Flashback #16: Bulls-Knicks Game 5 Of 1994 Eastern Conf. Semi Finals(1994)

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May 18, 1994 - Bulls-Knicks Game 5 of 1994 Eastern Conference Semi Finals

By the time the Bulls and Knicks reached the playoffs in 1994, it's safe to say the two teams had severe disdain for one another.

After all, the Bulls had knocked the Knicks out of the playoffs in three-straight season, en route to three-straight titles. This year was different, however, as Chicago was without it's star player in Michael Jordan.

Now it was up to Scottie Pippen to lead the Bulls past the Knicks and into the Eastern Conference Finals.

Coming into Game 5, the best-of-seven series was tied at two games apiece, with the Knicks taking the first two, and the Bulls taking Games 3 and 4.

With just seconds left in Game Five and the Bulls up, 86-85, referee Hue Hollins called a phantom foul against Pippen which gave the Knicks' Hubert Davis two free throws to turn a one-point deficit into a one-point victory for New York.

The Knicks ultimately won the series in seven games, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals and knocking the Bulls out of the playoffs for the first time in three years.

Ironically, Hollins was the same referee who officiated a controversial finish in Game 5 of the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals between the Bulls and Knicks. Hollins then opted not to call a foul on Charles Smith's multiple putback attempts in the finals seconds, as the Bulls led by three points.

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