Reed, whose passing was confirmed on Tuesday, was part of two world title-winning teams in New York, with a memorable first championship in 1970 famed for his Game 7 comeback from injury.
His comeback from a thigh injury in Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals is an often replayed memory in league canon.Willis Reed waves to the crowd during a ceremony to honor the 1972-73 world champion New York Knicks, April 5, 2013, in New York.Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championship and create one of sports' most enduring examples of playing through pain, died Tuesday.
Nicknamed "The Captain," Reed was the undersized center and emotional leader on the Knicks' two NBA championship teams, with a soft shooting touch from the outside and a toughness to tussle with the era's superstar big men on the inside. But his spot in history was secured simply by walking onto the floor on the final night of that season.
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