The Knicks appeared to have a see-saw Game 3 won when Dave DeBusschere made a shot with three seconds left to give New York a 102–100 edge and the Lakers were stuck with no time outs.
Following the game in the winner's locker room, a moved Howard Cosell told Reed on national television, "You exemplify the very best that the human spirit can offer.
Knicks win series 4–3 Source:[5] The 1970 NBA Finals were the first to be nationally televised in full, with ABC providing the coverage.
Howard Cosell provided interviews from the Knicks' locker room following Game 7 and was famously doused with champagne.
However, the Knicks' victory in Game 7 was not seen live on broadcast TV in New York; ABC's coverage was blacked out on WABC-TV, causing a raft of angry fans to deluge the WABC switchboard.