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/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/PJCR1916 Bulls Jun 11 '26

They played exactly how the Knicks wanted them to play all second half.

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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/Robby_Bortles NBA Jun 11 '26

Crazy that he didn't even play in that championship run, he had an appendectomy right before the playoffs started.

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u/MrICopyYoSht Knicks Jun 11 '26

Still got to see his guys play.

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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/endium7 Supersonics Jun 11 '26

there is plenty of blame to go around in a collapse like this lol

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u/lilbodie Timberwolves Jun 11 '26

There’s a lot of guys to blame. They were up 20+ chucking threes early in the clock like the game was guaranteed.

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u/TravelNSee Jun 11 '26

You understand that guards are supposed to control the game and run plays right?

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u/Shaymin_Brown_Forme Knicks Jun 11 '26

He doesn't have enough playoff experience

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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/Zarbua69 Knicks Jun 11 '26

FAKE FAN SPOTTED

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 11 '26

A real fan can tell when their team has lost it lol.

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u/Zarbua69 Knicks Jun 11 '26

That's bum cope. There are fake knick fans who were saying the same shit when the Knicks were down 29. Real fans don't give up faith until the final buzzer sounds. If you are giving up before the game even starts just go ahead and burn your jersey if you can even afford one in that poverty town

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u/OnePerformance9381 Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

Brother they just gave up two of the biggest choke jobs in NBA history back to back. It’s okay to think logically and assume they’re not gonna make it at this point. It’s not that deep.

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u/pwtrash Spurs Jun 11 '26

Naw man, fake fans are people calling for a first year head coach to be fired after he took a projected 44-win team to the Finals. Get onto them, not me.

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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/Portmanteau_that Hornets Jun 11 '26

So fuckin stupid

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u/yalikewater Jun 11 '26

He felt like his prime days in sacremento

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u/krusty-krab69 Cavaliers Jun 11 '26

Fox has been around long enough to know that you just grab the ball and let someone foul you. Can’t blame this loss on inexperience.

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u/Bardbarossa Jun 11 '26

I think every single game has done that. Has there been a loss where it didn't look like inexperience was a large factor? Although inexperience is almost the wrong word because someone like Fox should know better

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u/rdgn Jun 11 '26

This game did? It’s been all series.

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u/Jimmy_Trivette NBA Jun 11 '26

I really don't understand how youth/inexperience can even be an excuse for this type of shit in this day and age. All of these guys still have hundreds if not thousands of competitive games under their belts, half a dozen coaches with who knows how many decades combined experience to listen to, and gigantic leads are a tale as old as time that it's not like it has some esoteric heavily guarded secret on how to play with one. Idk it's just crazy to me. Gotta blame the coaches imo.

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u/Instantcoffees Warriors Jun 11 '26

There was still time to lose their lead even if they did that, but yeah time is on your side so why not use that to your advantage.

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u/MuscleTrue9554 Jun 11 '26

Lol, even a team of 15 years old would have slowed down the pace of the game. Those are profesionnal players, it was just bad coaching and really stupid play/decisions.

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u/Bellerophonn Jun 11 '26

there is a line between inexperience and stupidity

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u/Garb-O Spurs Jun 11 '26

not sure how this is a player problem, seems like a coaching problem to me, you telling me the middle age man on the side of the court cant articulate to slow the game down?

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u/Goerj Jun 11 '26

Start hot. Run out of steam. Knicks knew that this would be their tendency. Kudos to the nyk for not letting it get into their head and continued to play at their own pace

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u/EightBlocked [NBA] Tony Snell Jun 11 '26

looks like the "experience doesnt matter in the playoffs actually" guys were wrong

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u/Realistic_Condition7 Jun 11 '26

Probably, though when teams do that and completely cripple their rhythm and offense and lose huge leads people blame this exact tactic and say they should have just kept playing as they normally do.

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u/andhausen Jun 11 '26

Might be the Knicks series.

Hot take.