
This is the biggest Knicks-Lakers game in 48 years
NY Post
Earlier that night of May 10, 1973, Bill Bradley had given George Kalinsky a heads-up, just before the Knicks took the floor at the Fabulous Forum in Inglewood, Calif., for Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
“If we win tonight,” Bradley said, “keep your lens on me.” Sure enough, the Knicks won that night, and handily, 102-93, and they wrapped up their second (and, for whatever reason, lesser-celebrated) championship in four years. Bradley had a fine night — 20 points, seven rebounds, five assists — and as the final seconds melted off the clock Kalinsky, the Garden’s longtime photographer, understood why he’d been given notice: Bradley jumped into Willis Reed’s arms.More Related News

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












