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You don’t want to make declarative statements midway through a series.
The job is nowhere near finished, even if history and all logic suggests that a team who’s had the most dominant 13-game winning streak in the history of basketball won’t suddenly go 1-4 with three remaining games at home.
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Knicks fans have waited 53 years for this, they can wait another week or two to fully celebrate.
You always look for defining plays, stretches, or sequences to describe a series. Not everyone is going to be tuned into these games, and future generations will only have highlights to go off of. So naturally, we look for compelling moments and stories to tell the story to future generations to come.
What will it be for this series? That’s not entirely set in stone, but the final minute of Game 2 showed you everything you need to know about why the Knicks are in firm control of the NBA Finals, heading into potentially the greatest atmosphere in sports history at the World’s Most Famous Arena on Monday.
To set the stage, the Knicks led by 14 points with just over six minutes to go. They were one point away from the game being mathematically over, by Knicks standards. Since the 2023 playoffs, the Knicks are 124-1 when they lead by 15+ points in the second half, the best record in basketball. The one loss… we don’t have to talk about.
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But hitting the 14-point glass ceiling couldn’t protect them. The Spurs went on a remarkable 14-0 run that put the vice grip on the Knicks’ offense, scoring on 9 of 10 possessions. At one point, they even held a two-point lead on a go-ahead and-1 layup by Victor Wembanyama.
The comeback was complete. The crowd was alive. The Knicks and their fans were stunned. In almost every other circumstance, the Spurs win that game.
But they didn’t, and that’s why we’re here. Experience matters.
The Knicks have lived through this game before. Multiple times.
Game 5 against the Sixers in 2024.
Game 3 against the Pacers in 2024.
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Game 6 against the Pistons in 2025.
Game 1 against the Pacers in 2025.
Game 2 against the Hawks less than two months ago.
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