1998–99 New York Knicks season

The 1998–99 NBA season was the 52nd season for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association.^[1] Due to a lockout, the regular season began on February 5, 1999, and was cut from 82 games to 50.^[2]

1998–99 New York Knicks season
Conference champions
Head coach	Jeff Van Gundy
General manager	Ernie Grunfeld Dave Checketts
Owners	Cablevision
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Results
Record	27–23 (.540)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 8th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	NBA Finals (lost to Spurs 1–4)
Stats at Basketball Reference
Local media
Television	MSG Network (Mike Breen, Walt "Clyde" Frazier)
Radio	WFAN (Marv Albert, John Andariese)
< 1997–98 1999–00 >

Head coach Jeff Van Gundy entered in his third full season coaching the Knicks. To give All-Star center Patrick Ewing more help offensively and defensively, the Knicks acquired controversial All-Star guard Latrell Sprewell from the Golden State Warriors,^{[3][4][5][6][7]} acquired Marcus Camby from the Toronto Raptors,^{[8][9][10][11]} and signed free agents Kurt Thomas,^[12][13][14] and three-point specialist Dennis Scott during the off-season.^[15][16][17] However, Scott was released by the team to free agency after 15 games, and later on signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves.^[18][19][20]

Because of the lockout shortened season, and injuries to Sprewell, who missed 13 games due to a stress fracture in his right heel,^[21][22][23] and Ewing, who missed 12 games due to a knee injury,^[24][25][26] the Knicks played mediocre basketball around .500 in winning percentage. The team won six of their final eight games of the regular season to finish in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 27–23 record, earning the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference.^[27][28]

Ewing led the team with 17.3 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game, while Sprewell played a sixth man role, averaging 16.4 points per game off the bench,^[29][30][31] and Allan Houston provided the team with 16.3 points per game. In addition, Larry Johnson contributed 12.0 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, while Thomas provided with 8.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, and Charlie Ward contributed 7.6 points, 5.4 assists and 2.1 steals per game. Off the bench, Camby averaged 7.2 points, 5.5 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, and Chris Childs contributed 6.8 points and 4.0 assists per game.^[32]

In the Eastern Conference First Round of the 1999 NBA playoffs, the Knicks faced off against the Miami Heat for the third consecutive year;^[33] the Knicks became the second 8th-seeded team in NBA history to defeat the #1 seed, eliminating the top-seeded Heat in five games (one of the five games on one of the biggest shots in Knicks' history by Houston).^{[34][35][36][37]} The Knicks then took down the 4th-seeded Atlanta Hawks in a second round four-game sweep in the Eastern Conference Semi-finals;^{[38][39][40][41]} Camby, who had struggled through most of the regular season, emerged as one of the key players off a deep Knicks bench. Camby's 11 points and 13 rebounds in Game 2 of the Knicks-Hawks series proved to be his coming-out party,^[42] and the Knicks became the first #8 seed to sweep a playoff series as the team advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals to meet a familiar foe, Reggie Miller and the Indiana Pacers.^[43]

However, the Knicks would lose Ewing after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, which the Knicks lost to the Pacers at the Market Square Arena, 88–86; Ewing had been battling through an Achilles injury, but it was learned that the tendon (which he had played on in Game 2) was partially torn, and he would be forced to miss the remainder of the playoffs.^{[44][45][46][47]} The Knicks were rescued by Johnson in Game 3 at Madison Square Garden; standing outside the three-point line with 11.9 seconds left, Johnson held the ball, and then began to dribble. He leaned into Pacers defender Antonio Davis before jumping up. The referee called the foul about a half-second before Johnson released the ball, but it was counted as a continuation shooting foul; the three-point basket and the ensuing free throw gave the Knicks a 92–91 victory.^{[48][49][50][51]}

The Knicks would then stamp their ticket to the NBA Finals with a 90–82 home win in Game 6, despite losing Johnson to a knee injury in the first half. Led by Houston's 32-point performance and defense against Miller (3–18 shooting), the Knicks closed out the 2nd-seeded Pacers.^{[52][53][54][55]} The Knicks' 27–23 record was the worst for a team to reach the Finals since the Houston Rockets did it with a 40–42 record in 1981.^[56] They also became the first 8th seed to reach the NBA Finals, a feat that has since only been repeated once by the Miami Heat in the 2023 season.

