The CRAZIEST Rivalry in NBA History: Miami Heat vs New York Knicks 

This video was produced before the 2023 Knicks and Heat met in the 2nd round. Purely coincidental. Also, correction: Riley's return to the Garden was December 19, 1995; the Heat lost 89-70. He returned the next year on December 3, 1996 and won 99-75. What's the BEST NBA rivalry ever (apart from Celtics-Lakers)? Comment below, and be sure to check out our other videos: • The Biggest Baseball Blunder that NO ONE Talks About: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-29v0Gqtg3Dk.html • The SHOCKING Career of Bill Romanowski ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qe5zD_15E0I.html • The Most Violent Headhunter in NHL History: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-q0Cy0eH4S7g.html (must be signed in and 18+ to view)

It's crazy to know that the New York Knicks have three of the most historic rivalries in the NBA (vs Bulls, Pacers, Heat) and ALL of them were in the 90's.

This is insane man they really about to face each other in the playoffs just after you dropped this video

Knicks vs heat is my all time favorite rivalry. Personally i think it the greatest rivalry in NBA history. It just epitomized the old school 90's basketball. Quick note: If you notice, There was only one game where a team scored more than 100 points in any of their playoff games against each other from 97-00. That's unheard of in today's NBA. Game 5 between Knicks and heat from the 99 playoffs is my all time favorite game. I think it's one of the greatest games in Nba history. Bar none !!!

Look at the scoring back then. Defence ! Hard defence. Rough basketball 🏀 Attitude Passion Mentality Now it's so soft 🤧

I loved watching this series as a kid. Both teams were so equally-matched, it was like they were mirror versions of each other. Then you also had the real-life tensions with Pat Riley and the Van Gundy brothers. I really enjoyed the Suns-Spurs rivalry of the 2000's and it might be one to do a future video on. Suns-Spurs was interesting because they were pretty much the exact opposite of one another, with the Spurs being slow and defensive-minded, while the Suns were fast and focused on offense. The Suns finally sweeping the Spurs in 2010 after losing to them so many times was such an incredible moment for me.

The rivalry made it fun to be a Knicks fan in the 90s even without a chip

Riley made the best decision a man can make for championships - I'm taking my talents to South Beach 🔥🔥🔥🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Watching this brought back some great NBA memories. The East was so tough in the 90's. Some really great teams didnt get a chance to compete for a chip thanks to the Bulls, but there were great battles round by round.

As a lifelong Heat fan, I'm still not over that shot from Houston Lol

Imagine a playoff game in 2023 ending with a score of 72 - 70. Every posession was a battle.

As a die hard Knicks fan this rivalry to me I definitely say is #1. Glad I got to live it and I HATED and trust me when I say HATED that Miami Heat team with an absolute passion! Crazy that the rivalry is being renewed now though it still has not even close to same feel as the 90's. Great video, very well made and articulated.

What a time to be alive.. I witnessed all those playoff games… Fuc the heat …

Hey bro enjoyed the video keep em coming!!!!!

Man this is great. Alonzo was my favorite player. I was in high school at that time. The tim Hardaway game 7 I still have on vhs. This was a great rivalry. You nailed it. The heat came up short all but one. But I hated the knicks man. That is what makes a rivalry. Awesome video brother!

Great video bro! 👍👍 Do another featuring the Knicks vs the Pacers, please? (Diehard Knicks fan since 1990)

Love old school basketball 🏀. It's nearly unwatchable these days

Bulls, knicks,pacers, heat,had mad rivalries..loved the bulls vs knicks series

Keep this up Man!!! This is AWESOME

This rivalry is way more interesting than the Knicks-Bulls rivalry in the 90s because of the Pat Riley element you tackled here

That 2000 playoffs happens to be the last time my Knicks made it to the Eastern Conference Finals, hopefully Brunson can be our superstar to bring us back to the conference finals and hopefully a Championship

Never thought Allen Houston and Sprewell took a 8th seed NY to the finals

Great video! I love this era mid 90s to 2010. Golden era of basketball.

