[Highlight] Wemby can’t hit the game-winner. Knicks lead the series 2-0!
Nah that pass to the back of Castle is gonna hunt them for a while.
There’s no way this game just ended like this, what the fuck did I just witness
Jordan stans already writing this to their book about how Wemby can’t be goat for daring to lose in the finals at a young age
Much better to lose in the first or second round.
No shame avoiding those rockets teams either lol
or miss the playoffs entirely (ya’ll conveniently forget about that)
Then dont call him the goat and say he is on his way to surpassing jordan lmao
Even if he won a ring he wouldn’t be close. What the fuck even is NBA discourse lol
NBA discourse is to call anyone doing anything remarkable the GOAT. It is calling your favourite player ‘my GOAT’. Kids have really taken all meaning away from the term….just trampled it to the ground.
It’s the same with teams and how every team who wins a ring is a dynasty… until they lose the next year.
Hell, NBA discourse woke up early this year and started calling Wemby’s Spurs a dynasty before even winning one.
He’s already better than Jokic, SGA, Luka and Giannis too apparently
no one is saying this other than the ignorant and delusional
why did he even pass it at all
Don’t really want Wemby bringing the ball up the court.
Because he was giving the ball to a point guard?
Bro got sped up
Barkley said it. He is shook
“Behind the back pass” didn’t translate well into French
He’s a center and he was giving it to his PG. It’s both their fault.
He’s not a traditional center, he’s the star player and plays like KD. He brings the ball up all the time, he’s just shook.
Really should’ve called a timeout (by the coach if nothing else). What were they going to do with no time on the clock
At least make sure the guy is looking lol 😂
I think they have built a habit of treating Wemby as a guard, passing to him before mid court has been a norm
You gotta remember how young Wemby is, this was like a rookie mistake. He has a lot of room to grow, as do a lot of his teammates.
Should have called a timeout immediately
Reminds me of Jabari Smith Jr in Game 3
That’s 2 games in a row where Wemby makes a crucial turnover late in the game. Game 1 he dribbled it off his foot with very little time remaining. The moment might be getting a little too big right now. He’s a fantastic player, but he’s also a very young man in his first ever Finals.
This is why experience matters in the post season
silver absolutely FUMING that he made the call and tony brothers still couldnt get it done
Calls were going Spurs way too. Just shit the bed
The Knicks played 21.5 minutes into the 2nd half before shooting free throws AND they had to challenge to get them.
understatement
“Going their way” is the understatement of the year. They handed them the game on a Silver platter fully comped. They got the answer key to an open book test and still failed
We were playing the spurs & refs with one if Brunsons worst game and still got away with the dub - if that’s not a sign that it’s our year then idk
Calls were going Spurs way too
Yeah, that’s what he’s saying.
Calls were going Spurs way too.
You don’t say?
wouldnt be surprised if the refs stopped trying to push spurs after they fucked their masterclass
Knicks are sweeping now. This was the kind of heartbreaking and demoralizing loss you don’t come back from, similar to the Cavs after Game 1 but the Spurs will show more fight than that.
Literally one of the most fraudulent comebacks i have ever seen if we lost that i would have found tony brothers myself holy shit
BING FUCKING BONG
FUCK YA LIFE
FUCK THE REFS FUCK THE SPURS FUCK TRAE YOUNG KNICKS IN 4 SEE YOU AT MAMDANI SQUARE GARDEN
I love how Trae Young is still a NY terrorist after 5 years
KD DO YOU REGRET NOT COMING TO KNNNICKS
What a terrible play to run. Wemby is not a mid range shooter. Have Wemby in the paint. Either lob it to him, or he tries to get a rebound.
Despite the refs best efforts the Knicks win the game
This game was so obvious, spurs just couldn’t convert
For two games now. You beat OKC you get their whistle.
They had that playing us but nobody wants to admit.
They also just.. sent goons to purposely attack jared mccain?? And everyone thought it was cute and wholesome and cool??
Double standards crazy
Not just him, Carter Bryant had multiple instances of a shot going up, him looking for Shai, and running full speed into his back and trucking through him. Im happy you guys have stayed healthy so far (Brunson PLEASE)
I’m a neutral and I posted defending OKC in game 4 I think you can check it. The hate on your team felt overblown for me, people will hate Spurs the same way.
They got tons of FT against OKC. They had a perfectly good whistle
Why won’t he drive
2s left And Mitch rob in front of him lol
They should have cleared out and let him drive right from the start. They would have called even the most marginal contact the way they were favoring the Spurs all night.
Yeah Wemby needs to learn how to play the situation. Guys like Lebron and Giannis understand that late in the game they’re never going to call a charge. Wemby should have been trying to tear the rim off on the last possession. Of course, might have been in his own head over the thought of turning it over again in the clutch.
That was my biggest fear after Brunson missed his 2nd FT, the way the whistle had been blown any contact vs Wemby would’ve been automatic FT’s and he makes them more often than not.
