When the Garden Was Eden (49 page)

New York’s finest:
Team photo, 1970.

Pass me the ball, Coach!:
Dave DeBusschere, in his dual role as player-coach for Detroit, circa 1966.

Yelling himself Red:
Holzman on the bench.

The photo that made the man:
George Kalinsky poses Walt “Clyde” Frazier for a celebrated portrait outside the Garden.

A couple of country boys:
Pre-hirsute Frazier and Phil Jackson at a diner in 1967.

South Dakota stud:
Phil Jackson cooling off after a game, circa 1973.

Fall back, baby!:
Dick Barnett gets off his patented jumper.

From Motown to Midtown:
DeBusschere fights for position in 1968.

A National Guard:
Cazzie Russell in 1970.

The Stilt wilts:
Willis Reed got the best of Wilt Chamberlain in the 1970 Finals.

Down goes Reed:
After tearing his right tensor muscle, Reed grimaces on the floor, while Game 5 proceeds without him.

Last man out of the tunnel:
Willis Reed makes his storied entrance to Game 7. The boy below the basket
(circled)
is George Lois’s son, Harry.