GAME THREAD: NBA Finals Game 1 Watch Thread
8:30 PM ET, ABC, [3] New York Bricks at [2] San Antonio Spurs; **LINE**: SAS -4.5
Any fanbase who hates the Knicks is welcome here.
The Knicks haven’t won a title in 33 years. Let’s keep it that way Spurs.
Edit: 53 years Math 1 Me 0
I thought it was 53 years but your point stands lmao
You are quite right. Math got the best of me this time.
Nets fan here, F the knLcks!
It’s been one game, fuck the Knicks what’s with all these sudden compliments? I don’t hate any players but the fanbase is unbearable. I’m not changing my stance and still rooting for the Spurs
Glad the Knicks got the win. I like the group of players they have. Josh Hart is a monster and a Swiss army knife.
Wemby needs all of our energy to defeat this team.
This variance stretch the knicks on almost defies logic. No one can hit open threes against them efficiently over the course of a game for 12 straight games. Opponents shooting 30% from three against them over this stretch and it doesnât look like itâs going to get better
I cant bring myself to hate this Knicks team. KAT dominating Wemby after all the trash talk about him over the years is a pretty amazing story
Rooting for KAT. Seems like a good dude.
I’m rooting for Luke personally
Unlike Knicks fans who hate and despise Tatum and Brown for no fucking reason, I donât think anyone here hates any of the Knicks playersâŚitâs the obnoxious and toxic fanbase thatâs the problem and why I donât root for them. The players are all good dudes though
I know thereâs a lot of dumb Knicks fans around the internet (I am one myself) but I think most Knicks fans respect Tatum and Brown, trolls withstanding. The only players we really truly hate as a fanbase are Embiid and Trae Young lol. Personally even with this amazing run, the most gratifying part of the last few years was stealing those games in Boston from yaâll and winning that series last year. I donât even mean that in a snarky way, but in a manner of respect. This playoffs was honestly not as fun without yâall and Haliburton having a real shot at it cus of injuries. Hope we can get a fully healthy war next year in the PO.
I can honestly say you are the first good Knicks fan Ive seen on the net. You deserve this run
Another Knicks fan here and I agree.
The owner too.
I at least respect him for the Jeremy Lin shoutout
Itâs crazy that the Knicks have looked like frauds the past two regular seasons but have gone on to have good playoff runs while the Celtics look super poised and at times dominant in the last two regular seasons and flamed out early
The Spurs can’t rely on an 8 footer’s dribbling down the stretch, Knicks are too handsy for that
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If they win they would be tied with every other champion this era aside from the Warriors who had a dynasty. Lol but nice try.
Define âthis eraâ. How far back does it go? What are we comparing it to? Because if youâre saying it started back in 2019 with the raptors winning then technically thatâs not something to mull over because weâre tied with 7 other teams atm. Thatâs better than around 77% of the league
We beat the Knicks for decades so I actually don’t mind if the Knicks win it all this year. Fuck those casual fans who said WCF was the real finals and that the East is weak.
The NBA is not worth the money for the streaming services that would allow me to watch it, and I don’t feel like I am missing anything. The refs have made the game unwatchable for me. Pickup games at the park seem more honest to watch.
Wemby is great and is gonna be the best player in the world one day soon but mightâve been crowned as such a tad too soon
With the way people talk about him you’d think he’s won 5 championships in a row, 5 dpoy, 4 mvps and has a girlfriend as bad as Jordyn Woods
Exactly why I’m rooting against him
Wemby is not that great of an offense player. Unique obviously with great ball handling and playmaking and lob threat but not very efficient at any level or as a post player
He is too comfortable just hanging around the arc. Heâs not strong enough to bang down low all series and doesnât have the stamina either. Heâs still a puppy.
