New York Knicks: 20 greatest performances at Madison Square Garden

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6A. Reggie Miller, 39 points: 1994 Eastern Conference Finals

6B. 8 points, 9 seconds: 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals

This might not be the trip Knicks fans want to take down memory lane.

The 1990s were a glorious time for Knicks basketball. They had a bona fide star in Patrick Ewing, won at least 41 games nine times in an 11-year stretch and even made the NBA Finals in the Michael Jordan Baseball era.

There were hardships along the way. One of them, Reggie Miller, daggered the Knicks in back-to-back playoffs in the 1990s.

Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals watched Miller crush New York for 39 points on 14-for-26 shooting, with a half-dozen made 3-pointers to boot. No perimeter player had an answer for his unconscious shooting stroke. It contributed towards a 35-16 run in the fourth quarter; 25 of those points were his.

Add in Miller’s infamous heckling battle with Knicks superman and director Spike Lee, and it created an unforgettable night at The Garden.

One postseason later, the 2012 Basketball Hall of Famer delivered this all-time crushing moment: 8 points in 9 seconds in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

The lightning-quick sequence of events caused New York’s Game 1 lead to disappear in the blink of an eye. Everything that could go wrong did. It became the difference between a series win in six games and the eventually seventh matchup that took the Indiana Pacers to the conference finals.

These moments stick as two of the unfortunate in not just MSG, but Knicks history.