[Highlight] Brunson ties the game, Sam Merrill’s shot is so close that Mike Breen misfires on a “bang”, and we have another OT
premature BANGulation
Look, it happens to everyone
The game was just so beautiful!
Gotta start relying on the prefire just to keep up as we age :(
Just got too excited ’s all
Calling his squad in the conference finals, we’ll let him get away with a couple false BANGS
Never heard him have to pull one back like that before
We can forgive it, because the tip was in
Wasn’t that just hilarious!?
“Let me bang, bro.”
The phantom bang
We all can relate
BAeeuhhh- in and out!
Breen having to abort the bang was so funny
he frame canceled that shit
frame canceled is so accurate LMAO
Advanced announcing tech he definitely labbed that one out
It’s so funny that what was once extremely niche competitive gaming terms have become common parlance, my sister understands what “frame perfect” means and she’s only ever played Animal Crossing on my DS
BA-
BA-inanout!
Banging in and out!
lmfao literally hit a animation cancel
Waive-dashed
Tick perfect cancel
Breens pullout game strong
Stronger than most
Ant should take notes
Someone get my man a vasectomy for God’s sake
That was amazing lmao. In fairness, I 100% thought that shot was down too. Breen was on a roll down the stretch.
When I read the headline I thought he was going to say it and then have to take it back, but nah that shit was precise
He’s losing no sleep over it
played it off so smooth, was waiting for one of the other announcers to roast him for it.
Had to holster that just like those player celebrations trying to avoid fines
Absolute meltdown from the Cavs holy fuck
I’m having a terrible time
Atkinson deserves to be fired for the act of not calling a TO during that stretch. How can you do that as a coach?
He was making Harden just eat shit out there during that huge run. Crazy to not make any adjustments and just let your guys flounder like that.
Atkinson was playing the long game. Embarrassing Harden for having him fired back in 2020 lmao
Crazy that Harden pulled that off while on the Rockets.
wasnt even harden LOL
More like Steph got that man a ring and a bag. Reminds me of the Luke Walton experience.
Am convinced bro was doing that on purpose lol
Can’t decide if he did it out of hatred for Harden or blind love.
How is that possible?! C’mmon man, so basic, call the freaking TO with 20secs to go
After the 2nd or 3rd time Brunson got the easiest switch onto Harden for the iso bucket, I thought they’d call a time out but Kenny let him do it a couple more times.
Can’t do it 5 times in a row can he!?
He could.
If he’s coaching game 2 I’m not watching. Every second between now and his firing is a worse look for Dan Gilbert
He did a Darvin Ham is and just storing the timeouts in his pockets for the next game.
We blew it but fuck they couldn’t miss
Brunson man he’s a thing of nightmares
Probably should devise a defense that doesn’t involve Harden guarding him 1 on 1
Yeah that’s on Kenny
Dumb fuck Kenny kept struss on the bench for too long
I’m a super casual with basketball and even I was like damn they’re just going at Harden every trip, maybe put someone else in?
I don’t know how a professional coach just sits there and watches that
You gotta let that Strus loose.
Not gonna lie. I keep seeing Brunson hunting Harden and going like “No way he’s gonna find Harden 1 on 1 again next possession” and then he finds Harden 1 on 1 next possession lol.
Law of averages, we shot like 16% from 3 up until that point lol
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They couldn’t miss because they had a wide open shot every possession because Harden couldn’t defend.
It’s like the Knicks rust wore off in real time in the second half of the fourth quarter lmao
Knicks rust wore off and Cavs fatigue caught up to them.
fatigue
It’s wild that the NBA doesn’t have a mechanism in the game that could let their players rest for a moment and maybe even switch some players out. I hope that gets discussed in the offseason. Maybe they could call that mechanism a…Game Pause or something.
TIME STOP!!
And the longtime experienced coach forgot how to coach. Anyway let’s just lay it down to the quick turnaround and fatigue, I guess we’ll see in a couple of days
Knicks remember ball go until hoop = win.
Cavs forget ball go into hoop = win.
May it continue into OT
knicks fans are going to be (justifiably) insufferable tonight
I turned off the game. Weren’t they up almost 20 in the fourth?
21 with 7ish mins left. I was sweating and swearing for 3.5 quarters, was awful until then. Shitty 3pt and foul shooting.
Ya’ll were just like, “okay, this random Heat fan is no longer watching let’s turn it up.” Wtf.. I thought that was a Cavs win for sure. Craziest thing I have seen since I remember watching the Terrance Mann Clippers game also over Davion Mitchell and the Jazz. Man, he has the ability to stink something fierce. Crazy because he was making it look sooooo damn easy earlier on.
