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Postseason hero Larry Johnson relives his iconic 4-point play, makes plea for current Knicks

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Larry Johnson's iconic 4 -point play in Game 3 of the 1999 Eastern Conference Finals against the Pacers .

Johnson : "I wasn’t the best pick-setter on the team, to be honest with you. My picks were kinda weak. So I was supposed to set two picks and pop back to the ball".

I was a weightlifter, so I definitely believed in being one of the strongest guys on the court.

I had to go to the skill level, just go back to the fundamentals, left-hand, right-hand layups, make sure you keep the ball in the left hand and things like that because I couldn’t just jump over everybody.

I loved playing in MSG and playing for my Knicks , man.

The Knick guard says losing to Duke in the 1991 Final Four or losing in the 1999 NBA Finals to the Spurs as a Knick were both painful.

He says he could be on the NBA All-Trash Talk Team if he were top 5 , top 10 trash talkers in the NBA .

He was a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys , including the Preston Pearsons and Drew Pearson .

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