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Article: New York Knicks Knock Off First-Place Miami Heat To Advance In NBA Playoffs.(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- May 31, 1999
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The No. 8 seeded New York Knicks, shocked the No. 1 seeded Miami Heat in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The Knicks won a nail-biting deciding Game 5, 78-77 after Allan Houston hit a 10-foot leaning jumper in the last second of the game.
The Knicks are only the second No. 8 seeded team to defeat a No. I seeded team since 1984. The Denver Nuggets defeated the Seattle Supersonics in 1992. With the win, the Knicks advanced to the semifinals to play the Atlanta Hawks, who defeated the Detroit Pistons.
Also in the Eastern Conference, the ...