In the 1999 NBA Finals, the Knicks were defeated in five games against the San Antonio Spurs. Completely overmatched by the Spurs' height with Tim Duncan and David Robinson, the Knicks lost at home with a 78–77 loss in Game 5 despite Sprewell's 35 points.^{[57][58][59][60][61]} For the series, Sprewell averaged 26.0 points per game, and Houston provided with 21.6 points per game. The Knicks defense did not allow any opponent to score more than 96 points against them in their 20 playoff games.^[62]

The Knicks finished third in the NBA in home-game attendance, with an attendance of 494,075 at Madison Square Garden during the regular season.^[32][63] Following the season, veteran center Herb Williams retired at age 41.^[64] The team's season roster has been featured in the basketball game series NBA 2K since the 19th installment NBA 2K18.

Offseason

NBA draft

Main article: 1998 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	School/Club Team
2	38	DeMarco Johnson	PF	United States	UNC Charlotte
2	44	Sean Marks	PF	New Zealand	California

Transactions

• On 6/25/98: Knicks traded Charles Oakley and Sean Marks to the Toronto Raptors for Marcus Camby.
• On 1/18/99: Knicks traded John Starks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings to the Golden State Warriors for Latrell Sprewell.

Roster

1998–99 New York Knicks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Player Height Weight DOB From G 9 Rick Brunson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1972–06–14 Temple F/C 23 Marcus Camby 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1974–03–22 UMass G 1 Chris Childs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1970–11–20 Boise State F 4 Ben Davis  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1972–12–26 Arizona C 14 Chris Dudley 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) 1965–02–22 Yale C 33 Patrick Ewing 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1962–08–05 Georgetown G 20 Allan Houston 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1971–04–20 Tennessee F 2 Larry Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 250 lb (113 kg) 1969–03–14 UNLV G/F 8 Latrell Sprewell 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–09–08 Alabama F 40 Kurt Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1972–10–04 TCU G 21 Charlie Ward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1970–10–12 Florida State F/C 32 Herb Williams 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 242 lb (110 kg) 1958–02–16 Ohio State G/F 25 David Wingate 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1963–12–15 Georgetown

Head coach Jeff Van Gundy Assistant(s) Greg Brittenham Don Chaney Brendan Malone Jeff Nix Tom Thibodeau Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
c-Miami Heat	33	17	.660	–	18‍–‍7	15‍–‍10	12–8	50
x-Orlando Magic	33	17	.660	–	21‍–‍4	12‍–‍13	12–6	50
x-Philadelphia 76ers	28	22	.560	5.0	17‍–‍8	11‍–‍14	9–10	50
x-New York Knicks	27	23	.540	6.0	19‍–‍6	8‍–‍17	12–8	50
Boston Celtics	19	31	.380	14.0	10‍–‍15	9‍–‍16	10–9	50
Washington Wizards	18	32	.360	15.0	13‍–‍12	5‍–‍20	6–13	50
New Jersey Nets	16	34	.320	17.0	12‍–‍13	4‍–‍21	6–13	50

Eastern Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c-Miami Heat *	33	17	.660	–	50
2	y-Indiana Pacers *	33	17	.660	–	50
3	x-Orlando Magic	33	17	.660	–	50
4	x-Atlanta Hawks	31	19	.620	2.0	50
5	x-Detroit Pistons	29	21	.580	4.0	50
6	x-Philadelphia 76ers	28	22	.560	5.0	50
7	x-Milwaukee Bucks	28	22	.560	5.0	50
8	x-New York Knicks	27	23	.540	6.0	50
9	Charlotte Hornets	26	24	.520	7.0	50
10	Toronto Raptors	23	27	.460	10.0	50
11	Cleveland Cavaliers	22	28	.440	11.0	50
12	Boston Celtics	19	31	.380	14.0	50
13	Washington Wizards	18	32	.360	15.0	50
14	New Jersey Nets	16	34	.320	17.0	50
15	Chicago Bulls	13	37	.260	20.0	50