He wants to shoot jumpers and threes, even though he’s near unstoppable near the basket.
The spurs go on a run when he goes to the paint. How tf has no one in spurs coaching staff noticed this
Because the Knicks just get physical with him and he can’t go to it. Plus he gets gassed and injuries
I remember Lebron talking about this. He was bringing up how people say “just drive and flush it every time” but that it’s not as easy as your average armchair analyst assumes
It’s a little different when you are a literal freaking giant
a giant with the apparent strength of someone 5’8
Different from LeBron the absolute physical specimen of an nba player since he was like 12?
Sure that’s fine if it’s for most of the game. But when you need absolutely need a bucket or you lose, you need to do what you need to do to get the highest percentage shot.
Which makes sense in the regular season or 1st quarter. But we are talking about the last minute of a finals game… getting gassed isn’t an excuse
It’s not that easy bud
The 2010s combo guards have had too much influence on the league. Goddammit, not every player need to take off-the-dribble 3s and stepback fadeaways like Curry and Harden and Dame. Bring back muscling your way to the rim and just straight up being taller than people
You gotta have muscle to do that
His handle is loose on drives and he’s not strong enough to go through most big men. It’s on the coaches to design plays that get him post positioning, not him backing down KAT from the 3pt line. He needs a consistent mid-range but he’s just not there yet
To be fair he gets bullied down low. Granted he needs to get stronger but defenders get away with a ton of pushing and grabbing on him. It’s like Shaq except Shaq was a tank so it didn’t really affect him. Wemby is lean so he’s not as easily able to just fight through the contact.
not strong enough against kat and robinson
He’s scared
It’s a real big fucking question ain’t it
cause he’s the softest, wettest boy
How can he pass
Tallest guy on the court and they run a play to get him the ball at the top of the key with 2 secs left. Mitch is surviving on pure talent from his players because he’s been getting out coached the past two series.
No mitch johnson should genuinely be fired.
Having wembanyama face guard KAT from the first possession of the finals through 2 games is fucking stupid
Having dylan harper play like 16 mins in game 1. Fucking stupid.
Too be so woefully ill prepared and to drop two games bc u cannot play to ur BLATANT FUCKING HISTORICALLY ELITE RIM PROTECTORs strengths
Like what the actual fuck. If they continue to guard kat like this they will lose straight up they will lose this fucking series
KG called it…Wemby and the Spurs got too emotional and high after the WCF series win. They didn’t come ready to play in the finals.
Honestly I believe that.
The fans too.
Wemby admitted it in the post game presser.
KG was extrapolating at the time, but it was clear as day to everyone. Wemby admitting it just confirms what we all knew
I don’t know if it’s just cause Knicks fans haven’t had the opportunity, but like that seemed like a home game for the Knicks lmao
It’s been posted here a million times but flying to Texas, getting a nice hotel, and good tickets in San Antonio was under half the price of the cheapest tickets at MSG. Makes sense the Friday night game had a ton of Knicks fans
Everyone was going at KG too lol dude knows hoops
He also knows “fresh meat” when it comes to shit talking and getting in an opponents thread.
Compared to him talking about playing with Tim Duncan, I think he’d find some buttons to press on 22yr old Wemby. Or at least he’d try his hardest haha
Wemby is one of the most emotional players Ive ever seen. He’s nothing like Duncan. If a less talented team were going up against the Spurs I think it’s genuinely a valid strategy to just try to tilt him
“baguettes are the worst type of bread”
Nah, KG would go for Croissant being invented by Austrians if we go by bread trash talk.
The finals is a different beast, young teams normally start off pretty dang slow. Baby Thunder, Warriors. It’s not a surprise to me the Spurs would start off slow especially after a brutal 7 game series.
Yeah the youth on the Spurs is showing its true colors for sure. That along with fatigue after such a brutal 7 game WCF series.
They just beat an undermanned Thunder and Chet didn’t show up in game 7.
Nah but the west was the finals tho either team that won the WCF was gonna sweep knicks aint play nobody bruh
No i didnt watch the games bruh i just like saw it online that the east is food so
Mitch did it for Trump
Knicks are 100% losing Game 3 since he’ll be there
50% chance that pussy doesn’t even show. He has literally nothing to gain from this
Yeah idk why he would show up he will be booed all game long.
I want the knicks to win the series but I hope they lose game 3
Lol is he a Trump supporter?
Was quite literally in the sub’s top post before the game.
If SGA missed a game winner and fell to the ground it’d genuinely get 100k upvotes
Why did he fall after the shot? Ethical flop?
No sir, clearly he was tackled. Refs obviously pro-Knicks. The spurs are ethical hoopers, would never do such a thing
Fall rate merchant.
