?

The only way The New York Knicks were a mirror image of The Detroit Pistons in 1992 was that the Knicks tried to copy The Pistons style of play. They copied the style, but couldn't copy the success on the basketball court. The Pistons were a rough, tough, bruising defensive team that played the psychological game in getting into their opponents head. Once they accomplished that they won the game. The Pistons passed the torch to The Chicago Bulls in 1991 in terms of who was the best team in The NBA, not to The New York Knicks, who never were the best team in The NBA in the 90's. The Pistons had a huge five year run from 1987 to 1991. An 87 ECF game 7 loss to Boston, a 88 NBA Finals game 7 loss to The Lakers, an 89 NBA World Championship win over The Lakers, a 90 NBA World Championship Repeat win over The Blazers, and a 91 ECF loss to The Bulls. Five Eastern Conference Finals appearances in a row. Three Eastern Conference Championships in a row. Back-to-Back NBA World Championships. They played more games than anybody in that five year period. In 1992, no Vinnie Johnson and no James Edwards for Detroit. Time finally caught up with The Bad Boys in the first round of the 1992 playoffs in a close loss to The Knicks. But when The Detroit Pistons looked in the mirror they saw a reflection of themselves, a team that beat Bird and The Celtics, Michael Jordan and The Bulls, Magic, Kareem, and The Lakers, and a whole host of other teams in that five year period. The Pistons saw NBA Championship Material and a Band of Brothers that will always be called "The Bad Boys". 15 playoff series wins and only 3 defeats, and winning 10 series in a row. So tell me what The New York Knicks accomplished in the five year period when The Detroit Pistons supposedly passed the torch to them in 1992? No, don't...I already know the answer.

iandhr1 Larry Johnson 4 point play

@@jamiethomson8456 touche. But it as been awhile either way.

Before James Dolan took over the team 🤦‍♂️

@@darrrenhampton2653 Of course. James Dolan is their albatross.

99 Finals. Game 5, the Sprewell game

More like a mental case

He was knocking down shots to keep his team in it like a true legend does. The NBA should give him another ring for the one they stole on the phantom foul against Kareem.

2 time NBA Champion

He was great but he ain't a saint as he pretends

The Knicks were the young Bully. Pistons still played hard.

Facts.

its funny how Chicago Bulls had the personnel to be bullies but they never went that route

The thing is, this style of play was a MAJOR departure from the fast-break styles of the 80s. The difference in the 80s is that a lot of the good players could hit mid-range shots consistently, which is something of a lost art now. The current emphasis on hitting 3s came about to counter the ball-hogging iso offenses that grew from the emphasis on defense in the 90s. A team with someone like Carmelo Anthony taking the whole shot clock to make a single basket is going to get emulsified by a team with 3-4 shooters that can consistently hit 3s, but were effective in breaking down defensive game plans in the early-mid 2000s because they rendered all that shot-stopping effort irrelevant.

Christopher That is a very well thought out reply. It doesn’t make me in any way enjoy the endless repetition of setting up perimeter shooters, but it does explain it.

DEREK LARNER YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED IN HEAVEN for that pure golden truth that you just uttered out of your mouth !! Just watching this again I was yelling& hollering !!! THIS WAS TRUE HOOPS where you worked the ball inside for the layup !!! The BASKETBALL GODS ARE LOVING your statement AS WELL AS I,Thank you !!

Charles Stevens A brother from a different mother if I ever met one ; so nice to have a kindred spirit!

My Phone youre an idiot. If it wasn’t for Jordan, knicks would have won multiple titles.

Bulls would've swept them second consecutive year.

By this time bulls were stronger than before. It would not be a challenge for the bulls a 4 game sweep pistons walk off shake hands sayonara its over for chuck daly.

They didn't want to see the Bulls again. After that walkoff the previous year. Jordan would've made it a point to average 50.

and younger

@@grosskopf2779nah they just got figured out just like the Warriors did in 2016 if they didnt added KD

​@@grosskopf2779 los pistón fueron dos veces campeones mundiales los Knicks 0 veces no ganaron nada y así siguen 😂

@@braulioaquilesperezfernand6084 Si.

@@dxtremecaliber they won in 2022. Also the knicks couldn't out how to win a championship. the pistons had already won 2 and could have won 3 so no

90s NBA and WWF/E >>> current NBA and WWE

I think getting rid of Jackson was a good move but x I agree with

According to that article they put re-signing McDaniel on the back burner. Really stupid considering his effectiveness in that series, against Pippen especially.

