r/nba • u/Large_banana_hammock Japan • Jun 11 '26
Highlight [Highlight] Knicks complete 29-point comeback, the largest in NBA finals history!
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u/LiquidBurnss Lakers Jun 11 '26
HOW THE FUCK
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u/tanmoshi Jun 11 '26
Because the Spurs don’t run an actual offense
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u/fiasgoat Kings Jun 11 '26
Spurs woulda won just taking 24 second violations all half
Instead they just kept chucking 3s lmao
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u/Waffleshuriken Grizzlies Jun 11 '26
Johnson deserves so much flak for this.
There is a lot of blame to go around for this, but coaching is probably the biggest issue this game.
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u/re1078 [SAS] Tony Parker Jun 11 '26
I was screaming at the TV so much. Use the whole clock. It’s not complicated.
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u/LifeDraining Jun 11 '26
It's the 4th game I've been saying this.
Not only do they not use clock, they just does nothing. Every time they have a chance to put the previous games away, they just take a bad shot and let the Knicks get back in.
Mitch Johnson blows. They have the tallest asset and 4 supreme athletes. Somehow they can't get simple inbounding the ball right.
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u/re1078 [SAS] Tony Parker Jun 11 '26
Yeah I thought I liked him but this is rough. It is really looking like they’re so talented they win in spite of him. That being said he’s a rookie head coach coaching a team full of young 20 something’s in the finals. They all have room to get a lot better.
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Spurs Jun 11 '26
We 28-3 this shit
Whoever is a Spurs/Falcons fan I'm so sorry
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u/lovo17 Lakers Jun 11 '26
They would've won if Mitch Johnson was ready for this moment, but he clearly isn't.
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u/AdSuspicious8217 Jun 11 '26
100% on the coaching - all they had to do was slow the game down and settle down on defense.
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u/flaming_burrito_ Wizards Jun 11 '26
He doesn’t actually run plays other than the same simple shit every time
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u/CarlSK777 Jun 11 '26
He was terrible but the players also made some terrible decisions. What was Fox thinking at the end?
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u/CartographerFar681 Lakers Jun 11 '26
*what was Fox thinking all game
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u/Xmauler Spurs Jun 11 '26
Dude's all smiles even after a costly turnover in the closing minutes of the third. Someone tip the FBI for his bumass
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u/Ok_Coat_6413 Jun 11 '26
Knicks were in the penalty early. They could have drove and gotten free throws
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u/Agitated_Syllabub346 Jun 11 '26
Mitch was like "aight guys, just keep putting up those 3s, they gotta go our way again soon right?"
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u/Dzeire Jun 11 '26
They would’ve won if Fox just held the ball instead of trying a fuckin lay up
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u/DoggedDoggystyle Jun 11 '26
Yup almost as boneheaded as JR smiths error. Almost
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u/Sea-Macaroon9814 Jun 11 '26
Its worse than JR one tbh, JR didn't know the score and it was OT even after that, Fox might've lost the whole series based on that play.
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u/Emergency-Trade6180 Jun 11 '26
WTH was that all about? Non stop 3s. It’s a maturity thing. And then fox goes up for layup. They deserved to lose playing like that.
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u/maritz21 Jun 11 '26
This is exactly what I was saying. Like all they had to do was to set up normal plays, which would eat up the shot clock maybe shoot at the 21st or 22nd mark. That is it. Not pull up and shoot threes. Truly infuriating, the players have a lot to blame for this, but I blame the coach as well.
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u/cuddlecraver Jun 11 '26
Nah literally! That shit was horrible. You don’t even have to play well to not lose a 30-point lead. Like you said, just eat up the shot clock, even miss if you want, and the Knicks literally won’t have enough possessions to even come back. Horrible coaching and horrible basketball. OG been killing them all series and you decide not to even guard him on the inbound. Unbelievable. They deserved this loss. Knicks deserve their championship. Congrats NY.
