The Knicks head back to San Antonio, the same place where they sucked the souls out of the Spurs by beating them in Games 1 AND 2 (only, like, the third time that that has ever happened in NBA history) to complete the soul-devouring by finishing this series in five games, which is how many games I predicted the Knicks would win the series in, so I am very much hoping that I am right, and not because it is fun to be right, but, because, well, come on, you know, I want the Knick to be NBA champions.
I went to a family reunion-type get together today, and my Uncle Rich and Aunt Sue were there. They got married in September 1973 (they can’t believe that I remember their anniversary), and therefore, despite being married for nearly 53 years, the Knicks have not won a title in their entire marriage. Amazing.
That will end tonight.
I hope.
The Spurs are just too young and dumb. The Knicks are not. The Knicks will take this down.
I don’t like that Wemby is going to get a lot of rest the rest of the way if the Spurs win this one. But hopefully it doesn’t matter.
The Spurs can be good LATER, the Knicks are going to be champions TODAY.
Let’s go, Knicks!
ONE win away!
Feelin’ alive for the Knicks in five!
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Let’s go Knicks! Make me happy!
Fuck it. We’re going to run these assholes out of their own gym.
“Mister I ain’t a boy, no I’m a man
And I believe in a promised land”
LET’S
GO
KNICKS!
LET’S
GO
KNICKS!
100%.
It’s 8pm and my morning confidence has not waned. In fact, it has grown.
This has been one of the sunniest, most glorious days New York has ever seen. The city is alive. The air feels charged. The streets know.
Tonight will not end in disappointment.
There are nights that pass like any other, and there are nights that become part of who we are. Nights we remember by where we stood, who we were with, and what we believed before the rest of the world caught up.
This is one of those nights.
And if the basketball gods demand belief, then let them find no shortage of it here. Let us all be Brian tonight.
We few, we lucky few. We band of bloggers. We will remember this night when the softer souls ask where we stood.
We stood here.
Knicks in 5.
Here we go. Let’s do this. Tonight. Go Knicks
please god…i don’t ask for much…just a W tonight..thx
oh…and fuck wemby
I took a Xanax
Pass the bottle.
I was 14 yo the last time Knicks played a game with a chance to win the NBA championship, 32 years later the dream will finally come true!
i got a color tv
so i can see
the knicks play basketball
and, win a flipping championship, yeah, let’s do that tonight…
go knicks, now and forever…
Let’s end this tonight. I won’t be able to handle the stress of a game 6 with game 7 in San Antonio.
i want to get loaded but i talked myself into waiting till half time …my wife just asked me why i look weird…she has no clue what basketball is…
Think they’ll double down with the goofy and incredibly disrespectful intro music?
Hope so — worked so well the first two times…
Just one more analytic win for the opposition tonight and the trophy is ours.
Lets go Knicks. Get off to a good start! Limit the fouls and turnovers.
I took a Xanax
It’s 8pm and my morning confidence has not waned. In fact, it has grown.
okay jk went xanax and hubert went viagra anyone else?
Apparently now Sydney Sweeney is a Knicks fan she’s at the game tonight.
Just popped a 2013 nebbiolo….fuck waiting till halftime
Savor it all, every bit of it, we’re ending this, and them, tonight!!!
(Klonopin and iced coffee)
Starting to like the silly music.
Knicks deserve this for changing the paradigm. If JB isn’t a tent pole star he’s a winner at every level after tonite. LFG Knicks
Streaming the knicks radio broadcast and sound off on tv….not sure how bad the lag is gonna be
Show Me the ring!
For those who have been rooting for this team for decades,
For those who joined Knicks Nation in the last few weeks, and
Most importantly, for those who departed from us before seeing a Knicks team take it at all (RIP Ari & Raj),
Let’s do this tonight!
How much stress eating is the right amount?
Let’s go!!! Make it no games left.
Skatteboo in da house
Sydney’s magic boobs Do Your Miracle!
Come on Knicks, let’s go!!!
Let’s do this.