Record vs. opponents

1998-99 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	VAN	WAS
Atlanta	—	3–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1
Boston	0–3	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1
Charlotte	0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–2	1–2	—	0–3	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–2
Cleveland	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–0	—	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	1–2
Dallas	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–0
Denver	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	3–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–3	0–4	2–2	0–0	1–2	3–1	0–1
Detroit	2–1	3–0	0–3	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–4	1–3	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–1
Golden State	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	—	0–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–4	4–0	0–0
Houston	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	4–0	0–0	3–0	—	0–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–0
Indiana	1–2	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	3–0
L.A. Clippers	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–3	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–0
L.A. Lakers	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	4–0	—	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0
Miami	3–0	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	0–1	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	3–0
Milwaukee	2–1	3–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	1–2	—	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
Minnesota	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–3	3–1	0–0
New Jersey	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–2	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–1
New York	1–2	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–0	3–0	—	0–3	3–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Orlando	2–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	4–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	1–2	2–1	0–0	3–0	3–0	—	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1
Philadelphia	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2
Phoenix	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–3	0–3	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0
Portland	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	3–0	—	4–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	0–0
Sacramento	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–4	—	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–0	1–0
San Antonio	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–1	4–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–1	3–0	0–0
Seattle	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	—	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–1
Toronto	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	2–2
Utah	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	4–0	3–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	—	3–0	1–0
Vancouver	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–4	0–1	3–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–2	0–1	0–3	—	0–0
Washington	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	0–0	—

Schedule

Feb.
Feb. 5 		Orlando 93, New York 85 (0–1) 	 	 
Feb. 7 		Miami 83, New York 79 (0–2)	 	 
Feb. 10 	New York 101, Washington 88 (1–2) 	 	 
Feb. 11 	New York 73, Chicago 68 (2-2)	 	 
Feb. 15 	New York 78, Detroit 69 (3–2)	 	 
Feb. 16 	New York 95, Toronto 85 (4–2)	 	 
Feb. 18 	Cleveland 98, New York 74 (4–3)	 	 
Feb. 19 	New York 78, Philadelphia 67 (5–3)	 	 
Feb. 21 	New York 79, Chicago 63 (6–3)	 	 
Feb. 23 	New York 82, New Jersey 74 (7–3) 	 	 
Feb. 25 	New York 115, Minnesota 113 (8–3)	 	 
Feb. 26 	Boston 94, New York 80 (8–4) 	 	 
Feb. 28 	Detroit 89, New York 68 (8–5)	 	 
 
Mar.
Mar. 1 		New York 85, Cleveland 78 (9–5)	 	 
Mar. 2 		Miami 85, New York 84 (9–6)	 	 
Mar. 5 		Milwaukee 88, New York 87 (9–7)	 	 
Mar. 7 		New York 97, New Jersey 86 (10–7)	 	 
Mar. 9 		Milwaukee 87, New York 86 (10–8)	 	 
Mar. 11 	New York 98, Washington 86 (11–8)	 	 
Mar. 12 	Chicago 76, New York 63 (11–9)	 	 
Mar. 14 	New York 94, Charlotte 86 (12–9) 	 	 
Mar. 15 	New York 108, Milwaukee 102 (13–9) 	 	 
Mar. 16 	New York 113, Los Angeles Clippers 89 (14–9)	 	 
Mar. 18 	Orlando 86, New York 78 (14–10)	 	 
Mar. 20 	New York 96, Boston 78 (15–10)	 	 
Mar. 21 	Toronto 85, New York 81 (15–11)	 	 
Mar. 22 	Atlanta 80, New York 71 (15–12) 	 	 
Mar. 24 	Sacramento 92, New York 91 (15–13) 	 	 
Mar. 26 	New York 94, Phoenix 87 (16–13)	 	 
Mar. 28 	Los Angeles Lakers 99, New York 91 (16–14) 	 	 
Mar. 30 	New York 94, Indiana 93 (17–14)	 	 
 
