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Dick Barnett and his backward kick when he took his jump shot. Got a lot of foul shots off that; looked ungainly, but was effective. And Cazzie Russell and another F came off the bench to light up the scoreboard; can't remember his name, dang it!
Clyde was my man; easily my all-time favorite NBAer. I'll never forget his game 7 vs. the great Jerry West; 36 points, 19 assists, 7 boards, and 5 steals with Willis Reed hobbled. Clyde didn't play a real physical game, but had hands quicker than a lizard's tongue; picked West clean more than once...
Found a good pic of him at a Knick reunion; scroll down a bit:
https://latinosports.com/basketball...greats-remembers-69-70-championship-team.html
Thanks for jarring my memory archive a bit!
 
Hopper, got it; it was Dave Stallworth and Cazzie Russell off the Knicks bench who done a lot of scoring. Mike Riordan was another good feisty bench player.
 
Cazzie! I remember watchin that boy in high school. I forgot about him. He way a fairly bigtime player on other teams before he got to the Knicks. But, yo right, Frazier was DOWN!

Kinda sounds like this year's Jazz, ya know?:

“A lot of the Knick players don’t know the legacy that we were once an elite team, and how we did it with the teamwork and unselfish play and defense. How intimidating this place can be when you’re winning at ‘The World’s Most Famous Arena.’” (Frazier)

“You knew that you could lean on your teammates,” Bill Bradley said, pinpointing the key to their success as a group. “Everybody picked up and you knew that was going to happen. Not because somebody told you that, but because that’s how well we knew each other as people, not just as players.”

There's another thread about the Laker's "Big 3," but the Big 3 couldn't handle the Big 5, eh?

"A Lakers roster that included hall of famers Elgin Baylor, Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain insured this would be no easy task, even for the NBA’s finest. The teams split the first four, as game five at MSG proved crucial. “The big game was game five,” Reed explained"
 
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