GAME THREAD: NBA Finals Game 2 Watch Thread
8:30 PM ET, ABC, [3] New York Chicks at [2] San Antonio Spurs; NYC lead series 1-0. **LINE**: SAS -6.5
With all this shit on Instagram of the Knicks fans already celebrating, what would the downfall be like if the spurs came into msg and won two game in row? It would be pretty funny imo
praying for times like this đ
I love Kornet but he has not impressed me against the knicks
Also think it was ridiculous so many people were acting like the knicks didnât have a chance. Fans and media are so reactionary, it was obvious imo the knicks would take this series. Still hoping this young spurs team is somehow able to pull it off
What did you factor in your opinion of it being obvious? Just curious, no shade.
I apologize for the long reply. It felt obvious to me b/c I unfortunately have belief in their team this season & value their playoff experience. I think they match up well against this young Spurs team (especially factoring in the lack of experience and how tired they probably are). Knicks certainly have had their struggles this season, but when theyâre playing connected, theyâre hard to beat. Wemby needs to be the best player every night to beat them.
Based off watching the knicks during this run & their habits as a team the last few seasons, just felt it was their time. Everything has lined up well for them and you need luck to win the chip. Theyâre experienced in the playoffs, have been building towards this moment for years, and are healthy. Spurs have looked really good during this run, but I donât believe they wouldâve beat OKC if they were healthy. Iâve been waiting for their lack of experience to show up - not in a hate watch way, as Iâm rooting for them, but in a thatâs normally how it goes in the playoffs way.
Game 1 is a great example. This knicks team and their 4th quarter runs are inevitable. Itâs been like that for some time now (itâs not discussed enough imo) and when they string that run together if the other team tenses up and stops making shots, well we know how that goes b/c it happened to our guys. So even in games theyâre struggling, if they keep it close and go on their 4th quarter run they still have a great shot to win.
I only believed in the Celtics and knicks to come out of the East. Once Câs went out it felt inevitable knicks would be going to the finals. Again I value their experience and the talent they have. Maybe itâs silly, but just how I felt.
It was short enough to be outside my threshold of ânah, Iâm not reading all thatâ. I get your logic for sure. I think the Spurs are putting up great numbers. Wemby needing to be perfect is highlighted by his off the foot dribble in Game 1 and pass to the back in Game 2, even though the turnovers are team wide. But as the star, in those clutch moments you canât be making mistakes like that. Reminds me of JB when is left hand was really bad and heâd try to iso a clutch shot, just to get stripped.
Interesting series for sure. Also I think KAT performing the way he has this series is what sets the Knicks apart. Heâs bullying Wemby. Screaming in his face on put back dunks. Defensive boards and all. And Brunson is being Brunson.
MSG going to be wild the next two games.
Itâs funny how last week the entire board was saying the spurs are the next dynasty. And now they are down 0-2 to the Knicks. Who lost last year to the pacers. Who probably shouldâve won the chip had Haliburton not tore his Achilles. Who lost to OKC who according to this board was the next dynasty.
This is why I say there is no dynasty in todayâs NBA and Boston isnât that far as this board makes it seem. They had a better record than NYC who is likely next champion
Such an advantage for Brunson to take a lower than max contract.Â
We are extremely far as currently constructed. We donât have a top guard and a top big. The Knicks do. The Spurs do. Simple as that.
Regular season record doesnât mean shit when you canât perform in the playoffs. We have a bunch of regular season merchants in this roster (Jaylen and Pritchard, for instance).
I mean white technically is your top guard. We really arenât that far. A 57 win team
White is a top defensive guard. He isnât a great playmaker on offense and certainly doesnât put pressure on the rim. He also cannot create his own shot
57 win team that got humiliated in the playoffs two years in a row. Regular season doesnât mean shit.
I think you are selling white too short. If heâs as bad as you say how does he average 17ppg this year?
I also think while the last 2 years are disappointing you have to give context to it.
