Reggie Miller declares he ‘owned this city’ in return to MSG for Knicks-Pacers Game 2

Reggie Miller returned to Madison Square Garden with fighting words.

The notorious Knicks killer didn’t hold back during a pregame hit on TNT before calling Game 2 of the Knicks and Pacers’ second-round playoff series on Wednesday.

Miller averaged 23.1 points over 35 playoff games against the Knicks between 1993 and 2000, a stretch in which his Pacers met New York for six postseason series.

“People are like, ‘Aren’t you worried about going back to New York City and calling a game?’ No,” Miller said on the air, moments before tipoff. “I’ve owned this city. I’ve owned this building, so why would I be worried?”

Miller received a subdued response from the Garden crowd as he walked onto the court, where he met his one-time rival, Spike Lee, to pose for pregame photos and sign a couple of autographs for the director.

The sharp-shooting Miller’s famous interactions with the filmmaker included giving him the “choke” gesture during a Pacers comeback victory in Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals. A year later, Miller scored eight points in 8.9 seconds late in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

“Me and Reggie squashed that stuff 20 years ago, so we’re friends,” Lee told the Daily News on Wednesday.

“We’re two grown men,” Lee said. “That’s dead and buried. We’re good.”