21.6 |- | align="left" | || 5 || 5 || 37.0 || .286 || .111 || .615 || 4.8 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.2 || 7.6 |- | align="left" | || 5 || 5 || 44.2 || .410 || .286 || .842 || 6.6 || 2.6 || 1.4 || 0.2 || 26.0 |- | align="left" | || 5 || 0 || 21.0 || .344 || .000 || .600 || 7.6 || 0.4 || 1.2 || 0.0 || 5.6 |- | align="left" | || 5 || 5 || 29.0 || .462 || .333 || .500 || 3.2 || 3.6 || 2.6 || 0.4 || 5.8 |- | align="left" | || 2 || 0 || 1.5 || .000 || .000 || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 Broadcasting The 1999 NBA Finals was aired in the United States on NBC, with Bob Costas and Doug Collins on play-by-play and color commentary respectively. Hannah Storm served as the studio host while Isiah Thomas, Bill Walton and Peter Vecsey served as studio analysts. Ahmad Rashad and Jim Gray served as sideline reporters. Locally, the Finals also marked the comeback of Marv Albert following his infamous sex scandal two years prior. Albert served as the Knicks' radio play-by-play announcer on WFAN with long-time partner John Andariese. NBC Sports rehired Albert shortly after and he eventually returned to the lead play-by-play role in 2000. Aftermath In 2000, the Spurs became the first NBA champion since the 1985–86 Celtics to fail to win a second consecutive title. The Spurs won 53 games in the 1999–2000 season, but were severely impaired by Sean Elliott's early season kidney transplant and Tim Duncan's late-season knee injury. The Spurs were eliminated in the first round of the 2000 NBA Playoffs by the Phoenix Suns. The team went on to win NBA titles in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014. , the 1999 NBA Finals remains the Knicks' last NBA Finals appearance. The following season, the Knicks won fifty games but fell to the Indiana Pacers in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals. After that season, the Patrick Ewing era came to an end when Ewing was traded to the SuperSonics. Over the fifteen ensuing post-Ewing seasons, the Knicks have been among the least successful NBA franchises, with only three winning seasons and one playoff series win. See also 1999 NBA Playoffs References External links NBA