I mean this year Tatum was not 100% and then got injured and our big rotation was trash. If he plays game 7 and we win does the narrative change?Â
Basically embiid came back and dominated our bigs and we had no answer.Â
Last year was more embarrassing but Tatum tore his Achilles in game 4, KP was a shell at that point and brown/jrue were not healthy
Iâm not. Also, I didnât say he was bad, where did you get that from? What I said about him is completely true. He got plenty of touches this year and was extremely inefficient. Any NBA player can average 17ppg if given free reign.
No, the narrative does not change. We just get obliterated by the Knicks again in R2.
Our defense was good enough to win. Embiid wasnât particularly efficient. Our offense was fucking trash.
We were already losing regardless of Tatumâs injury. He had 40+ and we were still losing that game because Jaylen is a fucking bum.
Our roster only got worse since then, so not sure whatâs your point.
People also said the Nuggets would be a dynasty after 2023 and if you remember some dumbasses thought the Timberwolves would be a dynasty just because they beat the Nuggets in 2024 but they didnât even make the Finals.
Warriors are the anomaly not the rule. I donât see any team having a dynasty like that any time soon with the new CBA
Warriors also only became a dynasty because they added Durant to a finals team.
Meh they coulda made those finals without kd. Unlikely but possible
Itâs possible but the harden rockets pushed them to the limit WITH KD. It took Chris Paul getting injured and hardens generational choking late in series
Jimmy Butler after it’s all said and done will retire ringless while his rivals have won chips this decade.
The anti Jordan. Everyone ate when Jimmy was around haha.
The only thing worse than the Knicks potentially winning after half a century is Zverev possibly winning his first slam.
Damn Iâm just finding out that this dude is a piece of shit. And I was actually rooting for him before. Yuck.
Tell me about it⌠still holding out some hope Cobolli comes up clutch
The biggest problem with the Knicks winning the championship is that they won’t be miserable watching basketball for the rest of their lives. This lone championship will carry these people and whenever their team is dogshit, they’ll just remember they finally won one. It’s horrible.
I am convinced that the reason the Knicks are 2-0 is because Bill Simmons said 5 Wembys could beat 5 MJâs and the Basketball Gods called âbetâ.
If the league thought we were annoying, just they wait til the Knicks win
I know I’m going to get downvoted for this idgaf. I’ve always been a Boston fan thru and thru but reading through this thread we sound like some serious sore losers. Its quite pathetic. Like do the Knicks even have guys that are truly unlikable. I could see back in the day with John Starks, Anthony Mason and Xavier McDaniels. These days its not even the same atmosphere. The Knicks have a bunch of nice guys and we manufacture all this hate and resentment because we couldn’t get the job done! At least the Knicks play the right way and aren’t coached to shoot 50 3s a game. We don’t have anyone to be mad at but ourselves.
It’s not about the team it’s about their fans and rivalry. I don’t give two shits if they aren’t unlikeable, it’s New York. Boston rooting against New York is far from pathetic lmao it’s basic sports shit. Imagine if West Ham was like “guys Millwall’s team is pretty likeable, why would we root against them?” Uhhhhh because we’re rivals, and that’s what you do. Yeah NY isn’t a rival to us in basketball like other sports, but it’s still New York. I wish nothing but sports misery upon their fans.
Not all NBA fans are from america.
Okay? If you’re going to be a fan of the Boston Celtics, or Boston sports teams, than part of that deal is you hate and root against New York.
Again, using the West Ham example, if I went over to England and saw a West Ham vs. Millwall game, and went up to some West Ham fans and was like yeah I love West Ham but I actually like Millwall’s likeable players so I don’t mind them too much. And then after I expected them to be okay with that because I’m not from England…I mean…they’d fuckin kill me lol.
And rightfully so. If you’ve adopted a team that isn’t from your area it’s reasonable to expect the person to embrace the culture of that team in its entirety. Hating New York is part of that culture.
so because we choose to be celtics fans we have to embrace the guy who shat in bill russellâs bed? completely stupid, we donât have to embrace shit. we can like or dislike anyone we want.
so because we choose to be celtics fans we have to embrace the guy who shat in bill russellâs bed?
