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/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/GregJamesDahlen Jun 11 '26

non-coach helped get the big lead too tho

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u/cattycat_1995 Lakers Jun 11 '26

This is a worse choke than Warriors in 2016. At least Warriors didn't choke a 29 points lead in one of those games and they were going up against prime LeBron/Kyrie/Love

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u/DaveinOakland Warriors Jun 11 '26

I can at least cope my way through the pain by blaming Bogut getting injured, Dray getting suspended and Steph spraining his MCL.

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u/cattycat_1995 Lakers Jun 11 '26

Yup and I remember even Iggy was playing with a hurt back and was hobbling at times. Spurs got no excuses.

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u/SnooChipmunks469 Knicks Jun 11 '26

This is easily worse than the 2016 Warriors. It being Lebron at the peak of his powers playing arguably the best three game stretch of his career takes a lot of the shame out of it. Also the Draymond suspension and Bogut injuries definitely didn't help things as the other commenter pointed out.

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u/TicketP1_FIRE Jun 11 '26

Just awful shot selection. Way too many early 3s - the exact type of shot Knicks wanted.

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u/2112Lerxst Raptors Jun 11 '26

I get it at the beginning of the half, they were so hot that it makes sense to try and extend/keep the lead. But when the Knicks went on a run and cut the lead to like 15 and it was clear the Spurs were not shooting well, they needed to just slow things down and try and trade possessions.

The Fox layup is an encapsulation of the problem , they were trying to match the Knicks' pace and tempo when they should have been doing the opposite.