Not bringing back McDaniel was idiotic. He put the fear of God in that pussy Pippen in the 92 playoffs.

mikem987 Hell yeah man. Dumbest moves ever

mikem987 I always said once that they got rid of McDaniel, they essentially placed themselves as second fiddle to the Bulls.

Too generous,bro.theyll die even during warmups😁

@Willie Gordon steph played before 2014 when defenses were removed and curry has upper body strength which trae young severely lacks, they favor the offense nowadays that even I at 36 can drive in the NBA easy because no one allowed to touch u on the way

@Willie Gordon who said he did?

LMAO

T. Young wouldn't even BE in THE LEAGUE. There were NO Euros, ALL Played a least 3 years College & NBA PLAYERS had what's called .... uh, what's the name of .... Oh yeah, FUNDAMENTALS !

Exactly, should have kept the X-Man.

Yep. Smith was soft. Missed that layup that should have been a dunk and would have stopped the bulls.

Trading Mark Jackson was another mistake

Dude the KNICKS not letting pat ryley controlling the franchise was a bigger mistake!!! Once he left so did any dreams of them don't anything special!!!

And also Domique brother Gerald Wilkins. This was the better version of the New York Nicks of the 90.

I'm baseball and hockey all day. NBA and NFL are just to hard to watch with all the rule changes.

Basketball is my favorite sport but I'd watch the NHL over the NBA any day

Nah this shit trash, no skill

@les antoine only true fans will understand that tight low scoring games are the great ones in basketball, because few points means there was hard defense. Good defense in the NBA is like good offense in hockey or soccer.

Back to 80's and 90's best defense unlike today boring

If u wanna win u need to play with talent end of story

Sean-Patric Seaborough I agree, I stop watching basketball for sometime. But I think all these other sports league are heading down the same path.

A14rmdaview or add 5 all stars to one team 🤣

The Pistons would have killed them. They were killers then.

Nobody wouldnt stop lebron anyway He is stronger than Patrick ..and as fast as jordan

@@pianomusic9699 That's already proven to be wrong, so what else you got?

@@pianomusic9699 Hahahahahahahahahaha

He'd be playing physical defense too, then he'd get the ball back then score. Besides I'm not seeing anything too physical. People pack the paint every night when LeBron is driving, and he manages

@@life0093 He doesn't play physical defense now, LMAO! And if if did, his percentages would be way down. All that charging, traveling, carrying, flopping and bullying to the rim that he does now would never have worked backed then. NOTHING Lebron has done has proven him to be "tough". You fans jock his size and mistake it for "heart". But it is NOT heart. Lebron is a proven quitter.

I was about to post the same thing! LOL! Gerald ALWAYS wanted to look for his shine instead of making the right play. That type of thinking may have worked on Detroit, but not the Bulls. That was the Knicks downfall. Greg Anthony plays the same way. Making the right play in crunch time has always been the Knicks Kryptonite.

Lmao this has to be the worst example of selfishness I've ever seen. Literally a 5 on 1 fast break and he chooses to get blocked by the rim. What an asshole

Well I guess he thought that he was his brother Dominique and he failed tremendously I guess he thought he was going to make Dad proud say hey you know what Dominique not the only slam dunking son that you have Dad. I can dunk also and make you proud of me too father and mother. I bet you my bottom dollar that when he stole that ball and he seen that clear baseline drive. He tought that Christmas had came early and had the presence of mind to drive to the basket and Dominique attributes was going to take over his entire body and he came up on the short end of the stick and he realized he was not his brother Dominique. Poor little tink tink. And I thought I was the only one that saw this and make a comment about this in the video. Cool.

He could have passed it to anyone. It was literally a 5 on 1.

@@SuperRosso1000 "chooses to get blocked by the rim. What an asshole" I was looking for someone to mention this, aaaaand ... this thread did not disappoint. Thank you all.

Yes I agree they were a very tough team, Oakley, Mason, Ewing and many more tough guys on the Knicks . I think it hurt the pistons when they traded off Mahorn too .

They lacked a second star to complement Ewing

@@fuckthechinesevirus9462 they lacked a superstar to compensate for Ewing not being one.

