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/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/chumbubbles Jun 11 '26

Chuck slammed him petty ruthlessly

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u/oh_jeeezus Pistons Jun 11 '26

I meant live during the game

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u/beennoddin313 Pistons Jun 11 '26

Because the commentators were to busy gargling the Knicks cock all night it was too deep for them to say anything in that moment

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u/ElijiahManning Knicks Jun 11 '26

Feel like there was minimal Knick gargling in the 1H….they were clearly way too focused on Wembys batwings

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u/SBLP1959 Jun 11 '26

People keep saying hes the guy with experience. He had 4 playoff games.

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u/ZookeepergameTop8538 Thunder Jun 11 '26

I didn't realize it in real time either. Total bone headed move in retrospect. In his defense the Thunder also did some dumbass shit towards the end of WCF G1.

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u/MYO716 Knicks Jun 11 '26

Inside guys definitely tore him up about it

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u/lakewood2020 Jun 11 '26

The block did look like a foul

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u/Thehelloman0 Spurs Jun 11 '26

They didn't show the block because it was an obvious foul. Fox never should've taken that shot though

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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/browniebrittle44 Jun 11 '26

Could you explain? I’m new here

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u/newdems Warriors Jun 11 '26

Spurs were in the bonus, so any foul would have sent Fox to the free throw line. There was no need to attempt a shot there, especially when he had enough room to run around for a few seconds and take enough time off the clock to prevent the Knicks from getting the ball back with enough time to even things up or take the lead.

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u/confusedpanda007 Jun 11 '26

I disagree that he would've ran around a lot. he would've been fouled immediately. So then it's two FTs to make versus he thought he had a layup. Really a great defensive play, Wemby had just missed two FTs a minute earlier.

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u/newdems Warriors Jun 11 '26

It’s debatable, but IMO if he hadn’t beelined for the basket with an intent to lay it up and had instead ran towards the corner or the baseline, it would have eaten a few seconds and they still would have had to foul him.

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u/confusedpanda007 Jun 11 '26

With hindsight that obviously would've been a better outcome, but he looked like he had a breakaway and OG closed the gap. Agree it's debatable. I don't get why everyone is saying it was the dumbest play of the game.

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u/GeneralHerp Jun 12 '26

Because he got greedy and took a high risk gamble in a moment that could’ve been a sure-thing.

Those moments are extreme, and they don’t happen often. He wanted to seal the deal and he exposed them to a loss, NYK are good at capitalizing on that kind of shit.

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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/OldenPolynice Jun 11 '26

They both did the same thing, one mattered more. Those footsteps can fuck wit ya

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u/cire1184 Lakers Jun 11 '26

Tunnel vision. He saw the shot and only the shot.

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u/SloshaPacana Jun 11 '26

He got fouled lol

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u/TravelNSee Jun 11 '26

Is there a replay? I was very curious why they never showed it.

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u/shangalang69 Raptors Jun 11 '26

i mean og did foul him.

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u/idiotssayyoloswag Jun 11 '26

He's campaigning for finals mvp OG

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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/gumbercules6 Jun 11 '26

People mad at wemby for missing the FTs, but fox was waaaay worse IMO. Sure Wemby crumbled under pressure, and those misses hurt, but once the ball left his hands it was no longer in his control.

Fox had *complete control of the situation* but decided to chance it. That to me is by far the worse offense of the game. That's such low game IQ. Once he had the ball all he had to do was kill time, run around until fouled. Legendary dumbass move by a professional getting paid hundreds of millions of dollars.

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u/0Bubs0 Jun 11 '26

This makes no sense. The odds of making an open layup and getting two are better than getting fouled and hitting two free throws. Fox made the right decision he just got outplayed by a better play by OG. Wemby just had to make open free throws unimpaired by any player on the opposing team. The very thing you are saying fox should have done lol.

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u/gumbercules6 Jun 11 '26

I'm not excusing Wemby, he choked so hard. But of course it makes sense, there's only ~12 seconds, not 1 or 2 minutes, 12 seconds with the lead. At that point it's just night and day obvious that the ONLY priority is to kill the clock AND get the foul. The game was prettymuch 100% in Fox's control at that moment, but he let it go, and gifted the Knicks 10 seconds.

When Fox got the ball my immediate thought was "oh shit he can kill almost the whole time" and then he fucking threw it, what a dumbass.

