Who won the 1999 NBA championship? Here is why the 1999 season was shortened to 50 games

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During the 1998-99 National Basketball Association season, history was made. For the first time in the NBA, the regular season was shortened due to unforeseen disputes. The 1999 NBA Finals concluded the shortened season playoffs between the Western Conference champion, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Eastern Conference champion, the New York Knicks. 

The series was formatted in a 2-3-2 that resulted in the first two and last two games being hosted by the team with a home-court advantage. Eventually, the association reformed the Finals to a 2-2-1-1-1 game format. 

The Spurs held the home-court advantage as head coach Gregg Popovich led them, while coach Jeff Van Gundy managed the Knicks. The 1999 championship of more than two decades ago was the Knicks' latest NBA Finals appearance. 

Game 1 of the series took place on June 16, 1999, and was won by the Spurs, 89-77, after forward Tim Duncan, scored 33 points. Two days later, the teams faced off again, with all-star player Duncan again leading his team to a dominating victory over the Knicks in Game 2, 80-67. Previously, neither of the teams had faced off against the other in the regular season, making the Finals the first televised game of 1999 between them. 

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The San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks faced off in the 1999 NBA Finals. (Jennifer Pottheiser/NBA via AP)

In Game 3, the Knicks were triumphant over the Spurs, 89-81. Their first victory of the Finals was played to a sold-out crowd in Madison Square Garden. Shooting guard