When the Garden Was Eden (50 page)

Telling it like it is:
Bill Bradley
(left)
and Dave DeBusschere
(right)
celebrate their championship with Howard Cosell.

Bright lights, big city:
Minuteman Mike Riordan battles the Celtics in 1971.

Playing hooky:
Phil Jackson’s shot wasn’t known for its beauty, but New York welcomed his return from back surgery.

I know where you live:
Jerry Lucas taking time away from memorizing the phone book.

O captain, our captain:
Reed fetches another rebound.

A sense of where he is:
Bill Bradley at the freethrow line.

The Willis Reed Show:
Willis Reed, Pete Maravich, Woody Allen, and Marv Albert reminiscing.

Midtown cowboy:
Dustin Hoffman and Red Holzman at the celebration for the Knicks’ 1970 championship, at Gracie Mansion.

The way we won:
Barbra Streisand (
circled
) tries to encourage Holzman and Bradley en route to their second championship in 1973.

The Reel World:
A Knicks film session before the 1973 Finals. That’s Jerry Lucas at the projector.

The new Old Knicks:
Team photo, 1973. Dean Meminger (7) stands behind his man, Earl Monroe (15).

His cross to bear:
Earl “Black Jesus” Monroe, seated in a most unusual position—on the bench.

Changing of the guard:
Dean Meminger helped bring New York a title.