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Now coaching the New York Knicks, Jeff Hornacek, Howard Eisley reflect on Finals years with Utah Jazz

Alex Goodlett, Deseret News

New York Knicks head coach Jeff Hornacek speaks to the media during a practice at the Jon M. And Karen Huntsman Basketball Facility in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.

You always want to preach as a coach that you need to be together, you need to play together and work hard. I think the thing that made us, while we weren’t the most athletic team, we really competed at a high level, we played together. I think that’s what made us successful.

SALT LAKE CITY — A primary reason the Utah Jazz selected this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1996-1997 team that was the first in franchise history to make the NBA Finals was because Jeff Hornacek and Howard Eisley would be in town.