I’m going to need you to explain how that is relevant at all to what we’re talking about because I can’t wrap my head around whatever it is you’re going for.
Having to embrace the culture in its entirety would necessarily include all negative aspects too, like who you hate and any ingrained prejudices. Why would I want to embrace the entire Boston sports fan culture when part of it is stained with hatred, vitriol, racism and violence?
I don’t really care to indulge this too much because it’s a dumbass take, but you’re basically saying Celtics fans are okay with the historical racist context of the fanbase from back in the day, which is ridiculous of course. To act like the Boston Celtics fanbase, a New England/MA fanbase, who is the most liberal state in America, is still this racist monolith, is fuckin stupid as hell.
If that’s all you have to hinge your argument on then I think you’ve lost the plot.
Do whatever makes you happy man, but here in Boston we hate New York sports no matter what. End of story. A Celtics fan that roots for NY cannot be a serious person
Nah I get it. I find myself hating other guys for no reason when we donât play right. Once Iâm over it I realize Iâm just jealous in the moment and thereâs really nothing to be mad about. Instead Iâm left wishing our offense ran like theirs. Iâve said it before, the Knicks are just dogs man. They just never feel out of it at anytime this year and last, you really gotta stomp them tf out, which is tough to do. We had our time(hopefully there is another) but shidddd dog itâs someone elseâs now as itâs been for the last decade.
I’m calling it now
if Trump comes to game 3: Spurs in 6
As a NY resident imagining the fallout of thatâŚ.. yeah idk.
You know what, fuck it. Their fans are insufferable. This would be hilarious.
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Why couldnât we have a healthy thunder team? They wouldâve taken care of the Knicks in no timeâŚ
You actually wanted OKC to win again, that’s crazy. My team didn’t make the playoffs, so I’ve just been enjoying the playoffs. The moment I saw how the Thunder played against the Suns, I wanted anyone but them to win lol.
Fuck OKC their brand of basketball right now deserves nothing.
But also the Knicks are genuinely well equipped to handle the west. Iâve been saying this the entire playoff run.
They were literally built to handle our super team. And they are playing teams that are not as good as that super team was.
Canât believe Wemby and Mitch gave this trash ass fan base a ring.
Just once I wish this team could find themselves in a favorable path to the finals. Feels like they always run into some buzz saw or every series is grueling. Watching a rival coast through the playoffs against tired teams makes it so frustrating. Glad we got 18 but it never feels like we get luck on our end.
Dude I hate admitting it but the Knicks were on the same side of the playoff bracket as us. They just took care of business and we didn’t. It’s on us that we can’t close out series. We should have won vs Philly game 5, completely didn’t show up in game 6 and played awful in game 7
Knicks were beating us. I think we beat everyone else in the East though. Spurs would give us trouble as I donât think we can adequately cover Wemby
Lmao. The Celtics played every single team with their best player missing multiple games all the way to the finals where they played a banged up Mavs. That ring should have the biggest asterisk in pro sports. You should be ashamed of yourself for even posting this message.
Edit - Downvote me all you want but you know in your heart of hearts what I said is true lol
where they played a banged up Mavs
So the Mavs were healthy enough to beat the Timberwolves with Ant and KAT and the eventual 2025 champion Thunder, but were suddenly âbanged upâ against the Celtics? đ
Also how kind of you to forget that the Celtics themselves werenât healthy as Porzingis missed nearly the entire playoffsâŚ
Yeah. You missing Porzingis and the Heat missing Butler, the Cavs missing Mitchell and the Pacers missing Halliburton is the same. Come on man. Lmaooo đđđ
Just admit the Celtics had a cakewalk to the finals like no team has ever had in the playoffs and we can stop this nonsense discussion. Everyone knows they did. You guys are just coping hard. Sorry man itâs facts.
None of those teams was beating the Celtics juggernaut fully healthy and you know it.