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u/Original_Profile8600 Bulls [CHI] Coby White Jun 11 '26
CONCRETE JUNGLE WHERE DREAMS ARE MADE OF
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u/betterplanwithchan Hornets Jun 11 '26
The guy playing that 24/7 in Times Square must be euphoric right now
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u/Remarkable-Picture73 Jun 11 '26
Like watching the Warriors lose a game and not giving Curry the ball in the clutch, mitch Johnson is insane
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u/chickmagn3t Lakers Jun 11 '26
How the Fox happened
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u/LaMelgoatBall [BOS] Derrick White Jun 11 '26
I swear, he better be gone. He may have won them last game but that’s literally it. Hes been horrible.
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u/SlatsAttack Bulls Jun 11 '26
The biggest choke job in NBA history.
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u/joe4553 Lakers Jun 11 '26
Fox had the ball with an open net. Could have run the clock. Hit the layup. Doesn't do either. Loses game.
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u/TravelNSee Jun 11 '26
This complete idiocy wasn't covered by the TV unit. They never showed the block or discussed how truly dumb Fox was in that moment when he could have drawn a foul or pulled the ball out
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u/oh_jeeezus Pistons Jun 11 '26
This needs to be more visable. It was inexplicable to not even mention/show this on the telecast. As bad a choke job on their part as the Spurs.
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u/CameronPlain Warriors Jun 11 '26
He could’ve run off 3 seconds before getting fouled and then shot free throws
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u/BruinBound22 Kings Jun 11 '26
Well he tried for the layup, but he has to see freaking OG chasing him down. Just dribble to the corner.
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u/MisterPea Nets Jun 11 '26
Seriously, he just saw Hart miss earlier and he tried it??
Run out the clock!
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u/Sure_Ride_7366 Knicks Jun 11 '26
If he just stood there and did nothing don't they have to foul him and he should get at least 1, likely 2 points?
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u/Instantcoffees Warriors Jun 11 '26
Yeah, he really made a bit of a boneheaded play. You have to be 100% you are safe from a block if you are going for a layup there. He could have done nothing and it would have been a better play. This is now the second game where the Spurs have seriously lacked composure in the final seconds.
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u/sportznut1000 Jun 11 '26
Yeah came to the comments for this. I had to go back and rewind it after the game just to see if maybe i missed something because the broadcast didnt mention it at all.
If fox dribbles it out, he is shooting 2, with under 10 seconds left and up 1
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u/CyberSmok3 Lakers Jun 11 '26
Yeah you guys were 1 up with shot clock off, Fox was so dumb to try to go for the lay up
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u/Chessh2036 Hawks Jun 11 '26
Top 5 choke in sports history.
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u/Original_Profile8600 Bulls [CHI] Coby White Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
Spurs are finished
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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Minneapolis Lakers Jun 11 '26
that was unbelievable. i think they will be emotionally finished after this. A 29 point lead in the Finals and you LOSE? That is simply unbelievable to think about
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u/DoggedDoggystyle Jun 11 '26
They’re shaken to the core. Nobody wanted that ball in the 4th
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u/fix-me-in45 Jun 11 '26
Coach didnt even want to call a timeout to call a play. Everyone was rattled and had zero confidence
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u/Wooden-Character8341 Jun 11 '26
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Spurs are finished after this bad of a loss and Knicks win Game 5 by 30 or so.
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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Minneapolis Lakers Jun 11 '26
Same. I will be shocked if the Spurs take this to 6 games
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u/Mcswigginsbar Bucks Jun 11 '26
Yea there’s simply no way you come back from that.
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u/Proof-Umpire-7718 Lakers Jun 11 '26
This is too mentally devastating to overcome. Similar to what happened to the Cavs after game 1.
Maybe the Spurs win game 5, but I doubt they win game 6 in MSG.
