Stunning first 2 games in SA: Knicks down 95-94 late, go on an 11-0 run to win it; Spurs up very late, and Wemby makes an all-time mistake, then misses the winning 18 footer. I still see Knicks in 6.
was out of town and missed what sounds like two good games (fam not into hoops, lol). i had knicks in six, and that's looking good right now. amazing that their top 6 stayed healthy this long, tbh. just shows the puncher's chance theorem is real. we're not THAT far off from being the knicks one of these years. luka's light years better than brunson. gotta build.
Spurs kids respond in MSG, lose an 11 point lead, gain the lead back, hold on. Gutsy win on the road in an absolute must-win. Really good series so far. Castle getting fouled with 6.8 left and hitting both to put them up 4 was icewater-veiny jit.
Fox is dumber than Russ and JR combined plus his contract is brutal. If Pop was still the coach, he would "miss the theam bus" 100% LOL
That's 2 games now lost due to one mistake made by one of SA's top players in the final moments, brutal. That's why experience matters in the playoffs. They will be much better next season thanks to having gone through this, must feel miserable though. No matter what, I'm happy for the Knicks and their fans.
I was enjoying the 1st half immensely; when SA went up 29 or whatever I kept thinking, "Show me a shot of Chalamet." Then: SA couldn't make 3s and they started to choke, even when the Knicks cut it to a still-large 17 point lead, it looked like they didn't know what to do on offense. What a choke, and what a comeback. Give the Knicks and OG all the credit. Their defense locked down, they didn't fold, and I don't know how any team can come back from blowing a 76-49 halftime in a game you HAD to have. Spurs are cooked. (Obviously: down 3-1: the only Q is: will they win another game?)
Feel Mitch Johnson is clueless at times. You can expect the Knicks to fire back, but the thing that you can't give up is so many wide open 3's. Their tactic of trying of trap and leave wide open players shooting is easy to exploit. You just need to trust your guys to defend without as much help. They get too fixated with having Wemby in the middle. They got into the bonus in the 4th with like 7 minutes and change. You just need to keep attacking the paint and defend the 3 point line hard. Yet, it was still winnable with Josh Hart's choking and despite Wemby choking free throws. Fox showing his true loser Sacramento Queens colors and playing for Mike Brown again at the end.
De'Aaron Fox has a reputation for clutchiness (<-----dat woid ain't in the Oxford English Dictionary...give it time...) but I think his 4th Q was one of the all-time brain-flatulent examples in NBA history. Cringey when it mattered most. The breakaway missed layup goes to the top of the list. There are high school players who would have handled that better.
7'4 player taking and missing two 3 pts shot on the same possession up 15 late in the third quarter .. This is all you need to know about the brillance of today's game
Congrats to the Knicks and all their fans. 53 years is indeed a long-azzed time to wait. Great defense played by both teams throughout the Finals. And when, in the future, you see Knicks won it in 5, you think, well, Spurs just must've been overrated: SA was ahead for most of the 240 minutes played. This is one of those "destiny"-looking teams. The Knicks, that is.