@@elnardowebster2842 Shut your bitch ass mouth. You probably never seen Ewing play

@@fuckthechinesevirus9462 Unfortunately for your sad ass not only I saw Ewing play, but I've got a very good memory. I remember, for example, him being humiliated and held to 29% shooting over seven games by Olajuwon in the 1994 finals. I remember him having one (ONE) post move, the "drive strong towards the center with your head down and suddenly throw a not-so-reliable-running-hook. I remember the Knicks going straight to the Finals as an 8 seed as soon as he went down in 1999. I remember there is a theory named after him, the "Ewing theory" that basically explains what happened in 1999, that is , a SO-CALLED-SUPERSTAR goes down and suddenly his team is better off without him. Is that enough for your bitch ass knowledge or do you need more. I can literally go on all day long, just to prove you life-midget-minded-loser that I've seen more Ewing games than you have seen basketball games. These fucking idiots populating the internet will never understand when to shut the fuck up, they will always run themselves into a wall of humiliation.

Hakeem was better

​@@papaadot9369From 89-92 it was competitive between Ewing, Olajuwon n Robinson. This season was the low point of Olajuwons prime. One wasn't significantly better than the other amongst the 3. But Hakeem hadn't separated himself during this span. From 92-93 on Hakeem took it to another level.

@@papaadot9369 it was close from 89 to 92 check the stats

They were a better defensive team In all honesty . Those piston teams were using straight dirt tatics while Knicks was dirty it was alot more team orientated defense but I do agree on the other end the pistons had some great closer

TheBeardedIntellect I agree. Riley didn’t seem to instill much confidence in them during crunch time. He got away with it with the Lakers because of Magic and Kareem. Those guys were already champions when Riley came on board and the Lakers fed off Magic and Kareem’s confidence and winning attitude. The Knicks didn’t have that key guy, like Jordan, Magic of Isiaiah, who was that superstar leader type player who would carry them through in crunch time.

TheBeardedIntellect nah my fan that’s nostalgia talking those piston team were very good defenders but they play hella dirty man .

NY was a less talented version with fewer dependable scorers and clutch players. Which means their offense was shit.

@@allthingsconsidered...4894 He helped the league..Pistons were trash..especially lambeer ( waste beer)

The truth...

Detroit owned yall for years

@@jaamal6369 if you're talking about automobiles and recording studios, of course they did. 😉

And Mason too

Every top tier enforcer

Because the xman could never really shoot the 3 ball and knicks was looking for more outside shooters.

And they still didnt get a 3 point shooter when they let him go

Xavier was offered more money by the Celtics. The Knicks got Charles Smith in a trade from the Clippers, and added Tony Campbell from the Wolves

graylon person They had Rolando Blackman and Hubert Davis

@@AfroCentauri I forgot about Rolando Blackmon.. but for that team I would much rather have McDaniel... he would made the 20 lay ups that charles Smith missed lmao.. Rolando Blackmon would have been perfect for that bulls team

Gtfoh. Best jerseys in the league.

With the Beast from the East!

But it was not. End of the story.

2 years of difference. I don't think that 90 pistons could overcome these knicks.

@@Komdwy to be honest, these Knicks with Xavier McDaniel, Mark Jackson and Gerald Wilkins were hard to beat, gave Michael Jordan's Bulls a hard time and stretched the series to 7. The Pistons in 1990 were equally physical..most likely may be stretched to Game 5...their experience may tip to Detroit's favour..

@@77gregorymoey Debatable

@@Komdwy I'm open to hear another perspective.

The Knicks organization never knew how to build around a player... Riley WILLED that team to greatness... They just didn't have enough to ever get over the hump... The Knicks suffer from that same lack of leadership and vision from the organizationally standpoint til this day...

Bigger tougher versions of themselves. Mason, Oakley, McDaniel, ... yeah that's a powerful bunch.

@@NameCallingIsWeak for sure

@John Sabp Games, fans, respect, and money.

Perfectly said. I may be in the minority but those 80-77 Knick/Miami games were edge of your seat drama and never boring. Maybe the masses would prefer something in the middle with more pace and openness, but today's game is just not interesting. The game lacks balance, which I also find to be the case in football and baseball too. In football you're not allowed to play defense, special teams and field position are barely a thing and the run-pass split isn't close. In baseball everything is a home run, walk or strikeout. Teams stayed together and hated one another as free agency hadn't completely taken off, teams played different stylistically whether it was the L.A. Lakers fast break, the beauty of Boston's half court offense, or Detroit's combination of ruggedness, shot making and Isiah Thomas' brilliance. And of course later Chicago's dominance, and even how different the second three-peat was from the first. Or San Francisco's west coast offense offset against the defense first Giants or Chicago or a Washington team that could run up the score or grind you down into dust. Or teams that hit them out like the Yankees, Baltimore or Detroit while others like St. Louis played small ball and used their speed on the turf. Anyway, different strokes for different folks but I just feel that those of us who grew up with 80s/90s ball were spoiled.

