All articles tagged with #1973 championship
The New York Knicks are one win from their first NBA championship since 1973, a moment that echoes the city’s long-running transformation as diverse, working-class fans across generations unite in celebration and hope.
The Knicks swept the Cavaliers 4-0 to advance to the NBA Finals, chasing the franchise’s first title since 1973. Walt “Clyde” Frazier reflects on those championship teams and serves as a bridge to the current squad led by Brunson, while Towns and other Knicks icons speak to New York’s enduring basketball culture. The piece notes the looming Finals opponent (potentially the Spurs and Victor Wembanyama) and highlights the broader legacy of a New York mecca of basketball, underscoring the refrain that, as Holzman advised, ‘we ain’t won nothing yet.’