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[Shapelessness]

whew. what the fuck.
of course you dribble out and run the clock. what the fuck.
Spurs win Saturday, but back in NY just to lose another lead? dont know if my brain can take it.

someone here said "learn how to close out"?
thats exactly right.

I said a while back....
"if spurs can keep momentum in 3rd and 4th they'll be ok" or something like that...
Looks like they still need to figure that the fuck out. Fox is all over social media with comments like.... "he threw the game"

Damn.

[Jacintos Praying Mantis]

Wu Tang may as well be Batman, cause they saved New York City last night. Keeping the crowd into it at halftime was absolutely crucial.

[Shapelessness]

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I agree everyone goes through that but wemby is being shoved down our throats differently than stars from years passed (that's the only reason I ever said anything in the first place but now I started slappin during middle of the night deuces and find myself lost). Seems like every analyst is all about the spurs. For good reason. He's a different beast. I'm not hating on the guy at all.

D fox shows up in big games. Can't help he went to sac town.

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agree. Im not a fan of all these analyst. bring back stuart scott! . kinda not cool with all the attention. when i think about it....I really cant stand any sports commentary, even before or after a game or event. And UFC is probably the worst when it comes to that. Its kinda comedic.

I think if the spurs can continue to hit shots and play their game in the 3rd and 4th quarter, they can advance pretty far.
just pretty happy spurs playoff basketball is back.

Well. kinda.

[Cuban_Lynx]

Looks like they still need to figure that the fuck out. Fox is all over social media with comments like.... "he threw the game" Damn.

I'm not saying the Trump assassination was staged, but if it were staged, that's EXACTLY what it would look like.

If Fox had some weird parlay or someone is holding his family hostage, this is EXACTLY how he would play, haha. Fox didn't just fuck up the layup, his whole second half was horrendous. Dude is a max player out here passing to the officiating table, dribbling off his foot, bounce passing to Brunson.

This guy is pretty annoying, but he's got a point here:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZbx_vzOz6E/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[rothdigga]

As an old head who's been watching NBA since Magic's rookie year in 79-80, that was by far the craziest comeback I've ever seen (given the circumstances).  You can see it coming, like a snowball rolling downhill that you can't stop. 
I've seen a lot of collapses over the years but this one very much felt more like the Knicks won the game instead of the Spurs lost it, if that makes sense. 
A couple thoughts:
Mitch Johnson gotta take a lot of this blame- he could/should have slowed the game way down, killed clock on every offensive play and stopped shooting 3's.  When you're up that big, you can damn near just run clock and win the game by default.
Josh Hart said it after the game, but god damn is he lucky that OG hit that shot.  Otherwise he would be kicking himself for blowing the breakaway dunk AND not boxing out on the rebound a couple plays later.
That tip-in was incredible.  Such a soft touch to hit that short put back without blasting it off the backboard.  Love the choice of Brunson shooting knowing Wemby will try to contest and getting him away from the offensive glass.
I do feel like this is the Knicks ONLY window to win a chip.  They hit lightning in a bottle like Toronto in 2019 and I don't know if they'll be Finals contenders after this.  Spurs feel like they're probably gonna get 2-3 chips in the next 10 years with Wemby. 

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So many head scratchers from Fox throughout the second half. He was 2-7 and pretty much had 3 turnovers in a row. Wemby missing 2 clutch free throws is also shocking. Defensively, just leaving OG unguarded at the perimeter was frustrating to watch. I get double teaming Brunson, but the final tip Wemby AND Fox were at the top of the key.  Mitch Johnson also deserves a lot of heat here, Pop must be fuming.

I wanted SA to win last night for a longer series, but Knicks deserved that one and I hope they take it. Wemby needs to be humbled. Taunted Mitch, then shot free throws like Mitch.

I’m in your heaaaad in your heaaaad Wemby, Wemby, Wembay-ay-ay
I just got egged, just got ehhhgged, Wemby, Wemby, WEMBAY-AY-AY-AY-AY

(Sung to the tune of Zombie by The Cranberries)

[Benicio El Toro]

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Has anybody in the history of sports ever been more aptly named than OG?

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Dick Butkus

What an answer

The in your head thing was so dumb. You're already one of the best players on the planet, wyd chirping at mitch for??

Wonder many goaltending calls has wemby gotten away with this post season vs how many he's been called for

[gringo_viejo]

I wonder what it’s like to be in Victor Wembanyama’s head.

Does he feel, inside, like an unstoppable force?

Or does he still think he’s the underdog? New to the playoffs and playoff physicality. Younger, weaker, even in that alien body.

Alien.

How do you ever feel like a normal person, One of the Guys, when they’re way down there, and you’re way up here?

All his life he’s been supposed to win. If he doesn’t win, he let everybody down. How do you not win, you’re a fucking skyscraper? And if he does win… well, of course you won. Now go win again. Destroy Naz. Destroy Chet. At a certain point, you have to get yourself to believe that you are what they say you are: a psychotic, pitiless juggernaut, rolling over all opposition.

Except you watch him out there and he’s just a gangly baby giraffe. Sure, a baby giraffe who barely needs to jump to dunk. Who is liable to throw your shot ten rows into the stands. But he’s 22. A baby. Michael Jordan first made the finals at 28.

People were in awe of Jordan, but his own teammates didn’t really…like him. That psycho competitiveness got in the way. But we watched him climb the mountain. Get past the knicks, the pistons, the lakers. When he attacked Bill Laimbeer or Patrick Ewing on the drive, it didn’t feel like he was Supposed to Win. He seemed like David, not Goliath. And when he threw the dunk down, we cheered.
 
What if Michael Jordan’s brain had been in Patrick Ewing’s body?

I imagine most pro players go through most of their lives as the Best One, and then they have a moment where they’re humbled. For most, it comes in college, or maybe in AAU. Maybe as an all american. You realize that there’s somebody bigger than you, stronger. Badder than you. Victor is having that moment right now, in the NBA finals.

When he taunted Mitchell Robinson, did he know he was punching down? Was he even, really? Does it all, finally, come down to who would win in a street fight?

At the end of game one against the thunder, Victor struck that Superman pose.

I wonder how much he really feels like that.