In the 1997 playoffs, the Knicks took a 3-1 series lead over Miami, and New York played Jordan and the Bulls again in the playoffs. That was until a wrestling match broke out in the closing seconds of the Heat’s Game 5 win, when Heat center PJ Brown, the Knicks’ public enemy number one, slammed Knicks point guard Charlie Ward into a row under the basket. on the photographer. For the Knicks, they received a total of five suspensions, which at the time were the most severe penalties in NBA playoff history. Brown was suspended for two games, but Ward, Ewing, Starks, Houston and Johnson all missed Game 6. Miami will take advantage of that and come back from a 3-1 deficit to end the Knicks’ season.