Don’t understand why Harden has stayed in
THIS TIME THE KNICKS ARE ON THE SIDE OF AN UNBELIEVABLE GAME IN GAME ONE OF THE CONFERENCE FINALS
Legit cathartic
THEY’RE CALLING IT THE GOOD GAME ONE
Kenny Atkinson must be a masochist to watch that run without calling a timeout
I know that was crazy. Also why hasnt he subbed struss back in? I though was doing well guarding Brunson
Strus and Wade both guarded brunson well. Harden was BBQ chicken. I ain’t complaining though that was amazing
I am. Atkinson and Harden were terrible
Saving timeouts for next game
just dodging responsibility/accountability at that point. No feedback, no corrections, no adjustments, like ???
Literally the exact inverse of Knicks Pacers game 1 from last year
We just have to actually win it this time
and so we did
I’m so happy they did and made me look like a dumbass
We just got an interrupted Mike Breen bang before GTA6
He was quick with it too
Reminded me of the classic Knicks Bulls Easter game many years ago
The one where Melo made clutch 3 after clutch 3?
Stop it
great game
Mike and Rosanne Breen are the parents of three children, you know they have had plenty of interrupted bangs before.
30-6 run in the final 7 minutes holy shit
Would become a 39-6 run carrying over into the first 4 minutes of overtime!
Cavs melted down harder than Chernobyl, what the fuck
Would eventually become a 115-104 run
I swear I literally tuned in with 7 minutes left lmao
One of my Knicks friends turned on the game last night with 3 to go in the 4th and was like “I’m so glad I watched it was epic. Never know in the playoffs” Tonight he text me “Down by 20 in the 4th is pathetic I’m going to bed.” and haven’t heard from him since. I’m looking forward to “WHY DIDN’T YOU CALL ME?!” texts in the morning.
That is gonna be so hilarious
Pathetic is going to bed! It’s not like he paid 50k for a seat 😂
I literally turned it off around then. I turned ESPN back on to see the highlights and it’s in gd overtime now 😭
Yeah I mean I don’t blame you I just didn’t have an opportunity to start watching before and I figured hey if they don’t cut it to below 15 within the next 2 I’ll turn it off. Then it just kept going lmao
Same Pistons bro. Same. Except I never turned it back on and just came on Reddit now to see the Knicks getting laughed out. Looks like Knicks fans are coming on Reddit now…
Anything can happen in the playoffs … But yeah one of the most boggling knicks games I’ve seen since the hawks series
i ragequit at that exact time 😭 i dont deserve this
Ouch 😅
Dude. I tuned it out with like 8 minutes left wtf. This is what I get for trying to go to bed early.
Please cancel your cable/internet service 🙏🏻
“You have to turn this game on, it’s incredible!” I told my wife as overtime began.
The best 7 mins! You were the reason, what took you so long! Cheers.
44-11 run starting on the 4th
lol…Has Breen ever prematurely BANGED?
https://youtu.be/5HR36Qdm1vo?t=509
what kinda rainman shit is this? 2 minutes later you got a timestamp for 8 minutes into a vid?
Just so happened to have this playing in the background like a week ago lol, was still relatively fresh in my memory
that game was such a classic too. d rose, melo, joakim noah, tyson chandler did his signature rebound tip out several times iirc… one of the better ‘remember some guys’ games
haha yeah, what in the “uh oh, fifteen minutes to Judge Wapner” is this OP!
82, 82, 82.
nice pickup….Breen’s got elite pull-out game!
Never heard this before. Iconic.
Harden damn near is the reason why it’s going to overtime
15 points on 15 shots, while playing some of the worst defense I’ve ever seen, he just looks completely lost.
I said Harden’s playoff chokes would come back to haunt the Cavs after his last game but I never thought it would come so soon…
Unique take bro, let them know
Let this be the reverse of Game 1 last year🙏
I can’t see how the Cavs come back from that choke job. Guess anything is possible though
It ain’t over until it’s over
The funny thing is this Cavs team is the most resilient group of chokers I’ve ever seen. They’ve pissed away multiple opportunities this playoffs and somehow come back the next game and are fine lol
Fair point lol. Making choking an art but not letting it destroy them is somehow incredibly impressive 🤣
knicks still took it to 6 games after their choke last year and it was at home. it was a tough loss but they had to be going into this game expecting it to be rough. it was worse than expected sure, but they should be able to bounce back
After coming back from 0-2 against the 1-seed last round, I’m content with not panicking until we either lose a home game, or lose game 7
Totally valid. That said the Knicks are probably a tougher task. But y’all definitely can come back and make it happen. I just don’t trust Harden to show up 4⁄6 times as much as I would 3⁄6 lol. But I very much hope we get 7 fun games as someone with no dog in this fight
Teams have come back from far worse. Series far from over
What is far worse than this? They had a 99.9% win probability with less than 8 minutes to go.