Win the tip, win the chip
Let’s just not go down by double digits and collect 10 fouls in this first quarter.
All ten guys look TIGHT.
Wemby’s first foul!
I’m here, let’s win this! 🧡💙
Man, Wemby changes the arc of every shot…
I think I’m going to need a Xanax too. Ugh
Yes, leave JALEN BRUNSON wide open! Too, too funny!
Oh captain my captain
What do the Spurs think this is, the end of the fourth quarter?
Hart might have to have his minutes limited tonight.
Towns has to step up if wemby is on og
De’Aaron Fox is in fourth quarter mode to start.
We’re not immediately losing by 20, so that’s an improvement. Easily out best start this series.
Nice. Get Wemby nice and tired.
Let them play the 1st qrt and then we decide who’s playing good or not
I miss the KAT from first 2 games…
Exactly what i’m thinking
OG IS AUTOMATIC!
OG has to shoot those corner threes…
There you go!
Keep Wemby out of the paint wo fouling and it ll be easy
wemby has stepped it up on d
Why do I put myself through this?
I could be watching Residential Alien and laughing at the stupidity of it instead of stressing out.
Need to match their aggression…our offense is timid
Let him get tired as the game goes on and we’ll see
Adderall on top of my normal off-label antidepressants
Luckily, the Spurs still can’t shoot for shit.
I truly think it’s that extra day of rest. We saw it in Game 3, too.
It would be nice if we could shoot. We haven’t had one crazy shooting game yet. Only 1 quarter really maybe 2.
Knicks gotta let first good look from 3pt fly instead of constantly hesitating and looking for better shots.
Not bad considering how bad we are playing but also can we start a game well please
Keldon Johnson is SO FUCKING BAD.
come on mikal jesus
It’s totally true that the Knicks need to just fucking SHOOT.
We are over passing. Someone just shoot the fn ball
Maybe Landry Shamet shouldn’t be dribbling the ball that long.
Can we play any worse?
They don’t give us much, but when we have something we are afraid to shoot.
This is like brain damage level basketball.
Mitch Johnson is annoyingly using Harper to handle the point over Fox. He’s not supposed to make intelligent adjustments.
The offense is awful. Yuck.
Alright, figured out how to watch finally and215is how it’s goink
Cmon guys
This is more embarrassing than last game 1st half
This is some horrible looking offense
This is difficult to watch right now…
Spurs are gonna burn themselves out by the 2Q
Harper moves both feet, RJ “Great use of the pivot”
Fox is the dumbest motherfucker around.
As destined, the Spurs are up ten in the first quarter.
I feel like Deuce is gonna explode this game.
Not even Brunson shooting well is not a good sign, but maybe we need to be back by double digits to wake up everytime
Is shooting 11.1% from the field good?
Thank god they can’t hit wide open threes.
That’s better, JB! 🙂
I surrender. This is painful to watch.
It’s just Brunson & OG vs the Spurs right now.
But the Spurs can’t capitalize, and we’ll send the cavalry in the 2Q
Spurs look impregnable
Twitter seems to think it’s impossible for the Knicks to shoot with the Brunson T-Shirt Sydney Sweeney is wearing
We extend it by ourselves tonight…
I never thought Mitch shooting FTs might be considered good offense… but here we are
Not one of our guys can beat his defender off the dribble, and yet that’s all they are trying to do. Move. Pass. Cut. Score.
Ugly basketball, my guts are knotting.
Stay close, defend, believe.
And then Brunson.
The director is trying hard to not feature Knicks fans in the stands, it’s funny! Not an easy task! 😀
Time for deuce to hit shots
Josh is not helping.
no excuse for not getting decent shots in the non wemby minutes. waiting way too long to set screens and start the action. every swing swing is a little off target.
My solution is get OG open and let him shoot.
Oh, come on, Mitch.
YOU CAN’T GIVE HIM ANY DAYLIGHT!
That three was so dumb by Wemby.
B-R-U-N-S-O-N
Brown’s plan can’t be to just play Brunson the entire game, can it?