Apr.
Apr. 1 		New York 78, Cleveland 74 (18–14) 	 	 
Apr. 4 		Indiana 108, New York 95 (18–15) 	 	 
Apr. 6 		Orlando 81, New York 72 (18–16)	 	 
Apr. 7 		Charlotte 106, New York 82 (18–17)	 	 
Apr. 9 		New York 86, Atlanta 78 (19–17)	 	 
Apr. 11 	New York 93, New Jersey 78 (20–17) 	 	 
Apr. 13 	New York 91, Philadelphia 72 (21–17)	 	 
Apr. 14 	Washington 95, New York 89 (21–18)	 	 
Apr. 16 	Detroit 80, New York 71 (21–19)	 	 
Apr. 17 	Toronto 93, New York 90 (21–20) 	 	 
Apr. 19 	Philadelphia 72, New York 67 (21-21)	 	 
Apr. 23 	New York 110, Charlotte 105 (22–21) 	 	 
Apr. 25 	New York 82, Miami 80 (23–21)	 	 
Apr. 26 	New York 91, Charlotte 84 (24–21)	 	 
Apr. 28 	Atlanta 76, New York 73 (24–22)	 	 
Apr. 29 	New York 85, Philadelphia 70 (25–22) 	 	 
 
May
May 2 		Indiana 94, New York 71 (25–23)	 	 
May 3 		New York 95, Boston 88 (26–23) 	 	 
May 5 		New York 101, Miami 88 (27–23)