Canât believe Atlanta of all teams has been (so far) the only team to beat NY in the playoffs. Just fucking LOL
Dad how good was game 2-3 CJ McCollum
7 game series wore out the Spurs gotta keep it in the paint agsinsst the Knicks
We needed Hali or Trae Young in the playoffs to stop this nonsense
Failed hate watch. My cope is that the Knicks are rest merchants. Spurs have to be feeling that last series
Wouldnât that compound and get worse for the Spurs though like the Sixers and Cavs
I feels like the thunder was a worst matchup to them but anyway who cares?Â
Canât have the Knicks winning a title. Please get your shit together Spurs
Guys I donât think I can handle the Knicks winning a championship
Second half turnovers were killer for the Spurs
Rly they just stopped making shots. Theyâre like us where they need to be hitting threes or else they look like shit
really over the knicks comeback victories
Healthy Pacers apparently are the only team that knows how to crush their spirits in the playoffs. Itâs a shame they werenât healthy this year
It was Thibs too - tired out the Knicks over and over
My respect for the Pacers just grows every year man. Hali deserved a ring far more than FTA.
weâre about to hear brunson>tatum convos heâs gonna win finals mvp đ
Tbh Tatum is amazing. But Brunson is in a different tier when youâre thinking of clutch
Mitch playing Fox over Harper was such a throw
Js one gameđ¤ˇââď¸
Spurs fell apart and brunson got hot. Tough loss spurs- you could really see their lack of experience in the end.
Knicks too balanced, experienced and have much more firepower than Spurs. This is over in 5
God why did the Celtics have to choke so fucking bad
The Knicks would have bullied this version of the Cs. I hope everyone against a Giannis trade is also accepting of the fact that we are not close.
No chance the Celtics with this current big man rotation were beating the Knicks.
CJ Mccollum remains a legend
god i fucking hate the knicks
Think the Spurs were just happy to get to the finals based on their post-game reactions to Game 7 of the WCF.
I have a bad feeling about this series.
Whatâs crazy is KG said the same thing about Wemby crying and needing to stay even-keeled and everyone was coming at his neck.
Wemby dickriders have no bounds
Worst of all their fucking streak is still active
Gonna be that much sweeter when they lose the series (let me cope)
They good bruhđŞ
Well my copium is that the Spurs also laid an egg against Minnesota in Game 1. But the Knicks are not the Wolves.
This is why I kinda wanted the Thunder to win, as much as I donât like them, they match up way better against the Knicks.
With Jdub and Ajay injured and Chet playing like Ben Simmons idk if the Thunder in the finals would be favored against Knicks lol
Chet would have played better against someone not named wemby. Idk how much better tho
Wemby is scarier than kat
But they were injured as fuck missing 2 of their best players. I think the Thunder wouldâve beaten the Spurs if they were fully healthy and JDub wasnât hobbling around in the games he played in. Seems like itâs the Knicks year unfortunately. All of the pieces lined up perfectly for them.
OKC werenât healthy tho. Donât think it mattered
Same. I think they wouldâve beat them honestly
đŻ I wanted the Knicks to lose more than anything. OKC is like 8-0 against a he Knicks over the last 4 years. I was afraid SA would just be too inexperienced.
This is Bostonâs 9⁄11
Why?
Spurs were obviously not mentally prepared for the finals just yet. Thereâs only so much time to adapt, but I think if they just chill out a little they wonât have much trouble winning. Theyâve been playing a lot worse and led with 2 minutes left, not too bad for most of these guyâs first playoff runs.
Fox was fucking terrible if he settles down they can win still
Knicks winning in the jays era đŤŠ
It’s the 70s all over again
Everyone here stupidly cheered on the spurs. This was obvious early on they matched up horribly with the Knicks. We needed a healthy thunder team
Ngl the Thunder with all their injuries wouldâve had a tough time against the Knicks as well
Even injured I think they matched up better. But people here seemed to be rooting for San Antonio from the jump
We badly needed it. Fuck man I knew it
what the collapse happened?
Iâm convinced Brunson fakes his injuries when he appears to be hurt lol either that or heâs not human
He gets “hurt” every other game
Brad Stevens canât let this shit slide. I donât know how the fuck you can watch this and not make a big trade.While Tatum is in his prime we need to build a better fucking team around him. Fuck staying under the 1st apron.
