Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks

A documentary about the rivalry between the New York Knicks and the Indiana Pacers in the mid-90's. All I can say is John Starks and Reggie Miller is no Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. I couldn't help but compare it to that film, which had so much going on. This is a well made film, but it's about such a low-rent rivalry. Sure there was intensity, but as a fan of that era of the NBA it's remarkable how much they strayed away from what was really going on in the game. Only in the middle do they hint at the fact that for two seasons it was a window for someone other than Jordan (who had retired) to win a championship. But then it treats the Easter Conference Finals as if that were the championship. The last third of the movie is almost entirely made up of game recaps of the two remarkable playoff series the teams had in '94 and '95. There's some interesting moments there, but every great moment is telegraphed by fourteen talking heads. The filmmakers even make a gimmick out of the fact that all the talking heads use the same words to describe the action. Like that makes it more interesting? No that makes it a cliche. This was a missed opportunity to talk about a really interesting moment in the NBA's history.