I took my bp meds earlier. So just a jack n coke for me rn.
Jose, buddy, that CAN’T be your shot.
Run five out
I saw something where when Hart is off the floor in these playoffs and the other starting four are on the Knicks offense surges . No shock
Logo 3s ain’t a strategy
4 of 22. Ugly. A lot of it was the Spurs.
Great 1Q defense for the spurs but we’ll solve it.
Mikal & KAT & Josh couldn’t have played any worse
Considering the circumstances that has to be the most disappointing quarter of the postseason by the Knicks.
Can we please remove the grease under our sneakers?
This is ridiculous.
I’m here now! Got out of that party and now at a bar. Let’s fuck the entire world up!!!
Not worried about being down 10 when SAn only has 23.
Ok, the 1st quarter is over, now the game begins for our team.
Why am I even watching this?
Spurs opening punch didn’t involve much scoring this time. We move
strat is our third leading scorer
First quarters are not kind to Bockers.
Just gotta keep it close and spurs will get tired and tight
Yeah, absolutely brutal offense. Not the pattern I would have chosen but we have been here before.
On pace for 52 pts making the 90s look like an offensive era
David Robinson is looking good. I like him.
Shamet needs to hit a three again
Mikal needs to participate in the offense
KAT passing out of the double team looked good to me but not enough of it.
Hey ABC, how ‘bout some replays of the multiple “slips” by Knicks ball handlers? Either our guys are extremely uncoordinated for the first time in this season OR they are getting tripped & pushed.
Give Allan Houston a jersey and put him on the court.
I am once again calling for Tyler Kolek
Hopefully him and Deuce hit their 3Ps at the usual clip
Fox is SO dumb.
We are playing stand around and not shoot again. Come on fellas.
OG, man of words… 😀
Deuce could have shot himself
Dog house , but seems like a game with a series lead you get him in
Too afraid to shoot
Ok, don’t let the game get out of hand
Are they trying to give Wemby confidence??
This lineup is…something.
Jeezes, Wemby is swatting everything under the sun…
never had less hope than went shamet went up there
KAT + Mikal + Hart = 0
And KAT seems to be getting guarded by Fox & Champagnie, so he might want to wake up soon
Jesus this is a bloodbath
Mikal, please, show up for the game!!!
2 days between every game from now on is gonna be a huge fucking problem with Wemby looking this fresh.
That was AMAZING defense! Multiple blocks by the Knicks!
Nice job returning the favor on those rejections
It’s crazy how different he looks!
If there are no fouls let’s push their players too
This is brutal
We need 3s
Lots of em
They can’t keep starting like this every game.
We’ll be lucky to score 50 in this game
For the love of God get Alvarado out of there.
KAT has to look for his shot.
If Deuce passes up another three I’m flying to San Antonio and slapping him silly.
I can’t believe KAT hit that shot!
Wow KAT
What a tough shot
There you go.
Real Handsy D by Spurs. Effective with no whistle
Haven’t y’all learned anything from last game? 35 points 1st half, 80 2nd half, book it.
TWO FOULS ON WEMBY! HUGE!
My viagara’s not working
I don’t get it, did Mitch Johnson see the replay before challenging? Otherwise, I don’t know how you challenge that.
If that’s not a foul before the hook I don’t know.
KAT loves to hook people. Done it all year.
Please bail him out whichever Greek god is on duty tonight
Basically when they let them play like this, the Knicks can’t to anything on offense.
Exactly. Thank you. One team plays according the rules, the other don’t.
We are playing find D but we can’t get anything on O.
Spurs pace unsustainable yet again
Thankfully they’re shooting like shit too
I’m not sure Hart is playable right now. If he’s not rebounding and making plays at a plus level and he’s afraid to shoot and he can’t make one when he does, he can’t be on the court against this defense.
Too many of the guys playing passive. Brunson burner time needed
Seems a little bit of a reach but he was clutch in the cup game and we just need someone to handle the ball and play with pace, take some pressure off Brunson.
