Knicks have shot to repeat feat 37 years in making - sweeping rival 76ers
New York Post • • sports
Key Points:
- During a first-round playoff sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers, Knicks enforcer Charles Oakley famously told a ballboy to "Go get that broom," symbolizing their series victory.
- The ballboy, Gerald Brown, brought the court sweeper, leading to an iconic photo featuring Oakley and several Knicks players holding the broom at The Spectrum.
- Charles Barkley was cast as the villain in the series, intensifying Oakley's disdain for him.
- The image of the Knicks with the broom was widely circulated, even making the back page of The Post as a final insult to the defeated Sixers.