That Heat team was ass even with Jimmy, the Celtics were already up 2-1 when Mitchell got hurt, and they were up by 10 and up 1-0 when Haliburton got hurt, and the Pacers were in their first playoff run with 0 experience and choked away several games like the Spurs just did.
Itâs no different than the Knicks opponents all coming off of 7 game series and being fatigued.
You need a little luck to win a championship, newsflash, or do you want me to bring up the /r/nba post about every single asterisk dating back to the dawn of time?
Player for player, most neutrals are taking the 2024 Celtics over the 2026 Knicks.
Lmao I love how you just completely ignore injuries to the other teams and just expect the Celtics to win.
Iâm done with this argument because Celtics fans are coping hard. Ill leave you with something I said in my other post:
The âJaysâ were underachievers in the playoffs before 2024 and they have choked in every single playoffs since then. 2024 is the only exception. That tells me all I need to know about âthe Jaysâ. Without a red carpet and a stacked team, the Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum led Celtics donât amount to much. :)
And that is how I know no playoff series is a given victory for a team led by âThe Jaysâ. Hope the one championship was good because thatâs all you are getting unless you face teams missing their superstars in the playoffs again. Have a good day :)
The 2024 Celtics were 80-21, that Celtics team was a juggernaut and everybody knew they were winning the title as long as they did not face the Nuggets, who were the only bad matchup for them, or did you just not watch basketball in the 2024 season?
Are you doing the same thing discrediting OKCâs title last year with Aaron Gordon and Halliburtonâs injuries? Or can you acknowledge that the Thunder at 80-24 for the entire season were just the best team?
Are you doing the same for the Nuggets title when they played 2 8 seeds and a 7 seed? I could go on and onâŚ
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The Thunder played Haliburton less Pacers for 3 quarters. The Celtics played teams without their best players IN EVERY SINGLE ROUND of the Eastern conference playoffs. The Celtics had a red carpet all the way to the NBA finals. The Knicks played a full strength Hawks and Cavs.
The injury argument is half baked - its somewhat true but more nuanced than that. The mavs had all their key pieces so saying they were banged up is nothing but cope. They looked unreal against some really strong teams on their road to the finals and the whole dialogue around the finals before it started was that the celtics were going to falter against their first “real” opponent. They came into the playoffs at 12-3 so their road, while difficult, wasnt strenuous.
Hali - true, but again, there’s nuance here. He was there for all of game 1, which Boston won and almost 3 full quarters of game two. We were up by 11 when he had to sub out. So probably going to be 2-0 in his games.
Mitchell - he got injured after game 3. Celtics were already up 2-1.
And again - Porzingis was out for most of the playoffs. Not apples to apples as he wasn’t our 1A player but very much a key piece.
2024?
The 2024 path was objectively much easier than the 2022 draw
Hate that it looks like NY is gonna win. But at least the games have been enjoyable to watch. OKC would’ve made this Finals just terrible.
Brunson has been doing less head jerking as well, so at least the team isn’t flopping to a title. (Still hoping SAS somehow come back)
Brunson talked about it a bit this year. The cutting down on flopping was very intentional.
And he backed it up too. His FTr is like 75% of what it used to be.
Ur wrong. Knicks owned the spurs in the regular season. There was a reason Knick fans wanted spurs in the finals. Okc even though they are banged up could easily still go 6 games
OKC would’ve made he finals terrible, as in, unwatchable with their playstyle of flopping and injuring players. Was not about them beating ny or anything.
My best friend is a Pacers fan and he just texted me that the Pacers are the real losers of this Finals. Being 48 minutes away from winning the title then losing your superstar for an entire year, tanking and losing your top 5 pick in a historically good draft class, and to top it off watching your biggest rival and team youâve dominated in the playoffs win a championship. Puts it in perspective that things couldâve worked out worse for the Celtics. So happy we got 2024 when we did.