Playoffs

1999 playoff game log
First Round: 3–2 (home: 1–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 8 @ Miami W 95–75 Houston, Sprewell (22) Patrick Ewing (15) Charlie Ward (6) Miami Arena 15,036 1–0 2 May 10 @ Miami L 73–83 Patrick Ewing (16) Patrick Ewing (15) Charlie Ward (5) Miami Arena 15,200 1–1 3 May 12 Miami W 97–73 Latrell Sprewell (20) Marcus Camby (9) Charlie Ward (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 2–1 4 May 14 Miami L 72–87 Houston, Ward (12) Larry Johnson (12) Charlie Ward (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 2–2 5 May 16 @ Miami W 78–77 Patrick Ewing (22) Patrick Ewing (11) three players tied (3) Miami Arena 14,985 3–2
Conference semifinals: 4–0 (home: 2–0; road: 2–0) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 18 @ Atlanta W 100–92 Allan Houston (34) Chris Dudley (9) Charlie Ward (7) Georgia Dome 18,513 1–0 2 May 20 @ Atlanta W 77–70 Latrell Sprewell (31) Marcus Camby (13) Chris Childs (5) Georgia Dome 22,558 2–0 3 May 23 Atlanta W 90–78 Houston, Sprewell (17) Chris Dudley (12) Chris Childs (6) Madison Square Garden 19,763 3–0 4 May 24 Atlanta W 79–66 Allan Houston (19) Patrick Ewing (9) Charlie Ward (6) Madison Square Garden 19,763 4–0
Conference finals: 4–2 (home: 2–1; road: 2–1) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 30 @ Indiana W 93–90 Allan Houston (19) Patrick Ewing (10) Childs, Ward (5) Market Square Arena 16,575 1–0 2 June 1 @ Indiana L 86–88 Larry Johnson (22) Marcus Camby (13) three players tied (3) Market Square Arena 16,586 1–1 3 June 5 Indiana W 92–91 Larry Johnson (26) Marcus Camby (11) Chris Childs (10) Madison Square Garden 19,763 2–1 4 June 7 Indiana L 78–90 Marcus Camby (18) Marcus Camby (14) Chris Childs (8) Madison Square Garden 19,763 2–2 5 June 9 @ Indiana W 101–94 Latrell Sprewell (29) Marcus Camby (13) Chris Childs (7) Market Square Arena 16,541 3–2 6 June 11 Indiana W 90–82 Allan Houston (32) Marcus Camby (9) Chris Childs (4) Madison Square Garden 19,763 4–2
NBA Finals: 1–4 (home: 1–2; road: 0–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 June 16 @ San Antonio L 77–89 Houston, Sprewell (19) Kurt Thomas (16) three players tied (3) Alamodome 39,514 0–1 2 June 18 @ San Antonio L 67–80 Latrell Sprewell (26) Marcus Camby (11) Charlie Ward (3) Alamodome 39,554 0–2 3 June 21 San Antonio W 89–81 Allan Houston (34) Kurt Thomas (10) Latrell Sprewell (5) Madison Square Garden 19,763 1–2 4 June 23 San Antonio L 89–96 Latrell Sprewell (26) Marcus Camby (13) Charlie Ward (8) Madison Square Garden 19,763 1–3 5 June 25 San Antonio L 77–78 Latrell Sprewell (35) Latrell Sprewell (10) Allan Houston (5) Madison Square Garden 19,763 1–4
1999 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Rick Brunson	17	0	5.6	.286	.000	.278	0.6	1.1	0.5	.	1.0
Marcus Camby	46	0	20.5	.521	.	.553	5.5	0.3	0.6	1.6	7.2
Chris Childs	48	0	27.0	.427	.383	.821	2.8	4.0	0.9	.	6.8
Ben Davis	8	0	2.6	.412	.	.500	1.4	0.4	.	.	2.2
Chris Dudley	46	16	14.9	.440	.	.475	4.2	0.2	0.3	0.8	2.5
Patrick Ewing	38	38	34.2	.435	.000	.706	9.9	1.1	0.8	2.6	17.3
Allan Houston	50	50	36.3	.418	.407	.862	3.0	2.7	0.7	0.2	16.3
Larry Johnson	49	48	33.4	.459	.359	.817	5.8	2.4	0.7	0.2	12.0
Dennis Scott	15	0	13.7	.304	.276	.250	1.3	0.5	0.2	0.1	2.9
Latrell Sprewell	37	4	33.3	.415	.273	.812	4.2	2.5	1.2	0.1	16.4
Kurt Thomas	50	44	23.6	.462	.000	.611	5.7	1.1	0.9	0.3	8.1
Charlie Ward	50	50	31.1	.404	.356	.705	3.4	5.4	2.1	0.2	7.6
Herb Williams	6	0	5.7	.500	.	1.000	1.0	.	.	0.3	1.7
David Wingate	20	0	4.6	.438	.	.	0.4	0.3	0.2	.	0.7

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Rick Brunson	9	0	2.0	.400	.	1.000	0.1	0.2	.	.	0.7
Marcus Camby	20	3	25.5	.566	.000	.616	7.7	0.3	1.2	1.9	10.4
Chris Childs	20	0	24.7	.355	.321	.731	2.4	3.7	0.7	0.1	4.7
Chris Dudley	18	6	16.3	.421	.	.393	4.6	0.3	0.5	0.4	2.4
Patrick Ewing	11	11	31.5	.430	.	.778	8.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	13.1
Allan Houston	20	20	39.2	.443	.250	.883	2.7	2.6	0.4	0.1	18.5
Larry Johnson	20	20	34.2	.426	.293	.674	4.9	1.6	1.1	0.1	11.5
Latrell Sprewell	20	8	37.2	.419	.160	.850	4.8	2.2	1.0	0.3	20.4
Kurt Thomas	20	12	21.0	.381	.	.696	5.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	5.3
Charlie Ward	20	20	24.7	.366	.321	.750	2.3	3.8	1.8	0.2	4.6
Herb Williams	8	0	2.0	.200	.	.	0.4	.	.	.	0.3

Player Statistics Citation:^[32]

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1998–99 NBA season
• 1999 NBA Finals
• 1999 NBA Playoffs