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01-28-2015, 09:07 PM
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/01/28/phil-jackson-once-admitted-championship-knicks-deflated-balls/
[QUOTE]Phil Jackson once admitted championship Knicks deflated balls
As Deflategate engulfs the NFL during Super Bowl week, the common refrain has been nothing like that could happen in the NBA. After all, both teams use the same ball.
But something like this did happen in the NBA, and the deed was done by the revered 1970s Knicks, who won titles in 1970 and 1973.
Phil Jackson spilled the beans years ago.
Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune in 1986 (hat tip: Todd Radom):
And then there were the New York Knicks of the early 1970s, a team that had Willis Reed, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Bill Bradley, Walt Frazier, and Dick Barnett and that represented for many the apotheosis of the game.
They simply took the air out of the ball.
The team that basketball purists often called the best ever because they embodied many of the most respected elements of the game, such as sacrifice and intelligence, which they merged with efficient passing, aggressive defense and timely shooting, had this little gimmick that often gained them just enough of an edge to win.
But it wasn
[QUOTE]Phil Jackson once admitted championship Knicks deflated balls
As Deflategate engulfs the NFL during Super Bowl week, the common refrain has been nothing like that could happen in the NBA. After all, both teams use the same ball.
But something like this did happen in the NBA, and the deed was done by the revered 1970s Knicks, who won titles in 1970 and 1973.
Phil Jackson spilled the beans years ago.
Sam Smith of the Chicago Tribune in 1986 (hat tip: Todd Radom):
And then there were the New York Knicks of the early 1970s, a team that had Willis Reed, Dave DeBusschere, Jerry Lucas, Bill Bradley, Walt Frazier, and Dick Barnett and that represented for many the apotheosis of the game.
They simply took the air out of the ball.
The team that basketball purists often called the best ever because they embodied many of the most respected elements of the game, such as sacrifice and intelligence, which they merged with efficient passing, aggressive defense and timely shooting, had this little gimmick that often gained them just enough of an edge to win.
But it wasn