The period ended with the Lakers in front, 29‐26. Bradley, Reed, DeBusschere and Earl Monroe connected regularly as the Knicks put together a 16.6 stretch of their own, and New York actually moved ahead, 22‐21. The Lakers opened with a 13‐4 onslaught that included a driving dunk by Chamberlain, his block that led to a 3‐point breakaway, and five Knick fouls in the first 3 minutes 9 seconds of play, before the Lakers had committed any fouls.īut the Knicks didn't get flustered, tightened up a bit on defense, forced the Lakers into longer shots and started hitting on their own. Only their habitual poise and good outside shooting kept the Knicks from falling out of contention during the first half. When Goodrich missed two free throws at 0:49 the Knicks had a great chance, but Frazier's pass to Monroe skipped out of bounds.Īn offensive foul called on McMillian at 0:31 gave them another chance, but, off a Bradley miss, Erickson fired down to Bridges for an unobstructed basket and 115‐110 at 0:17 was enough to clinch the game. At 3:09, West fouled out, trying to steal the ball, with the score 108‐102, and Willis Reed's drive at the three‐minute mark restored the margin to 4.Ī 3‐pointer by McMillian on a fast break provided elbow room, but the Knicks hammered it down to 113‐110 on DeBusachere's shot at 1:17. They got within 106‐102 with 3:59 left, and were in the game. Bradley (who was to wind up with 24 points) and DeBusschere (who got 25) led the charge that cut the margin from 103‐87 to 105‐94 in less than three minutes.Īt that point, West had just returned to action, but the Knicks were rolling. But the Knicks, plugging away and using Bill Bradley in back court for a while when West was on the bench, started to narrow the gap with nine minutes to play.
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