Totally agree, east is wide open.
Jalen Brunson is exactly what the Celtics should be doing!!! Just drive to the damn basket instead of settling for threes. If the Celtics were in this game they wouldâve shot themselves out by this point
Jalen Brunson is able to do that because he has KAT occupying the rim protector.
If anyone on the Celtics, let alone the league were capable of doing what Brunson has been doing this year, they would have. His shiftiness, handle, footwork, and shot making are on another fuckin level.
But heâs driving to the basket thatâs all that matters. Iâve been screaming from the mountain tops for years for the Celtics to play just like that. Tatum and Brown can easily do what Brunson does. If they played like this I swear weâd have multiple rings by now.
I think the Tatum era Celtics will be a case study of how analytics and overthinking can hold back a team so much. Just play basketball the right way. The Knicks are doing that
JB has never been consistently great in isolation against elite defenders. JT is much better in that regard, but still isn’t as consistent in the clutch as Brunson has been this year. He just doesn’t have the same midrange shot making reliability as Brunson when defenders wall him off. He lacks the balance and lift needed to put the ball on target on contested shots
They would have mentally folded several times by now.
Fox is on another level lmao
I know he getsa few assists but could he be any more useless/over rated? That missed 5 footer cost them the game.
The downstairs parking garage level lol
Spurs are too young. Knicks really got the easiest championship path now that the Spurs are going to shit all over themsleves. Brunson shooting tour dates and has a stacked team but will get a pass because the Spurs are choking.
The spurs just beat the defending champs, they couldn’t play the 2nd seed celtics because the celtics blew a 3 1 lead to a 7 seed, the cavs are overated but still they beat the 1 seed. The hawks gave them the most trouble so far
There’s been much easier chip paths
We got a series!
Wemby being 3⁄16 or whatever is I’m sorry that’s embarrassing. I can’t get there on best in the world shooting tour dates all playoffs at 7’4”
Brunson is cold you just kind of have to respect it
Mitch Johnson is a make-a-wish coach.
Their only offensive gameplan is to chuck threes and pray to the basketball gods that Wemby is having one of his good games. Neither worked tonight.
Fox playing over Harper is criminal in crunch time.
Fox and Wemby gotta play way better
At least we know the Celtics aren’t the only team that can collapse against this iteration of the Knicks
Knicks are winning the title. They are great. As much as I hate saying that. lol
Spurs look like the Cs when they made the finals against the warriors. Happy to just be there. Rattled. Getting trapped and not knowing what to do. This shit a wrap.
Agree. This Spurs team is ahead of schedule like we were and wouldn’t be here if OKC was healthy.
Ehhh we were pretty on schedule lol. That was the 5th season of that core
Its first to 4 wins. In wemby I trust.
Shit I hope so
Itâs always hilarious when people think they can make this call after a single game, and by funny I mean extremely dumb.
Don’t look up the stats when the home team loses game 1 of the finals. It’s not over, but the Spurs REALLY wanted to win this.
Theyâve won 9 in a row. They arenât a fluke. Your comment is dumb.
Knicks have won 12 games in a row.
Knicks donât show any sign of stopping. Theyâve got this on lock.
The Knicks are just a more experienced playoff team
It was not Luke’s best game
Ref ball at its finest, i guess the knicks âwinâ this one
What about this are you blaming on the refs? Spurs missed all their shots and kept turning it over down the stretch while Brunson backpacked
yeah, the refs were not a factor in the spurs blowing this lmao.
Fox looks mentally shaken. Just not there
He looks like crap….
Idk why Mitch has him in there crunch time.
Fucking sick to my stomach
LOL cut to commercial
It’s actually incredible how annoying Knicks fans are. It’s like they all possess this ability to be the most insufferable assholes. It’s impressive.