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u/LaMelgoatBall [BOS] Derrick White Jun 11 '26
Nope they’re done. You don’t come back from this
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u/ContractXtension Timberwolves Jun 11 '26
EVER
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u/HowManyEggs2Many Jun 11 '26
Honestly one of the biggest choke jobs in sports history
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u/CameronPlain Warriors Jun 11 '26
Never seen a dumber team in my life
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Spurs Jun 11 '26
They remembered they're a bunch of 20 something Olds at the worst possible time
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u/DabDoge Grizzlies Jun 11 '26
All time choke job
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u/dinerosaur Jun 11 '26
The San Antonio Falcons
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u/topnotch056 Jun 11 '26
It’s not even nfl season, how am I still catching strays
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u/gugly Raptors Jun 11 '26
They gonna release Fox tn 😭
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u/lotofhotdogs Hornets Jun 11 '26
Dude, fire him into the sun. Dumbest play since JR’s rebound
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u/Zoom_Cow Jun 11 '26
How do you not just hold onto the ball??
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u/BarrathBeyond West Jun 11 '26
please someone tell me what he was thinking
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u/JahnDavis27 Bulls Jun 11 '26
Legitimately basketball terrorism. Why are you going up against OG Anunoby for a layup when you have the LEAD AND THE BALL??? Just hold the ball and get to the free throw line. Generational bad play from him
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u/re1078 [SAS] Tony Parker Jun 11 '26
Even better he had one man on him…run away for 5 seconds.
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u/JahnDavis27 Bulls Jun 11 '26
Exactly, loop back out to the 3 point line. Burn clock and make them foul you! Instead he takes a terrible layup, and then also lets OG get a free run to the hoop on the game winner.
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u/Dzeire Jun 11 '26
Dumbest play since Hart smoked the layup, hes so lucky they won
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u/meesterstanks Knicks Jun 11 '26
Then ball watched the offensive rebound.. Hart got bailed out by Fox so bad lol
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u/sharkflood Supersonics Jun 11 '26
Wemby missing those 2 FTs
Hart blowing a wide open layup
Tons of bad plays this game all around
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u/Matias9991 Jun 11 '26
Yeah, Wemby was ass at the end too.
Fox play was in another level though
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u/Wonderful-Shoulder64 Jun 11 '26
He just had to take the foul but knowing him he’d choke the 2 ft’s anyways
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u/Sunflowersandtacos Thunder Jun 11 '26
Release him on the streets of New York 😭
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u/joe4553 Lakers Jun 11 '26
Open net up 1 with less then 24 seconds. He had so many ways to win the game. Did none of them.
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u/LiLT13-_- NBA Jun 11 '26
This is actually insane
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u/rachel-slur Jun 11 '26
The trump curse met its match: spurs with a lead
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u/ArmiinTamzarian Spurs Jun 11 '26
Knicks found the way to make sure we never win again. Just let us start strong but like, for longer
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u/Proof-Umpire-7718 Lakers Jun 11 '26
OG is the goat
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u/cesga_0218 Lakers Jun 11 '26
That block and tip. Winning player!
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u/ShittyLanding Kings Jun 11 '26
They’re probably already building a statue of that tip-in in the middle of Times Square
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u/Colonel_Cummings Knicks Jun 11 '26
I will forever be grateful to the existence of the Toronto Raptors because of OG Anunoby
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u/Palifaith Lakers Jun 11 '26
No way that happened lmao.
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u/Sad_Hovercraft1491 Jun 11 '26
Holy shit what a game. OG Can have my kids
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u/CrazyEyedGase Knicks Jun 11 '26
Fox gotta be feeling like the dumbest mfer rn
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u/CozyisCozy Jun 11 '26
WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST WITNESS
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u/KeldonMarauder Celtics Jun 11 '26
Apparently, we all witnessed a top 5? choke job all time
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u/_Caek_ Thunder Jun 11 '26
Biggest comeback in finals history. This is the worst basketball choke in living memory. At least Houston wasn’t up by 29 when they missed 27 in a row in the WCF. (and they were missing Chris Paul)
You’re really touching 28-3 territory with this game. Like that’s how bad this choke truly was.
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u/nerdystoner25 Knicks Jun 11 '26
Top 5 for sports in general, though while it may be obvious recency bias, I can’t think of a worse one in the NBA.