DAMN WEMBY
Had his Chris Webber moment. Could be an all-time blunder
Wemby got shit running down his leg bro
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CAN I CHANGE MY NAME
TheHapfulKnicksFan
Nah it’s more golden now
Spurs got Knicks typa luck so far this series
The Anne Hathaway piece
The only thing that can possibly stop them is Trump showing up to game 3 and fucking up the vibes. Which, to be fair, is still a decent chance
Never say never
brunson disasterclass saved by a wemby disasterclass
Bumson vs Bumby
Why did Wemby fall down like that? Is this the ethical basketball he was talking about?
Trying to bait a foul instead of focusing on the shot smh
We had a choke off to end the game. Wemby turnover, Brunson missed free throw, Wemby missed game winner.
Technically the free Brunson made won the game which is clutch in my book
Technically it was only clutch because Wemby wasn’t clutch, hence it was a choke off lol
Spurs fought to get last possession and it actually just got them last choke
Ain’t no way that’s the play….
Series is functionally over
Historically it is over. No team with HCA in NBA Finals history has started 0-2 and won the series. It has only happened 2 times ‘93 Suns and ‘95 Magic, and they both lost the series.
Honestly this series could parallel the 95 series. Young dominant big has an impressive trip to the finals and loses to a more experienced team that had an unexpected trip to the finals
Was this Knicks run really unexpected though?? Mike Brown was literally hired as a finals or bust coach lol they were in the ECF last year.
Felt like most people had Boston over them
Boston was expected to at least challenge them in the ECF instead of blowing a 3-1 lead in the first round
Tatum with another round under his legs would have been very dangerous in the ECF….so I would have said it would be more than a challenge. Dodged a bullet for sure.
I was way more scared of the Pistons than the Celtics going into the playoffs ngl. Celtics were definitively worse than last year’s team.
is it analytically over?
Analytically, the Spurs are up 2-0
Thank god.
Maybe anally
Yeah that Castle failed pass feels like the Cavs choking their massive lead in game 1. Momentum is gone
suns were also up 2-0 on the bucks
suns won at home though
Analytically, theoretically, hypothetically done
Secretly hoping Towns OG Bridges and Shamet all have huge series to offset Brunson… and Hart wins Finals MVP scoring less than 10 total points
the way hes been playing the fmvp is kats to lose
9 feet tall to jack up misses from 3 and midrange
Why would you draw up a play for a 7’4 center to pull up a jumper. Drive and alley oop!!!
bro too weak to drive on Mitch….needs to hit the weight room but I don’t think he has the frame to put on much more muscle…but at least use it to get stronger. KAT playing him like he plays his little bro…
Wemby sold
Falls back like a drama queen LOL fucking Wemby. Like bruh, you’re pathetic
Dude acting like he’s on a call of duty kill cam
Epic choke
Spurs are cooked. They keep throwing the game away……..
I’m crying
Wemby was way worse than his statline. He got a very favorable whistle
Wemby dumbass pass into Castle’s back, fouls Brunson, bricks the final shot, total disasterclass
Someone increase his fall %
Don’t worry. Series is tied 1-1 analytically - James Harden
The floppin frenchy strikes again.
WEMBYY NOOOO
Very deflating L for SA
Why does wemby play like he’s 6 feet tall on offense
Wemby, a known flopper, falls on this jump shot and no one mentioning it? 🤔
Wemby tried SGA’s signature move!
Thats a fucking horrible ATO design.
Does the fall down count for Wemby start with that one?
your 2026 champions, the new york knicks
and he flops
Gotta hit that man great look too
What an odd sequence of events
Crazy to flop on the game winner esp when you have a chance to grab the oreb if you stay on your feet
Great look
Series over.
Wemby doesn’t have stamina for playoff basketball and choked two separate times at the end.
Unbelievable
Absolute Cinema
Fell down on the shot hmmm….
If the Knicks win the championship, I better see a Danhausen statue at MSG lmao
GENERATIONAL HATEWATCH
clutch idiotic turnover and misses the game winner lmao. People were crowning him the goat just last week
That play took way too long to get going.
All that sucking and slurping, yall all using both hands and gagging on it for yo idol to choke
Shouldn’t have had the ball anyways. Kick ball after the free throw not called by shite refs. Knicks should have had another possession.
I know I’m delusional but Spurs in 7. I don’t care.
That could not have been the play that they drew up. That was bad.
some of us told y’all this sorry ass team is getting swept but yall busy hating on OKC
Whole fucking sub is calling out the refs and their calls in favor of the spurs. Fucking hilarious to see.
Where was this three games ago?
Maybe it’s time to show the East the respect it deserves instead of counting them out before the playoffs start.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA
Soft
Wemby gonna need to find some new monks this offseason
The garden is going to be a zoo
The real MVP, best in the world, better than 2013 LeBron
Lights Too Bright Wemby vs Broadway Brunson
Huge choke by Tony Brothers after bringing them all the way back.
It’s the year of NY! They’re too young
I said this a week ago and a lot of people laughed at me for taking Knicks in 6.
Only mentally ill people through the spurs were good after getting injury luck against okc
Fucking brutal finish for him