Little known fact: reggie Miller, and Charles Barkley almost signed with NY in ‘96 but Reggie had second thoughts and resigned with Indiana. Making NY go with plan B and acquiring Larry Johnson, and Allen Houston…

Now the rivalry is back.

Great video! Thanks.

Very well put together!!

Excellent video. cant wait to watch more!

Love your videos, the production quality is excellent, the scripting is great, and the topics are awesome man. I know this channel is gonna blow up and I'll be proud to say I've been here since day one with it.

As an absolute die hard Knicks fan since 87, I want to say thank you, not only for this video, but for 14:08 ... You didn't show HOW they lost that game to the friggin Pacers... maybe my most ANGRY as a fan of a loss in a moment in any sport... Ps-i paused the video here and made this comment so if by chance later on you DO show that clip, well then I take it all back and declare vendetta against you, my new mortal nemesis...

Beautiful bro 😎 Subscribed .. Lets Go Knicks

Man you took us back with this one! The only rivalry the Knicks actually won!😂😂😂

Fantastic history video❤❤❤!

Dude you seriously need a narrating contract..theres plenty of people who can read but seriously,i hope its already intact sir. Sign this guy !

Knicks had some teams in 97-00. Great depth. 97 was a tragedy for the Ewing Knicks era.

Coach Thibbs does the same thing exactly he doesn't rebuild, he just bring his Chicago Bulls roster wherever he goes to coach.

This was so good! 90s Bully Ball was something else. Wish someone could turn this rivalry into a “Last Dance” series.

Great vid!

This video brings back so many childhood memories of why I latched on to being a Knicks fan and hating Miami with a passion. All this while growing up in rural Oregon. This was real cut throat ball.

Never been a fan of round ball but this video almost makes me wish I had been. Excellent, informative ,and fun video Nick. On a side note looking at the early series fights maybe they should have enlisted a few hockey players to teach them the craft :o) Very well produced video.The time and effort put into this is appreciated.

Excellent video, when this channel hits a million subs, I'll be proud to say I was here before it hit 1k.

great video nick

Good to watch this video, thank you. Maybe you can do a video of the rivalry between Lakers and Kings (2000, 2001, 2002)

Great job. I'll have to check out your other videos

This rivalry was/is a serious 30 for 30 candidate.

At the end Miami ends up with 3 Championships and Mourning get his Title. The Knicks and Ewing ? Not so much.

Quality Quality content!!!! your video took me back to memory lane,,, oh the Gd ol' nitty gritty NBA of the 90's. cant wait for your next uploads! SUBBED and notified!!!

Battle of Pacific Nothwest Seattle Supersonics vs Portland Trailblazers was extremely intense as well back in the day.

GREAT VIDEO. Outstanding work. Never realized PJ Brown flipped Charlie Ward bc he went at his knees. Sonics Forever!!

Heat vs Knicks was one hell of a rivalry, physical games, low points and battling every possession...

Those were the good ol days

you have a insane radio voice bro

Great video. Had no idea about this

great editing

Good video dude It reminds people there was more to the 90's NBA than just MJ.

Shit was poppin. Made me remember my childhood watching these. All brawlers.

Regarding rivalries, as a Penguins fan, I'd love to see a Flyers-Penguins rivalry deep dive or a Crosy-Ovechkin era deep dive if you want to have another video like this. Keep up the great the content!

Sixers-Celtics of the 1980's. In my opinion it's the best sports rivalry of the decade.

16:18 Dan Majerle: "Oh, man, in 1992-93, when I was in my prime, I could have blocked that. Since 1995, when I've been on my decline (body badly beaten up), I had NO chance of blocking that."

Jeez your voice is awesome! Love to hear it! Thanks for the content and greetings from the other side of the world to the US.

Yes knicks heat is the best rivalry. I used to watch them as a kid and New York after getting robbed in the first of the 4 meeting beat Miami on there home floor by 1 point the next 3 playoff matches. Truly such a great time to be a basketball fan!

Bulls vs heat also a great rivalry

What I miss so much about this era is the stars wouldn't have thought of calling players from another team and say hey let's get together and do this.

