The Post’s Zach Braziller looks back at what made the Knicks and Heat such bitter foes:
It will be the Knicks and the Heat. A spot in the Eastern Conference will be on the line as the two old rivals, both underdogs to advance out of the first round, meet in the postseason for the sixth time.
The Knicks accuse the Heat of tampering, and they wind up receiving a first-round pick and $1 million in cash. They lead the Heat 3-1 in this best-of-seven, second-round series, before a brawl erupts late in a lopsided Miami victory in Game 5. Jeff Van Gundy was taken for a ride as he tried — in vain — to break up a fight during Game 4 of the Knicks-Heat 1998 playoff series.Houston’s runner in the lane with 0.8 seconds remaining in a do-or-die Game 5 in the first round in 1995 sends the eighth-seeded Knicks past the top-seeded Heat.
This time, it’s in the second round in a classic seven-game series in which all seven games are decided by eight points or fewer.
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