I meant in the game lol. But I do think that’ll be the game that likely decides the series the way they blew it. Especially if they get blown out in Game 2
Yeah, it’s more likely to win a series after getting blown out than choking the way the Cavs did. But it’s not over until it’s over. As a Knicks fan I do hope they just roll over the rest of the series though
Yea I mean I already thought y’all were going to win the series. If Cleveland won last night I’d have probably assumed it would go 6 or 7 and go either way. But the way they played so well and fell apart usually doesn’t bode well. ESPECIALLY when you look at how soft they have been as a group and Harden’s historic playoff…..let’s say troubles. I think the Knicks win Game 2 and then if Cleveland doesn’t take 3 and 4 they’re for sure cooked. They aren’t good enough AND mentally tough enough to come back down 0-2 against Knicks. But all of that could happen and I’ll look dumb haha. That’s why they play the games. Was a fun watch though
Get the Haliburton choke gifs ready.
If only we could post em in the comments
Please rise for the 2026 Cavs national anthem:
You’re hot and you’re cold…
You’re yes and your no
You’re in and you’re out
BA-in and out
I thought KAT fucked it with that dumbass foul lmao
Had me and my boy screaming at the tv
donovan wanted NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT LAST SHOT
Yeah absolutely insane that he gave it up to harden
Merill is a great Shooter
He didn’t make the pass to Merrill, he just gave it to Harden at the top of the key with 10 seconds to go and cleared out.
This is Terance Mann 2.0 for Spida
Oh god don’t remind me
Knicks down 20 btw
22 in the 4th
Premature bangjaculation
When D Mitch gave the ball to harden I legit walked to the kitchen. I lost every ounce of faith when that happened. Why tf doesn’t Mitch have the ball in that scenario
Bro preloaded the bang😭😭
JALEN BRUNSON IS THE CLUTCH GOD HOLY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK DID WE JUST WITNESS
What a collapse by the Cavs
James Harden is about to get slandered.
Whatever bullshit Stephen A Smith spews tomorrow, I agree.
Back to back insane games
This and the Shamet 3 is the basketball gods’ apology for that bullshit Haliburton bounce last year
This Cavs team let it slip, a lesson against the Knicks. I can’t complain about OTs in the conference finals tho 🤷♂️🍿
Wild comeback lmao
I’ve never heard him have to input cancel the bang call. This playoffs is crazy
Pump fake bang
NBA fans eating
The Knicks have been blessed by the basketball gods, I have never seen a comeback like this befor
Did it to the Celtics a couple of times last year
Cavs completely shit all down their leg. Kenny just standing there with his arms crossed watching it happen. If Knicks win in OT (which I think they will), I think they sweep. Cavs are completely demoralized.
Why take a 3? It’s a tie game lmao
i dont want relationship, i just want bang bang bang
Premature bangulation?
WHAT IS GOING ON
Silver sent him the wrong script on accident
NBA playoff games go to OT all the time. A premature “Bang!” though, that’s a special occurrence. Glad we all got to see it together.
Second premature bang in his career and both have been this season lol
Danhausen magic still working
The Bang that wasn’t.
Danhausen!!!!
BAAAANNGgggGNNAAAB
I couldn’t believe they just completely forgot that Spida is their best player. He just gave up the ball and stood there.
The clip got jammed
A CANCELED BANG HALFWAY THROUGH FROM MIKE!!
lol would have been wild
what a dumb game this is. I don’t even understand what just happened
Don’t worry Mike. It happens to the best of us.
Thought for sure that was going down. Neutrals have been eating good the past 2 days
Back to Back OT Game 7s.
Fairs Adam Silver.
Nonononono, WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT
Genuine embarrassing for the Cavs, leaving Harden to kill the team in the 4th quarter all by himself.
I know this is game one but this one is going to be rattling in our heads for a bit if we lose.
I can’t believe what I’m seeing. Especially after a crazy WCF game 1.
BAH- in and out! 😅