Butler and the Heat tapping you on the shoulder. Clearing their throats 😬

When you find out one of your favorite Hockey channels (TWH) makes basketball content, SUBBED!

Gritty,nasty and tough,as well a 4 years of playoff meeting followed suit

What a rivalry! As a Heat fan, those games were excruciating, especially the one with the Allan Houston shot that seemed to bounce and stay in the air forever. Those were some good Heat teams too. The Knicks had the better of the Heat in those years. Ultimately, Riley and the Heat won in the long run with the Heat franchise winning three championships. Still, those years bring back painful memories for me as a Heat fan. Lol! I did read the book, Blood in the Garden about the 90's Knicks. Great book! This recent Heat-Knicks series did bring back some nostalgia at first, but the game and the league is not the same... Great video by the way.

Great video ol boy great rivels can you do a Knicks vs pacers great games remember the LJ hitting the 3 point shot and getting fouled great game but can you do a video on those teams thanks

Those are the best days of basketball for me… The 90s Knicks versus the heat or bulls don’t forget the Pacers was Awesome

Dude young. He must have done a lot of research. I'm 58, and saw all these games. Look at the score 78 to 76 lol That's a half time score now. Love Defense. Let's see Curry score 3 points. Nope!! Never!!

Miami Heat with Butler got to the NBA finals as the 8th seed against the Denver Nuggets

I love that Sonics hat! I still have mine.

knicks vs pacers was also intense and heated

hilarious timing

“I think he should be in jail” lmaooooooo

As a lifelong Knicks fan, no team came close to the Pacers for most hated rival, not even close.

So fun watching these teams battle it out in the playoffs all the time. But as a bulls fan, it was more like being the huge, much older brother watching your two little uppity brothers fight it out all the time, knowing fully well that you're gonna kick their butts no matter who comes out on top

Definitely spoiled with that rivalry during that era

Bulls vs Knicks early 90s Seattle vs Phoenix and Suns vs rockets

I love bulls and new york knicks rivalry

Yo, does anyone know the list of songs for this video?

I would love for you to speak on the year in the 90's when the Three point line was shortened and see which players benefitted most from that said season.

Agreed, this was great. NY and Indiana was a close battle too. I liked the Kings vs Lakers but that was one sided.

Moving From P.R.To the Bronx NY. That 1995 Summer, i Came at the Perfect Time To Enjoy Those Rivalries Cause Knicks Vs Indiana n Chicago Were Also Must Seen TV Games on NBA on NBC.... Where any Regular Season Games Of Those Sunday Afternoon Double and Sometimes Triple Headers, Has More Ratings Than Nowadays Playoffs Games.and Pacers n The Bulls, also Those Eariy 1990's Cavs Were Knicks Rivals Even Longer Than The Heat, Cause MJ's Bulls Since The Early 90's Were a Nightmare for NY Then Indiana a Couples of Years After That in 94 or 95, Been a Knick Fan Since The Mid 80's, and Been There in N.Y Those Years Was a Blast, I Was in my Early 30's The City Was Full Of Life, Even Had The Opportunity To Meet Spike Lee, in The Village During His Filming of The Movie Girl 6. Also Theresa Randle, Isaiah Washington and Others Members Of The Cast, I Got a Souvenir From The Movie Too, and Of Course Signed Autograph,Without Properly Spoke English, Homeless, Crashing in a Floor Couch in my Friend's Apt...But With All The Desires and Dreams To Make it Happens in The Big Apple, Recently Coming from P.R...i Was Only Living in N.Y. For Less Than a Month But Like I Said Very Exciting To Start Fresh in N.Y. and All Those Experiences First Couples Of Weeks in NY. and What Were Happened in NY at The Times, Fuel, Motivate me, and Giving Me Strength To Continue The Journey to Superation in My Life ...✍🏽 like Sinatra's lyrics said if we make it here in nyc we could make it everywhere 👉 Changing The Subject I Need To Add That NBC's Saturday Night Life Has it Best Cast of Talent , That Decade in My Opinion, Also The N Y Yankees Start Their Run in The Mid 1990's Making the Playoff like A.L Wild Card. and Won 4 World Series in The Next 5 Years, and All The Others Profesionals Teams Were Good or at Least Relevant Those Last 5 or 6 years of The 1990's One Of The Best Decades For N.Y Sports, at Least All The Big Teams Participated or Won World Series, Stanley Cups, NBA Finals, Also The WNBA Started in Those Years 96 or 97. Give a Look at The Past Decade 2010- 19.and Only the Mets in 2015 Were To a World Series, The Others N.Y's Teams Failed To Go World Series, Stanley Cups, or NBA Finals... And This 2020 - 29 Goes in The Same Direction at Least That Some Miracles Happens...Man!! We N.Y's Sports Fans Were Spoiled The 1990's, early 2000. ✍🏽