Wild statement, both were highly skilled. Mason ran point for the Hornets and Bucks.

@@crulio If you are old enough to remember, they tried to make him a Pippen and make him a point forward, and failed miserably. He did not run the point. Running the point is more than a forward just dribbling up court. Averaged 3 assists per game. Not what I call running the point. And both were castoffs as both came from CBA, where castoffs came from.

@@Yankees_1996 Well if the measuring stick is one of the five best forwards of all time, then he failed miserably. However, if its as a point forward who averaged 16-11-6 for a playoff team, then i'd say it was a success. Both players were important members of playoff teams, who each had an all star appearance, despite humble beginnings.

@@crulio I don't care what he averaged for one playoff. He averaged 3 assists in his career. He had absolutely no outside shot. He played in the USBL and then CBA. And the Pippen thing was a quote from the Knicks. And they quickly abandoned that plan when they realized his version of the point forward was dribbling upcourt and holding the ball for 20 of 24 sec. He was a joy to watch. Especially against the Pacers. But he was what he was. A good defensive player who was good inside, and could rebound. He could not shoot to save his life.

And I know you are not old enough to remember and and are clueless as Pippen was not close to being one of the top 5 forwards of all time.

The game just not The same it's 4 the fans Not the Love of the Game Let the players play basketball It's just that simple

They also had 100+ games a year for 5 years straight on those legs......Age wise may not have been old but due to how physical everyone played back then, your body will break down quicker i.e. Zeke's Achilles breaking, Bird's back going out early, etc.

Zeke retired after that next season. That Pistons team maxed out. The run was over. But MJ record versus Isiah 16-37😄😁😄😁

@@mariohenley149 still no excuses to they were old I proved that point...and no they didn't play a 100+ for five years straight you have to make it to the finals every year for that get your math right my boi and they didn't do that 82 games is regular season which means they played 18+ playoff games for five years lol lies my dude in that case the bulls did too lol

@@mariohenley149 so I guess Durant body broke down an Achilles can happen to a freshman in h.s. has nothing to do with the body breaking down lol check the players who it has happened to my dude lol research first Tmac back broke down Scottie Pippen back broke down injuries are a part of the game no matter what age anything else is excuses bird came in the league in 79' what make you think in 92' he was gonna ball out he was old already I'll give you that but Zeke was young gtfoh dude

Retired bad boys roster? As in their current state in 2020? You think a bunch of middle aged, out of shape men could beat ANY professional basketball team today? Get your head out of your ass

@@z4ng3tsu1ch1g0 quiet "stackin rax"

Yeah that bad boys team was a beast. The 80s/90s NBA was a league of men. They didn't care if peoples' feelings got hurt.

Oakley and Mason would have decapitated Draymond. Can you imagine Barkley and Malone backing down Draymond in the post? Barkley would dominate. Malone would dunk on Draymond every time down the lane. Draymond would feel the pain from having to play against guys like Otis Thorpe, Buck Williams. I'm not sure Steph Curry would survive 90's NBA. He would get pushed all over the place with the handchecking!

Joe Smith that was 91

Exactly, they still had gas in the tank.

just didn`t have the shooting

Kobe was the greatest streak shooter of all time he had scoring streaks that Isiah couldn’t match on his best day with shots that were more difficult and for longer stretches he has 36 20+ quarters in ad that’s certainly almost triple that Isiah had even though I don’t have his exact numbers to back it (stat goes back to 96). And don’t pull that oh well Kobe just shot more bc Kobe still has triple the games with efficiency on his nights of supposed "shot jacking” (as some say) that Isiah himself knows he couldn’t match. He never had the hit stroke to single handdidly torch a team in the same manner as Kobe as a scorer, u think Zeke could out score a whole team himself through three quarters, even with the same number of shots it’d be practically impossible for him to keep that pace without getting gassed or inevitably start dishing to teammates. It’s Kobe no debate