Rockets-Knicks NBA Finals re-air won't include O.J. Simpson Bronco chase

The white Ford Bronco, driven by Al Cowlings, carrying fugitive murder suspect O.J. Simpson, during a 90-minute slow-speed car chase June 17, 1994 on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California.Monday night doesn't exactly mark a happy NBA Finals anniversary, but it certainly commemorates one of the more memorable nights in the league's modern history—and not necessarily because of the action on the court.

June 17, 1994 was Game 5 of the NBA Finals, a 91-84 New York Knicks victory over the Houston Rockets. Viewers of the NBC broadcast three decades prior also likely remember the other action on screen that night, the famed car chase between O.J. Simpson and Los Angeles police. Live footage of…