Obvs that was Jose in the last game but I’m not sure we’re getting the repeat.
I also don’t understand how KAT continuously does this anyway. It’s just stupid.
If you thought Spurs were cocky and arrogant I can’t imagine their quotes after this game if this ass whooping continues.
Reversed as usual, the new face of the League can’t do anything wrong.
Fuck these refs and fuck Adam Silver, this is the new WWE.
Incredible reffing
They needed that Bridges three SO BAD.
Guys, come on, the team has proved a lot of times that they can get back to games in the 2nd half. Don’t start the doom and gloom this early.
Thank god the Spurs can’t hit threes.
Let’s go Mikal
That’s the way Mikal
They just keep taking and bricking threes. It’s fucking Groundhog Day.
HART!
That’s better
Mikal & Josh joined the fray
Why in the fucking WORLD was Luke fucking KORNET orchestrating the offense there!?
Hahaha, Mitch Johnson was, like, “Holy shit, Kornet!”
We’re starting to get it together
Brunsons offense has been so painful this series
Edit: except from 3!
THREES ARE RAINING DOWN!
Even with Wemby out Brunson can’t make anything in the paint.
Single digits !!!
Deuce can’t hit anything 🙁
Yeap
3s
The adjustment we can make is shooting quicker. Too many guys passing up shots.
LET’S GO!!!!
I can’t believe the Spurs keep taking these outside shots.
Please, Spurs, let Brunson shoot!
JB ‘s viagra is ON
Clyde: “Brunson percolating” 🙂
The Burner is heating up
Oh Mitch. Damn.
Yeah, I don’t even SLIGHTLY understand how the Spurs are just letting Brunson shoot.
Brunson just wins. Mitch is disappointing
Breen sees Brunson making a pass and it has to be RJ seeing Brunson taking a shot !?
really have gotten nothing from deuce this series
BRIDGES!!!
Send more picks!
Shit KAT
3 me baby one more time!
That might get Mikal going… which would be great for us.
They’ve gone cold from 3.
Jesus, KAT.
Another game with KAT a non factor. Damnit.
Towns, what are you doing
Like I said earlier just shoot the first good look at 3pter!
We need Wingstop to help Brunson it’s going to be key.
I feel like Hart has struggled keeping the Spurs wings from driving to the rack. But l I’ll gladly take going into the half within 10.
Not good for KAT but feels manageable with how long he played with 5 fouls last game
Somebody on the bench just reminded Mikal how many picks we sent for him
ex brunson we are 5-27 and only down 6
We’re almost shooting 30% (actually 44% from three!).
yeah this needs to be a quick trigger game
I keep waiting for the Deuce game, but he’s keeping us waiting.
Just sit KAT here and try to keep this manageable going into the half.
“Deeeeeeuce” chants have the power to mess with the opponent confidence… but yeah, i don’t remember the last time he hit one. Has he hit one in the Finals?
Yeah that KAT foul was on Hart getting immediately blown by Castle.
Mazulla-ball time
KAT can never stay of foul trouble
When was the last game he wasn’t in trouble
I would go small here with OG as center.
LOL
Deuce has been a disaster on offense .
That last shot by Deuce looked very sling-shotty with no confidence
Deuce not getting enough PT to shoot his way out of it.
For as bad a jump shooter that Castle is he’s fucking Larry Bird from the FT line.
HART!!!!!
Golden god
That and1 by Hart was TUFFFFFF!!!
Haaaaaaart
Hart!
All Hart
Finally a Knicks player goes to the rim when Wemby is not there.
Has he hit one in the Finals?
yes but he’s 4-21 overall
I legit don’t know why the Spurs don’t just use Keldon Johnson as the center with no Towns out there. Kornet is absolutely useless out there.
Fox is a fucking moron for that push in the back—thanks!
I was literally typing “we haven’t seen a hart end to end in a while.”
I think that’s a flagrant.
He’s just the dumbest player alive.
What the hell are they reviewing??
