The year was 1999 and the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs battled for the championship in the NBA Finals. The Spurs enjoyed the homecourt edge that season as they will in the 2026 Finals.
Tim Duncan, David Robinson and San Antonio won the first two games, lost Game 3 and won games 4 and 5 to win the title.
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That was some kind of defensive effort by San Antonio. The Knicks never scored more than 89 points in a game. In two, they were limited to 77 and in Game 2, they scored 67. The Spurs never reached triple digits in any game, either.
The teams meet again 27 years later whent he 2026 NBA Finals start on Wednesday.
1999 NBA Finals
Texas Gov. George W. Bush (L) talks with San Antonio Spurs owner Peter Holt (R) during a break in the action during game two of the NBA Finals.
1999 NBA Finals
Latrell Sprewell of the New York Knicks laughs.
1999 NBA Finals
New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy answers a question.
1999 NBA Finals
San Antonia Spurs payer Tim Duncan (L) and New York Knicks player Chris Childs fight for a loose ball.
1999 NBA Finals
David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs yells after a basket.
1999 NBA Finals
Avery Johnson (C) of the San Antonio Spurs celebrates.
1999 NBA Finals
Head coach Gregg Popovich of the San Antonio Spurs (R) argues a call with official Steve Javie.
1999 NBA Finals
Latrell Sprewell of the New York Knicks chats with the media before practice.
1999 NBA Finals
Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs chats with the media after practice in preparation for game one of the NBA Finals.
1999 NBA Finals
Chris Dudley of the New York Knicks puts up a shot against David Robinson.
1999 NBA Finals
Allan Houston of the New York Knicks chats with the media.
1999 NBA Finals
Mario Elie (R) kisses the NBA Championship trophy as teammate Sean Elliott (L) talks to the crowd of fans.
1999 NBA Finals
San Antonio Spurs fans drive through the streets of San Antonio.
1999 NBA Finals
Head Coach Gregg Popovich (R) of the San Antonio Spurs talks with New York Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy.
1999 NBA Finals
Tim Duncan (R) of the San Antonio Spurs holds the MVP trophy as David Robinson holds the championship trophy.
1999 NBA Finals
San Antonio Spurs player David Robinson (R) holds his son David after the Spurs defeated the New York Knicks in game five of the NBA Finals.
1999 NBA Finals
San Antonio Spurs player Mario Elie (R) gets past New York Knicks Marcus Camby.
1999 NBA Finals
Sean Elliott (FRONT) of the San Antonio Spurs goes after a loose ball with Charlie Ward of the New York Knicks.
1999 NBA Finals
David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs celebrates a basket.
1999 NBA Finals
Latrell Sprewell (L) of the New York Knicks goes after a loose ball against Tim Duncan (R) and Sean Elliott of the San Antonio Spurs.
1999 NBA Finals
San Antonio Spurs fan Nick Arangua wears half a basketball as a hat as he cheers his team against the New York Knicks.
1999 NBA Finals
David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs (with trophy) along with teammates and family members ride a tour barge down the San Antonio River.
1999 NBA Finals
Tim Duncan #21 of the San Antonio Spurs passes the ball past Kurt Thomas #40 of the New York Knicks.
1999 NBA Finals
Tim Duncan #21 of the San Antonio Spurs makes a jump shot.
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Head coach Jeff Van Gundy of the New York Knicks looks.
This article originally appeared on The List Wire: Knicks-Spurs 1999 NBA Finals
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