“In 1973, we were injured most of the season,” Frazier …

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The Knicks, who beat the Lakers 4-1 in the 1973 NBA Finals for their most recent championship, have the fifth-longest title drought in the NBA behind the Sacramento Kings (1951), Atlanta Hawks (1958), Phoenix Suns (founded in 1968, no titles) and Los Angeles Clippers (founded in 1970, no titles). Frazier said today’s Knicks remind him of the 1973 squad. “In 1973, we were injured most of the season,” Frazier said. “But coming towards the playoffs, we started to get healthy. It reminds me of what these Knicks are doing now in the last 10 games. That is the way we were playing. Everybody was moving and grooving. Dishing and swishing. Our thing was always defense. Tenacious defense. … “Right now, people are comparing [today’s Knicks] to us. They are a little overzealous. When we were with [coach] Red Holzman, you know what he’d tell us now? ‘Clyde, we have won nothing. You got to keep going.’ That is what it is.”

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