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Article: Van Gundy brings old look to Knicks
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 6, 1996
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It's almost as though the New York Knicks went on Oprah Winfrey's
show and got a makeover.
Or maybe it was a re-makeover, because quite frankly, the new-
look
Knicks look rather familiar.
Under new coach Jeff Van Gundy, they are using the same formula
Pat Riley used to average 55.7 victories over the last four seasons
and reach the National Basketball Association Finals in 1994.
Don Nelson took over for Riley at the outset of this season, but he
never fit in too well with this veteran-laden team and was fired
March 8.
Van Gundy scrapped the unpredictable rotations and new offensive
schemes implemented by Nelson. He is going back to centering the
Knicks' offense on Patrick Ewing, who was ...