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Reggie Miller vs the Knicks - Playoff Timeline

Apr 4 2005 3:21PM
1993 PLAYOFFS (First Round; Knicks win 3-1... Reggie: 31.5 ppg)
GAME ONE (April 30 @ MSG): Reggie scores 32, including 17-for-17 from the line, but Knicks win 107-104.

GAME THREE (May 4 @ Indiana): The famous “Head Butt” Game... Reggie scores 36 as the Pacers win their only game of the series, 116-93... Starks-Reggie “Head Butt” comes midway through the third quarter and results in Starks’ ejection.

GAME FOUR (May 6 @ Indiana): Knicks wrap up series with 109-100 OT win, but Reggie scores 33 for his third 30+ game of the series.

1994 PLAYOFFS (Eastern Conference Finals; Knicks win 4-3... Reggie: 24.7 ppg)
GAME FOUR (May 30 @ Indiana): Reggie scores 31 (including 17-for-19 from the line) as Pacers win 83-77 to even series at 2-2 after losing the first two games at MSG.

GAME FIVE (June 1 @ MSG): Of all the “Reggie Games”, this is the most memorable of them all... Reggie scores 25 of his game-high 39 points in the fourth quarter as Pacers take a 3-2 series lead with comeback 93-86 win before stunned MSG crowd... Reggie nails five three-pointers in the fourth quarter (then an NBA record, since broken by Antoine Walker), and his 25 points in the fourth fall four shy of one-quarter Playoff mark... Knicks came into the fourth quarter with a 70-58 lead. But Pacers seized control of the game with a 14-0 fourth quarter run, with Reggie scoring 10 of the 14 points... Reggie went 6-for-11 from Downtown on the night... Pacers had lost 11 straight at the Garden (combined reg. season+Playoffs) coming into the game.

GAME SEVEN (June 5 @ MSG): Reggie scores 25 in Game Seven loss as Knicks win the East... With Oakley contesting the shot, Reggie misses a potential game-winning three from the right elbow in the final :05, then commits controversial flagrant foul on Starks (Mike Mathis) to all but seal Knicks’ series-clinching win.

1995 PLAYOFFS (Eastern Conference Semis; Pacers win 4-3... Reggie: 22.6 ppg)
GAME ONE (May @ 7 @ MSG): Reggie caps a 31-point game by scoring eight points over an 8.9-second span, wiping out a six-point Knicks lead and giving Pacers series-opening 107-105 win at stunned MSG.

Shocking, unforgettable last-minute sequence: With Knicks leading 105-99, Reggie nails a three with 16.4 seconds left (105-102). Then Reggie – after pushing off Greg Anthony -- steals Anthony Mason’s inbound, steps back behind the stripe and nails another threeball to tie the score 105-105 with 13.3 left... Then comes the play everyone forgets: Sam Mitchell, thinking Indiana still trails by one, intentionally fouls John Starks on the inbound with 13.2 left, but Starks misses both FTA... Mason rebounds the second miss, Ewing fails to put back from close in, Reggie rebounds and is fouled by Mase with 7.5 left. Reggie nails both FTA (107-105 Indiana), then Knicks see last hopes fade as Greg Anthony slips and falls going to the hole as buzzer sounds.

GAME SEVEN (May 21 @ MSG): After being held to 21+23+18 points in prior three games, Reggie scores game-high 29 points (3-5 from Downtown) as Pacers win Game Seven 97-95 (Ewing close-in miss at buzzer).

1998 PLAYOFFS (Eastern Conference Semis; Pacers win 4-1... Reggie: 24.6 ppg)
GAME FOUR (May 10 @ MSG): After averaging 20.3 ppg in the first three games. Reggie scores 38 points – including a last-second three to force OT – as Pacers in win OT, 118-107 and take a 3-1 series lead... Reggie goes 5-for-13 from Downtown.

Quintessential Reggie moment comes in final seconds of regulation: With Knicks up 102-99, Rik Smits misses a short runner. But Chris Mullin dives for the loose ball in front of the Knicks bench, flips to Mark Jackson at the head of the circle, who finds Reggie on the left elbow for a game-tying three-pointer with 5.9 seconds left, in one of the great air-goes-out-of-the-Garden sequences... Reggie hits another threeball in OT as Pacers win.

GAME FIVE (May 13 @ Indiana): Reggie scores 24 as Pacers nail down series with 99-88 win.

1999 PLAYOFFS (Eastern Conference Finals; Knicks win 4-2... Reggie: 16.2 ppg)
GAME TWO (June 1 @ Indiana): Despite being held to just one FG over the final three quarters, Reggie nails two FTA (Childs foul) with 2.2 seconds left to give Pacers an 88-86 win... Reggie finishes with 16 points (3-11 FGA)... This is the game where Ewing missed a wide-open 16-footer at the buzzer, his final shot before he was sidelined for the rest of the Playoffs (left Achilles).

GAME SIX (June 11 @ MSG)): Reggie goes 3-18 FGA (eight pts), 1-8 from Downtown and 0-3 FGA in the fourth quarter as eighth-seeded Knicks win East title with 90-82 victory.

2000 PLAYOFFS (Eastern Conference Finals; Pacers win, 4-2... Reggie: 21.8 ppg)
GAME SIX (June 2 @ MSG): After being held to 19.4 ppg over the first five games, Reggie pours in a game-high 34 points (5-7 from Downtown) to give Pacers their first Eastern Conference crown with series-clinching 93-80 win at MSG... It’s the last of Reggie’s nine career 30+ Playoff scoring games vs. Knicks... Reggie scores 17 points in the fourth quarter (3-3 from Downtown) as Pacers nail down East title.

AND DON’T FORGET THESE FROM THE REGULAR SEASON...
JAN 23, 1997 – Reggie scores eight points over a 1:06 span in the fourth quarter – including two, three-point bombs – but Knicks prevail 92-90 at Market Square Arena... Reggie finishes with 21 pts.

MARCH 6, 2001 – Held to 5-17 FGA (14 pts) in a 97-83 loss to the Knicks at the Garden, Reggie hurls a wad of chewing gum at referee Eddie F. Rush during the game’s closing moments, earning a one-game NBA suspension... The following night (March 7), Reggie sits it out as the Knicks defeat the Pacers at Indiana, 79-75, which still stands as NY’s only win ever at Conseco Fieldhouse (1-10).

APRIL 11, 2001 – Reggie goes 7-for-10 from Downtown (24 pts) as Pacers top Knicks, 100-93 at the Fieldhouse... At the time, Reggie’s seven home runs tied the all-time opposition record vs. Knicks (since broken by Ray Allen).

NOV 15, 2003 – Reggie goes 6-for-7 from Downtown and 10-for-12 FGA overall (31 pts) in a 95-94 win over the Knicks at MSG... Reggie scores 11 fourth quarter points, then Pacers win on Jermaine O’Neal’s short follow-up with three seconds left.