Willis Reed Returns For Game 7; Knicks Win First Title in 1970 | New York Knicks Greatest Moments

Witness one of the greatest, if not the greatest moment in Knicks history through the eyes of Willis Reed, Clyde Frazier and those who were at Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals between the Knicks and the Lakers.



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[sammarcosson]

RIP, Willis Reed. What a fantastic memory he & that team gave us all.

[jamescarroll]

54 years ago today.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

RIP Captain.

[SorgiStories]

RIP, Willis. A man who embodied TEAM.

[markwilliams]

RIP Willis Reed! My sister Dee Dee loved him and he always was her hero. She was a big knicks fan and I learned about them because of her. I was 11 when the knicks won their first championship and Reed made his inspiring entrance at MSG. I’ll never forget the joy my sister had when they won. Frazier had a spectacular. game! Barnett, Brady and DeBrusser were all amazing. The Jets and the Mets also had won championships. What a glorious time for New York!!!

[WJG]

This was a TEAM! There were no ball hogs, no hotdogs, no sissified prima donnas, and no crybabies. These were athletes who united under the purpose of winning games as a unit. I miss that mentality.

[richb]

I remember that game as a kid watching it on our black and white tv. Even then, I remember it being truly special. Still gives me chills.

[duranfan]

RIP Willis Reed will always love you here in New York.

[stevenspangler]

Willis Reed. Leader. Winner. Champion. RIP.

[haroldeckert]

RIP used to see him at practice at Pace University in NYC when I was a student. Rode the elevator with him once. Great team that was

[MrScoop]

I was 13 years old. This Moment. This Game. This Man. This Team. Such fantastic memories!

[hanssvoboda]

One of the greatest moments of my NY childhood, I was a huge Knicks fan.

[youngsiimba]

🙏🏿RIP to The Captain 🙏🏿
my parents weren't even born yet. But this is a moment in nba history that as a knicks fan... I know well!

[winterfoxcloud]

thank you for the unforgettable memories Willis - may you rest in Paradise.

[GeorgeFitness-yobl]

Clyde one of the greatest game 7 performances of all time!

[BaahBen]

One of the greatest sports memories of my 77 years. I feel so lucky to have seen it and remembered it. It was a different type of basketball; it was our type of basketball with our type of players. Thank you guys!

[tubeerv]

Just got the news of Reed's passing, wow. Just to put into context what a different time that was, I was born and raised in New York City, lived in Harlem until I was 14. I was a freshman an New York University at the time. The previous year, the Mets had won it all (after 6 seasons finishing last, then one of NEXT to last after being formed in 1962, around the time I became interested in baseball). I was playing in a chess league that night (stop that snickering, lol) when the game started, but there was a "saving grace" aspect to that: I couldn't watch it live anyway (attending the game live was WAY beyond my meager allowance, lol), because the game was on tape delay. Think about that: Game 7, of the NBA Finals, between the two largest cities in the country...and the game was on tape delay. I'd say the NBA has come a long way. The chess game was long, as they sometimes are, and I went to the bathroom 2 or 3 times. Each time I went, I plugged my ears and went "la, la, la" because I could see people in the hallways listening to flimsy transistor radios, obviously listening to the game, and I didn't wanna hear ANYTHING that was happening, obviously. I won my game, took my ass back to the dorm (even though I lived in the Bronx, I had gotten a full scholarship that included room and board at "The Brittany" a boy's dorm located at 55 East 10th Street. When the showed Willis walk almost casually onto the court, well, you see the reaction. If I live to 2070, I don't think I'll forget that. R.I.P. Willis.

[HydroDiver]

“And when he came out, it was like electricity coursed through the whole arena. I remember [Elgin] Baylor, [Jerry] West and [Wilt] Chamberlain stopped warming up and watched him. I figured at that moment we were in pretty good shape." - Bill Bradley on the moment Willis Reed came out during warmups before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals. RIP Captain.

[debbiewood]

RIP Captain...my best memories watching you and the team as a teenager.

[Dr.Dave]

R.I.P. to the heart of CHAMPION, You’ll never be forgotten🏀, KNICKS 4 life 💯

[notwig]

RIP Willis, you will never be forgotten!