Pacers or net fans are the biggest losers here. That hali choke sign is about to be reversed and used to make fun of the pacers now. And as for the nets they already were little brother itâs only gonna get 10 times worse
Nets have the Knicks picks till 2031. They will be fine. I have the feeling the Knicks fall off hard after winning a title.
They have Brunson/Anunoby/Bridges through 29. I think theyâll still be trying through that year since they donât own their pick and it seems very unlikely they wouldnât be average but it is a long way off. To me it feels like the 31 pick is the only one worth much at all
I’m pulling Spurs but this felt like the refs were trying to help the Spurs stay in this. Knicks deserved the win x 2.
thisâll make a good storyline for giannis tatum celtics knocking out the knicks in the playoffs next year if ever they do go on to win the championship
Was that the dumbest play call ever?
Dunk it Wemby! Just dunk it
He single-handedly threw that game away in the last 15 seconds
I donât think Wemby drew up that playâŚI could hear Tommy Heinsohn saying, âOkayâŚnow get something going to the rimâŚâ
Also at least now we know the 40-20 rule is complete bullshit. People take that statistic way too seriously
Well 90% of nba champions do it. But in an era with no true dynasty I do think it loses importance
The Trump Curse. More and more people are talking about the Trump Curse. I think the Knicks are getting the Trump Curse next game
If Knicks fans boo him they will win like the Nationals in 2019
Everybodyâs talking about it. Everyone knows.
Well Iâm just glad that that wasnât my team/teamâs best player that committed that horrendous turnover at the end
my favourite player could never have had a possession to win the game and then ended up coughing the ball up to a knick
yeah weve had some rough moments but tatum has never thrown the ball at someones back
Yeah we couldâve been the team to blow a 3-1 series lead to the seventh seed in the first round instead.
Move on
The bodyâs not even cold yet.
Tough game. Tough loss. Credit to the Spurs for having the grit to stick with it, until the end. Knicks are just firing on all cylinders. Theyâre a group of relentless dogs. Theyâre going to be tougher to beat in the concrete jungle.
âŚwhere dreams are made of?
No team has ever won the NBA Finals after going down 0-2 at home. This series is fucking over. Will it be annoying to watch them tear down that city and be insufferable for the next 50 years? Yes⌠but we dealt with the same annoying fucks when the Yankees won in 09. It is what it is lmao. At least next season theyâll have a target on their backs and not fly under the radar like they did this year
There’s a first time for everything, and if the Spurs and Wemby can pull it off more power to them. But I don’t see it happening, they just play too reckless for their collective level of offensive production.
Same can be said about a lot of teams, but it’s one thing to play fast and occasionally throw away the ball when ~20 3PA/game are being taken by ~38-40% shooters like say the 2018 Warriors or 2024 Celtics but that ain’t the Spurs.
Honestly I’m feeling a Spurs blowout loss in game 3. Maybe a win in game 4. Then a close out gentleman’s sweep. And I was pulling for them when the series started.
Eh I sense the spurs winning in game 3 but idk about the series atp
The Heat in â06, Cavs in â16, and the Bucks in â21 all came back down from 0-2 in the NBA Finals.
None of those teams lost both at home tho
Yes but I said after going down 0-2 at home
The 3 teams you mentioned went down 0-2 on the road and played games 3 and 4 at home. The Spurs when down 0-2 at home and no team has ever won the Finals after doing down 0-2 at home
Oh missed the âat homeâ part. My bad. But there has only been 2 other teams that went down 0-2 at home before, not a big sample size
“at home”
Yeah, but they lost first two on the road. The spurs needed one of these two
Well at least we know Knicks ainât winning next year
knicks might actually win a chip
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So tired of pretending the Nova boys are good enough to win championships. Please, make this meme team stop, they are FRAUDS
Their team was literally curated to handle our super team. lol. They built an anti Celtics squad and then we lost the squad.
They arenât frauds unfortunately lmao.