Brunson and KAT are much better than Jaylen. Imagine if Tatum had either of those as his #2
Well brunson is a number 1 so that’s not fair
We wouldâve won game 7 against the Heat to make the comeback. Brown FELL APART in the only game we really needed him to show up to do something historic but he was punked that game
Kat was faceguarding wemby on the offensive rebound that led to the brunson 3 lol
Celtics are unfortunately light years away from contending with the Knicks. I don’t like them but they are one tough and physical team. Very physical. Something the Celtics are most certainly not.
Nah they are a physical big and scoring guard away. Hopefully Robinson is gone next year.
I just can’t believe they pushed SA all over the floor in the 4th quarter.
Spurs pulled the Joe Mazzula playing ur star when heâs obviously the wrong option
Brunson is so great in late game situations, gotta hand it to him
I fucking hate 2026. About to get laid off too. God.
Damn sorry to hear that
I’m sorry sister, I feel that. This year has sucked sports wise.
This game was not on the refs.
I hate the Knicks but theyâre tough asf. You just accept it, Câs better get mentally focused this summer.
We need better players
Who should we get rid of and who should we keep? Iâm disgusted
What a meltdown
Fuckkkkkkk
Mitch is getting outcoached
Baaaadly
Terrible game plan.
Fuck everything
Knicks stole home court
Fox stays hoeing tf outta the team he plays for by cracking under pressure. Fucking pathetic
You can take the Fox out of Sacramento but you can’t take Sacramento out of the Fox.
Sub Harper back in for Fox.
Too late
WHAT THE FUCK FOX
Fox in over Harper is lunacy but its only Game 1
Bruh fox killed the spurs this game
Goddammit
U can not leave Brunson open in 4th quarter!
Fox a brick
Make em Wemby!
Fucking rebound
JB would that offensive foul called every time
Remember when we destroyed the Mavs in Game 1?
Then the Mavs fans were saying âKidd just let this game go away cause heâll make adjustments next gameâ đ¤ŁđđŤľ
I love how Towns fell LMFAO
Lol womp womp
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Victor “Marlo Stanfield” Wembanyama
LOL
Wemby looks bit wounded
Did this guy just hit the side of the backboard twice lol
Wemby - wtf is this Steph gimmick??
Said this during the WCF, but Wemby doesnât have that âfuck you im scoring nowâ midrange game that all the best offensive players have. When the game gets bogged down he can get forced out to the perimeter and relies on bail out threes.
Heâs already an all time great defender, but on offense for now heâs still just âvery goodâ on offense.
What a choke. Shouldâve been OKC. Knicks winning is gonna be insufferable. Every fake bandwagon NY fan, celebrity, influencer going to come out of the woodwork.
Remember how annoying it was when the Rangers won in ‘94? 30 years later they’re still milking that one. Knicks winning would be 10x worse.
This commentary is so trash.Â
Wemby on court - talk about him being in the paint deters everyone. Sure makes sense.
Wemby off court - talk about how he isn’t on the court and if he was he would have deterred the shot.Â
All last series too. Like do you have anything else as the “best” we have to listen toÂ
Idgaf that you made that three. DO NOT let anybody get comfortable being outside AND move the damn ball around
Please lock the fuck in Spurs
Might be a little too late
Wemby might be the Chosen One.
You could feel the tide turn in this game, this is gross
They canât be serious wtf did Coach say in the timeout!!!!
Mike Brown is very fluid as a coach. He isnât afraid to switch it up and start trying shit
The Knicks are far better than us at this point, holy shit. We need massive changes
Whatcha mean, we are just a MLE/TPE Center away from being a contender! /Green Teamer logic
Imagine spending all that $ to attend an NBA Finals game only to jump on the court for 3 seconds and take a selfie
Class A Loser. Congrats on never being able to attend another NBA game in your life
Spurs can’t buy a clue
Like SGA, I gotta give Brunson credit - the guy can score….
Hate watch looking unsuccessful right now
Probably a Knicks fan….
That fan is going to get the crap kicked out of him off site
LOL. I thought that fan that got nabbed was Chalamet.