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u/simon2105 Jun 11 '26
Largest lead ever overcome in an NBA finals, New York may burn more from this than a loss lmao
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u/moby323 76ers Jun 11 '26
One of the most memorable games I’ve ever watched and I’ve been watching the NBA for over 40 years.
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u/MLF1994 Jun 11 '26
I'm in the UK and this was the first NBA game I've ever watched live lol
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u/unhinged34 Warriors Jun 11 '26
Oh your hooked. This is how they get ya
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u/MLF1994 Jun 11 '26
I used to play the old 2Ks and always had a passing interest, then for some reason the finals were all over my algorithm this week and I couldn't sleep so I threw it on. Guess I'm a Knicks fan now.
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u/maq7742 Jun 11 '26
I want to warn you: you are getting on the Knicks train at literally the highest possible point in over half a century
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u/Neon_Biscuit Jun 11 '26
I haven't watched basketball since the bulls/jazz finals decades ago. I was bored tonight and kept hearing about the Knicks haven't won a final in 53 years so I was like...eh let's watch the game. Holy shit.
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u/sbstooge Grizzlies Jun 11 '26
I am actually concerned there will be no more New York City after this game
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u/BenevolentCheese Knicks Jun 11 '26
I'm looking out the window right now and it's gone
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u/Proof-Umpire-7718 Lakers Jun 11 '26
I want to see the city explode so I’ve been going for them this series.
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u/ProfessorXWheelchair San Francisco Warriors Jun 11 '26
is there something in wemby’s head? someone should check
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u/anonymoususer6407 Rockets Jun 11 '26
OG deserves the MVP
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u/Mountain_Pathfinder Warriors Jun 11 '26
It may come down to the 4th game if they win it.
Either one of Brunson, KAT, and OG can still win it I think
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u/Colonel_Cummings Knicks Jun 11 '26
OG has earned every right to the FMVP so far - incredible performance
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u/tanmoshi Jun 11 '26
What do the Spurs offensive gameplans look like? Just curious
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u/0010001 Wizards Jun 11 '26
Castle was open going back door. Could have scored off of a good pass. But it looks like Towns tipped it?
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u/DC_CLE2017 Jun 11 '26
Yup. Towns tipped it.
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u/HotSteak Timberwolves Jun 11 '26
Clock should have started as soon as Towns touched it.
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u/mongster03_ Knicks Jun 11 '26
I don’t think the clock operator/the refs noticed, which I can’t blame them considering I had no idea until two hours afterward
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u/Daft_Assassin Pacers Jun 11 '26
Play well for one half and then chuck up threes for the next
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u/Zee216 Jun 11 '26
To be fair that shot like over 50 from three in the first half, they had been shooting them all game, they just stopped falling
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u/maritz21 Jun 11 '26
It involves blowing a 29 point lead where their players just pull up and start chucking threes instead of eating the clock.
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u/DaveinOakland Warriors Jun 11 '26
I think this is the biggest choke job I have ever seen in my decades of sports watching.
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u/TravelNSee Jun 11 '26
This or the Pats-Falcons for sure. Literally they could have dribbled out every single possession and chucked a prayer 3 and gotten a better result up 29.
Up 20 with 8 minutes to play...24 seconds plus rebound time per possession...that would literally work better than whatever the hell that non-coach just did
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u/El_Zarco Warriors Jun 11 '26
Falcons hard to beat since it was one game winner take all. But man the sheer volume of points SAS let slip away here is staggering
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u/SacKingsBurner Jun 11 '26
Mitch Johnson all time throw
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u/sharkysharky- NBA Jun 11 '26
Popovich sitting in purgatory right now I feel so bad
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u/AskAboutMySecret Heat Jun 11 '26
this game either kills him or brings him out of retirement
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u/PhronesisKoan Vancouver Grizzlies Jun 11 '26
Watching this choke was painful
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u/WestleyThe [SEA] Kevin Durant Jun 11 '26
You could feel it the whole second half… the Knicks were just chipping away the whole time
But as soon as Brunson missed the shot I thought it was over then OG came flying in…. What the hell was this game
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u/PhronesisKoan Vancouver Grizzlies Jun 11 '26
That OG putback needs to be a poster. Insanely clutch
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u/themustymaggotmarket Jun 11 '26
It felt like eating a very dry burger with no drink
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u/SlyCooper007 Celtics Jun 11 '26
Spurs dont deserve to win this series after that.