After all that đ
Wemby throwing the ball away is the Spurs version of the Cavs throwing a 22 point lead game 1. This is gonna destroy them and the atmosphere at MSG is something this team is not ready for because they canât even perform at their own home with a handful of Knicks fans. GG Knicks yall finally got one
Im ngl, game 1 of this series was cavs game 1, cus we were down nearly the whole game until the 4th. This game, was like karma for both those games, except wemby fucked it all up by trying that stupid as middy in clutch time
Are the Knicks really about to win 14 straight games to a title?
Greatest run in nba playoff history
Yep Knicks locked in and loaded
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Where’s Doc Rivers for a to
I hate the idea of the Knicks winning it all but there are a few bright sides, like KAT getting a ring before Jimmy Butler.
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see this is true hater energy. how are you a celtic fan in the 21st century with more vitriol for the knicks than you have for god damn jim butler
I think you read my comment wrong?
sorry I shouldâve phrased my comment better. How * can people be Celtics fans in the 21st century and hate the knicks more than they hate someone like jimmy butler. I personally feel like thereâs no real reason to hate the knicks beyond them beating us one time.
I have a couple friends that are Knicks fans so I’ll be happy for them. I’d rather they get one than Embiid lol.
Iâm from NJ so most friends are Knicks fans. I only went Celtics when I started dating my now fiancee in 2020. Before that I didnât watch basketball.
Iâm from jersey work in ny I feel so bad for net fans over here man so bad
I forget about the Nets sometimes đ¤Ł
Embiitch*
Wemby having his Drake Maye moment in the finals tough to win it all against a more experienced opponent this young
the Spurs basically just let the Knicks win by cosplaying Mazzullaâs basketball terrorism.
I mean theyâve got Wemby, so why wasnât he in the paint?
Sweep incoming.
At least the NBA will lose money. And NYC will go full Vancouver mode.
I don’t disagree about the NBA losing money if a boring sweep actually happens but what does “Vancouver mode” mean??
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That was an all-time tier choke moment. Unreal.
We couldâve won a title if we got by NY, easier said than done but still
This year feels like such a massive missed opportunity
We couldnât even get by them last year and we had multiple games with double digit leads that they came back from. We were not beating this Knicks team, they are good and we gotta accept the fact they are nice
The team was dead last year.
Yeah we werenât getting passed this buzzsaw dude
Who on our team is guarding Wemby tho lol
Nikola got that on lockdown
Spurs might get one in MSG but itâs over. 4,5,6 doesnât matter
Tough ending. Series isnât over gotta steal at least the next game to even have a shot.
I live in NYC and I hate it here rn. God if there is a parade thereâs gonna be chaos here.
Just hit record if they win it all
Itâs going to be 2020-2021 all over again.
Each game just makes it clear how big of an opportunity the Celtics choked. Again. Like the 6th time in 7 years. Â
we couldâve had 2020. couldâve had 22. couldâve had 23. even 25. Iâm glad we got 24 but we are seriously god damn choke city.
We weren’t beating bron and ad in the bubble with kemba and theis lol. 22 was a choke with tatum not stepping up. 23 jokic and the nuggets beat us, we were hobbled already. 25 maybe if kp doesn’t catch aids
Iâm not saying wouldâve, simply couldâve. 2023 is the big one for me. missing those chances just absolutely stings.
2022 was the big chance. We were up 2-1 and in game 4 we had a lead for most of the game until Curry became Curry
Idk how yall can watch this Knicks team and be like âdamn we wouldâve beat themâ
They outplayed the fuck out of us last year and they got more cohesive and better. Yes they were choking it away tn but this is maybe the hottest team Iâve seen in a while. Weâd have gotten fried
Youâre right. We are fortunate they were hurt during our easy path.Â
Have to agree. Even with this stripped-down roster, I feel we wouldâve had a great shot to beat the Knicks in the second round - draw from there was doable, too. Pretty sickening to watch them win a ring AND continually get away with pretending they beat the 24 squad.
They have to get Giannis and fire Mazzulla.
The 2020s have absolutely been a nightmare for us.