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u/0Bubs0 Jun 11 '26

How is he gonna kill 12 seconds when OG is a step away from him? At best he kills 2-3 more seconds and there’s 9 seconds on the clock and you are shooting two free throws instead of a layup. Killing the clock is only obvious if you are up 3 or more. Up 1 your priority is to get two points. Layup is higher chance than two free throws. And he got into OGs body on the attempt it was just a really good play by OG to get the block without fouling him. He barely gets it too.

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u/0Bubs0 Jun 11 '26

How is that better than making a layup to go up three? He maybe burns 1-2 extra seconds but then has to make two free throws instead of a layup and you are in the same spot. It was only a bad decision in hindsight because OG blocked him. In the moment it was the right decision because he thought he had a wide open layup.

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u/huey88 Nets Jun 11 '26

He made multiple dumbass plays. Him and Mitch were absolute shit

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u/browniebrittle44 Jun 11 '26

Wait how could he have done nothing with only 1.2 seconds left? 😭(I’m new to bball)

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u/Instantcoffees Warriors Jun 11 '26

We are talking about a different play, namely the one where Fox went for a layup and had it blocked. There were something like 10s on the clock and the Spurs were up a point at that moment in time.

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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/Camelsandham Pistons Jun 11 '26

Yes, because there was like 15 seconds left. The Knicks HAD to foul there. One of the dumbest plays in NBA history

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u/DoggedDoggystyle Jun 11 '26

Yes. And he’s the veteran leader on the team

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u/gentyent Italy Jun 11 '26

And even worst case scenario if it looked like Fox was about to get tied up, they had a timeout. He basically chose the worst possible thing to do aside from just straight up turning it over

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u/francisstp Jun 11 '26

Fox had the ball FOR THE ENTIRE 4TH QUARTER. Offense went nowhere, kept doing the same dumb crap over and over. 

Loss is on coach.

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u/Moist_Weathers Jun 11 '26

The hero ball shit was driving me nuts.

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u/Big-Site2914 Jun 11 '26

Spurs fans were convinced Fox is not gonna be traded lol

Dude is the dynasty starts after you

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u/Idk_211 Jun 11 '26

Fox gotta go.

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u/Bouldershoulders12 Celtics Jun 11 '26

They were in the bonus the Knicks would’ve had to foul him. Make both FTs you’re up by 3 with under 10 seconds to go

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u/ccharlie03 Spurs Jun 11 '26

Wemby had two free throws on top of not dunking the and one 

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u/SummerGoal Warriors Jun 11 '26

Once a Kang always a Kang

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u/RavenWolf_7 Jun 11 '26

I’m like pull that ball back out and run the clock or at least get fouled. He has been in the league too long for this.

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u/ChampsMauldoon Jun 11 '26

Fox is so ass. He needs to be on the bench at the end of games.

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u/SanJOahu84 Warriors Jun 11 '26

He also threw it away twice for zero reason a little before this. 

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u/welmoe Lakers Jun 11 '26

Fox is not a winning player. Boneheaded mistakes in crunch time by a veteran is unacceptable.

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u/B345ST1N Clippers Jun 11 '26

Its what happens when you play in a bonehead organization for most of your starting career

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u/dot90zoom Jun 11 '26

Clutch player of the year 2022-23.

and now the biggest choke game in finals history

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u/crappymanchild Jun 11 '26

JR Smith would've won it

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u/BakerUsed5384 Jun 11 '26

I’ve been saying it all night, but that was legitimately a bigger blunder than JR Smith’s.

At least in JR’s case if he passed it, the cavs still had to shoot the ball, it wasn’t a guarantee.

Fox could have literally just stood there and the spurs would probably have won.

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u/johnhenryirons Knicks Jun 11 '26

He didn’t seem to know the score or how much time was on the clock. Spurs also looked so lost on the Knicks last inbound and were scrambling to match up

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u/jfgiedhgerfjdgioer Jun 11 '26

Fox killed the finals for all us the neutral fans out there.

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u/ChaunceysBadAtPoker Pistons Jun 11 '26

"I don't see the problem." - Russell Westbrook

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u/Yellow_Curry Celtics Jun 11 '26

I had been saying Fox is the problem all fucking series and this just confirms it. Guy needs to be shot into the sun.

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u/browniebrittle44 Jun 11 '26

Someone explain what happened? I’m a noob and it just looks like his body stopped working lmaoo

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u/ObservationalHumor Jun 11 '26

Terrible decision by him. Closest thing I can think of is Isiah Thomas failing to take a time out back in 1987 and falling victim to the infamous 'Bird steal' and losing the game unnecessarily.

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u/TenaciousDeer Jun 11 '26

He was fouled twice on the play tho