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u/BluntMananChronic Lakers Jun 11 '26
They knew what they were doing by bringing in Taylor Swift and Wu-Tang 😂
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u/harden4mvp13 Rockets Jun 11 '26
THIS IS WORSE THAN THE ROCKETS MISSING 27 STRAIGHT 3s
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u/Iambannana Jun 11 '26
Man I was having a good day watching the Spurs lose, why you gotta bring that memory up
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u/ThreeOlivesChihuahua :bw-lal: Lakers Bandwagon Jun 11 '26
Spurs deserves all the talk coming their way
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u/No-Flan6382 Jun 11 '26
They deserve to lose this series. This game was theirs to lose and boy did they fucking lose it. Lookin like the monstars stole their talent in the locker room at halftime.
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u/efuipa NBA Jun 11 '26
Someone get the receipts from all the comments at halftime
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u/ihavveatail [MEM] Bryant Reeves Jun 11 '26
unbelievable. I have never seen a momentum swing like that.
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u/IMcFlyHigh Bulls Jun 11 '26
if i'm the spurs, there is no way I'm letting mitch johnson coach my superstar next year
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u/Cubacane Heat Jun 11 '26
I'm not letting Mitch Johnson coach next game. A magic eightball would have done better.
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u/LameAfro Timberwolves Jun 11 '26
Bring Pop Back
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u/RedSweed Suns Jun 11 '26
Pop might have had a heart attack watching that 2nd half
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u/brownbearks 76ers Jun 11 '26
Fox had one of the dumbest plays I have ever watched. What a choke job by the spurs
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u/ilara31 Cavaliers Jun 11 '26
Make Fox walk home bruh
Holy fuck the dude is absolute shit
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u/erarya Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
This game really showed the Spurs’ youth and inexperience. More seasoned teams would have slowed the tempo down, not tried as many quick 3s. Might be the Knicks series.
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u/bobo377 Jun 11 '26
OG is one of the only players in this finals with a ring and he was by far the most composed player. Massive 3s during the comeback, huge defensive plays, and a dagger tip-in to end the game.
Really shows the importance of experience.
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u/TravelNSee Jun 11 '26
The insane thing is that the guy to blame is Fox, who is a supposed vet
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u/-Jfree- 24 Jun 11 '26
I dont care if you have played 10 years. If like 7 of those were meaningless basketball and the playoff runs aren't even to the conf finals, you are not a veteran in these moments. The amount of rookie mistakes he made today... moment was too big
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u/pwtrash Spurs Jun 11 '26
Might be? This is done. Time to head home, get some love, and call it a year.
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u/adsq93 Jun 11 '26
True and also that layup by Fox was dumb as hell.
All he literally had to do was dribble it out and they win. A foul was gonna go his way.
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u/ExtraLeading3376 Jun 11 '26
fox is about to get burnt on the cross
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u/Fourteeenth 76ers Jun 11 '26
This game made me mad and I'm not a fan of either team. Unbelievable choke job.
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u/LaDainianTomIinson Lakers Jun 11 '26
I feel sick for spurs fans 💀
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u/Rucksack212 Spurs Jun 11 '26
You have no idea big dog 💀
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u/jjkm7 Raptors Jun 11 '26
It’s so blessed watching games like this as a neutral fan I’m sorry for you brother
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u/tittiesforeveryone Lakers Jun 11 '26
KAT tipped that inbounds. Castle would’ve had game on that lob.
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u/Cartier_Courvoiser Knicks Jun 11 '26
Everyone saying tonight all night “imagine paying $20,000 to watch this game?” That sounds like a discount now!!
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