Pat was behind that master minded brawl

Insane to add Detroit in the conversation. Only rivalry was NY and Miami.

7:35 I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Sonics and Blazers fan. Japanese-American. I did NOT know that, in 1996-97, Larry Johnson could still dunk like that! I thought that his unfortunate back problems, is what caused Charlotte to trade him away. I know that he played 82 games, 40 minutes per game, and 20 points per game, but his rebounding numbers were down, and he was "much less explosive."

Funny that the template for these 90's rivalries was the Riley's Knicks - which was a carry over from the Piston's - and the Bulls. The Bulls had that triangle offense, and though physicals, didn't rely on brute force, but the triad of Jordan, Pippen and Rodman (and Grant before him). Interestingly, until the Spurs won the title in 99's, the only type of teams that won titles from 91-98' where the Bulls and Rockets. The Bulls and Rockets had a similar style. The super physical Riley Knicks and Heat where never able to get over the hump and win a championship. Had Riley, actually followed the Piston blueprint, he would have balanced out the roster with good scorers and shooters to go with their tough brand of basketball. The Pistons where tough, dirty and physical, but they actually had a lot of talented players and scores, such as Thomas, Dumars, Vinnie Johnson, and Aguire. Had Riley gotten more tough scorers, like Vinnie Johnson and Dumars, to go with their tough defense, the Knicks might have won a title. However, they were heavy laden with enforcers, but lacked dynamic scorers to win a championship. As a result they had to rely on someone like Starks, who was a streaky shooter, rather then rotate in a stable shooting guard off the bench, like Vinnie Johnson. A couple Vinnie Johnson/Dumar-type players, could have helped the Knicks get past the Rockets, and maybe even the Bulls. Cool time of basketball though! Those Bulls-Knicks series were intense and fun to watch!

@16:50 "No other 8th seed has gotten that far" 2023 Miami Heat: "And i took that personally"

Main reason why knicks sux and no playoffs is Dolan .Worst ownership in NBA

Who grew up playing Pat Riley Basketball on the Genesis, shoving down every other player?

Welp, this year adds another chapter

I’m reading the comments and… it’s clear this is a young crowd, I say that respectfully lol. Anyone who has been watching basketball for as long as I have, and I’m only 33, but anyone who has been a fan of basketball knows these two teams have had heat with each other for a long time and Pat Riley was, and is, a huge part of it all. Also you have two franchises who both believe in winning and culture and that just adds to it as well, being conference rivals.

Riley knew what the Knicks would do after Brown threw Ward. Miami had their best off the floor when the fight broke out.

As a Bulls fan who lived through the 90s I think this is adorable.

Growing up it was a pleasure to watch these series bulls knicks had some battles as well monster mash was my favorite player being a Kentucky boy wildcat die hard Rex Chapman as well walker delk Mercer Anderson 95 96 wildcats was my favorite team loved the Melo Warrick McNamara in 02 03 also a fav

Well done nick

Damn errbody played like78-82 games back den

Man as a Heat fan, I agree it's the 2nd best rivalry behind Lakers Celtics....also Lakers Kings was pretty dope

Great rivalries Sacramento Kings vs the NBA in 2002... *the LA Lakers* & David Stern & the refs... Lakers vs Spurs Also 90s NY Mets vs Atlanta Braves (MLB) Cowboys vs Eagles vs Giants (NFL) North Carolina vs Duke (NCAA) maybe some 90s-2000s NASCAR too