The Lakers got their Banner 17. One playoff heartbreak after another for the Cs outside of 2024. And now we might be on the verge of watching the Knicks end a 50+ year championship drought.
This decade can fuck right off.
No itâs a nightmare for the pacers or the sixers we won a title and will in it for the next few years
The Jays era is just one choke after another. Thank god literally everything broke their way in 2024.
Heck even the pre-Jays years wasn’t all that nice. Gordy snapping his leg in ‘17, Kyrie being an absolute bitch in ‘18. Kemba’s knees exploding in ‘19 and ‘20….
What opportunity? Knicks are literally the Câs worse matchup in the entire leagueâŚ
We are sooo fortunate they were hurt the year of our easy pathÂ
I love how you try to dispel the greatness of that team lol nuggets were the Câs worst matchup. Remember when the Knicks lost to the Heat? Pacers? They locked in finally, vet teams do this all the time in the NBA. Next year theyâll be hunted, that will be fun to watch.
Iâll forever be thankful Brunson wasnât healthy enough to kick our ass in our cake walk season.Â
Or OG
OG is injured more often than he isnât - itâs a small miracle heâs been so healthy for them this year. Everything is breaking their way.
Yeah 2024 ring has no more pull
why not? still a ring?
I donât get not calling a timeout there, Wemby wouldâve had to run the ball up, he wasnât getting a good look or even a shot up at all.
Nyc going to tear the city apart if they win it all…I can see it now
As a NY resident these past few weeks have been absolute hell.
I feel ya …im in Mavs land so I had my fair share of laughs but I didnt really poke too much fun
Didnât think the Knicks were gonna lose at any point in the fourth. Spurs just donât have it.
If only the Hawks locked in
This all could have been avoided
Similar to Pacers in 2024, I donât think the Spurs can come back from what just happened
Wemby choked bad
always thankful we won that 24
Terrifying how much doom has set in for large parts of the fanbase even with 18 finally home.
on the board this decade with 6 other teams lol
Yeah, and 24 other teams are beneath us and looking up towards us so whatâs your point
parity. parity is my point
Best feeling ever. True dominance
I wish I let myself linger more that 24 season. Wish I caught every game. Sucks that theyâre on in the morning here and I had to miss so many. Love jrue holiday so much.
Fr you never know when youâll be back. Championships are hard.
Yeah Knicks are probably winning the chip
If yaâll want to cope the series is not yet technically over lmaoo
Nah itâs over
Itâs over until itâs over
Spurs beating OKC was their championship emotionally.
WHY TF WOULD YOU CALL A TIMEOUT AFTER BRUNSON TIES THE GAME????? Just play the game
The Knicks boutta get a 50 year monkey off their backs. What a sell job by the future GOAT.
F this S
What a heartbreaker for the Spurs
Just outright stupid basketball by the players and the coach. God awful
That ending felt like a true Celtics classic. Play like shit all night and finally lock in just to lose to a dumb mistake.
Honestly this is not a game script I recall that often. More like we are blowing leads and hold on or blow it.
This definitely happens a lot, but if you watched us in 2019, 2022 and 2023, I feel like this happened a ton. There were multiple games against Philly I can think of like that over the last few years, and a lot of our regular season losses in 2024 were a mix of what you described and what I described lol. Basically the Celtics canât play it close all night, if they lose itâs because they either choked or failed to come back in embarrassing fashion lol.
yeah I feel like the classic celtics script is go up roughly twenty in the third, then get walked down only to ultimately hold the lead⌠or blow it. 50⁄50.
the good old Kung Fu Joe Mazzullaâs special.
I watched the same exact fourth quarter a couple weeks ago.
Man, I feel like I watched this game about 47 times over the last 3 seasons.
Classic fake comeback. Sucks it happened on a must win game for the Spurs too. Series still isn’t over, but it ain’t lookin good chief
Interesting how the announcers thought both of those Wemby jumpers were good shots. I disagreed.
Make Brunson defend the drive. He sucks on D.