Did Pat Riley’s Decision to Stick With John Starks in Game 7 Cost the Knicks a Title?

The Knicks’ title drought is almost certain to reach 49 years this spring. But it could have been substantially shorter if not for John Starks’s nightmare Game 7 in 1994—and his coach’s curious decision to stick with him.

The Knicks’ title drought is almost certain to reach 49 years this spring. But it could have been substantially shorter if not for John Starks’s nightmare Game 7 in 1994—and his coach’s curious decision to stick with him.

Copyright © 2022 by Chris Herring. From the forthcoming book Blood in the Garden: The Flagrant History of the 1990s New York Knicks by Chris Herring, to be published by Simon & Schuster, Inc. Printed by permission.