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Spike Lee shells out for Knicks gear at sports auction

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf
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Red Holzman’s 1970 New York Knicks NBA world champions 14K gold ring, which sold for $107,482. Pictured in the background are Knicks star Willis Reed and Red Holzman. Image courtesy SCP Auctions

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. (AP) – Filmmaker Spike Lee added to his New York Knicks collection by purchasing 13 items associated with his favorite team in a recent auction. The family of late Knicks coach Red Holzman sold off 35 items that netted $319,341, according to SCP Auctions, which handled last week’s sale.

Among Lee’s acquisitions was the original net from Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals, won by the Knicks, and Holzman’s NBA coach of the year trophy that season.

Lee paid $69,184 for the net and $31,517 for the trophy, according to the auction house in Laguna Niguel, California.

Lee attended Game 7 at Madison Square Garden as a 13-year-old.

“It was a memory I will never forget,” he said in a statement from SCP Auctions. “Willis Reed coming back and the Garden went nuts. It was a very special moment in Knicks history.”

Holzman’s championship ring from 1970 went to a bidder for $107,482.

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