Josh with a crazy Harperesque finish
Mashburn got called for a flagrant on a similar foul he gave Oak in Game 5 of the 1998 playoffs!
Fox is so dumb, thank you! 🙂
Oh WOW I didn’t know that could be a flagrant?!
When Mitchell Robinson’s injury was announced, but before surgery was announced, I learned that average time out after surgery is four weeks. Mitch came back in 9 days. He is better than Huk, but not his usual self.
2fts to make one
Best rule on earth!
Thank you Fox
3 pt game… Knicks, the team that refuses to go away! 🙂
How is Hart possibly arguing that?
Mitch Johnson’s obsession with Fox is just one of the great mysteries in this world.
We have them right where we want them
Feeling pretty good about that half all things considered
Ok good shot Vassell.
But honestly, only being down 5 at half given how this game has gone is perfectly fine.
dang, this series just stays razor thin between these 2 teams…
How the fuck did Hart miss that shot?
I’m not very happy with the potential tying possesion ending in a Josh Hart floater…
Great finish to the quarter, great rally.
OK OK this is promising. Best 1st half in a while.
I don’t get Breen’s position here. “The Knicks only score 37, and they’re only down 5!” If I heard that, I would assume it was a defensive-intensive game, which it was.
Gotta feel real good about that score after that first quarter.
Breen’s excited yelling on Vassel’s buzzer beater deserved an Oscar!
They are lucky it’s close
they gave their all and we’re losing by 5 ?? 😀
Right where we want them lol.
I wanted a blowout for my nerves. But we’re still in it and have room to play much better
Well. Not sure what to make of that half. We were terrible so glad we are only down 5 but also annoyed we are down 5
Zero bench points is fckng brutal though.
They can’t play any better on defense.
We struggled to a large extent because of their defense, but we also did not play well on offense.
It’s a miracle we are still in this game.
We played terrible in that half, the Spurs played some of the best D I’ve ever seen, and it’s a 5 point game.
I’m taking another viagra.
We’ll solve these MFers.
KAT needs to pull his head out of his ass, though. But it’s been up there so long it might be stuck.
The answer might be centerless lineups with OG guarding Wemby
Clarkson benched
That was an awful first half, but it doesn’t matter. They’re only down five. They’ll win this shit.
man, that felt like a really fast first half…
25 straight minutes from deuce with no points
I think you guys are seeing this the wrong way, the Spurs are playing great defense but we are slowly adapting to it. I expect a great 2nd half from our team.
I don’t see them maintaining the Defensive intensity, they already started to fall flat a bit.
Concern is Wemby hasn’t played that much and he’s gonna be fresh-ish for the 2nd half.
Keep these young boys running around.
Also we may need some brain dead Jordy minutes
We don’t have a bench anymore.
Is Deuce playing good D?
Let’s hit some shots in the 3Q
We just need to take them
Spurs have gone pretty cold. They’re also struggling on offense, just more quietly.
Barkley has it right. Down five is basically like the Knicks are up.
The 90s called on their landline and want their score back
Kenny spitting truth on Johnson’s idiotic substitution patterns, and his obsession with Fox.
The more Fox plays, the better the Knicks chances. Harper was playing like an All NBA star. I too think Knicks took Spurs best shot and are only down 5. OTOH, Johnson kept Wembies minutes down. He’s probably good for 22 min in 2nd half
Yeah, Geo, my thoughts exactly.
“Okay, Fox is fucking things up like he does EVERY GAME (except for a big shot in Game 3), let me just stick with Fox!”
You keep being you, Mitch Johnson!
Watching Nic Batum and Vlade do halftime commentary somehow and they are actually pretty good.
I will take a five point deficit but that last shot cut deep. Tough shot
Very few fouls, so few stoppages in play.
Fox 2-8, Castle 0-7. Both shit from a butt in the half.
Fox must be Johnson’s security blanket.
If we can start getting fast breaks off turnovers, we will end this series.
We are playing better but we are slow on some defense rotations when they shoot 3s. Let’s play quicker.
At least Mikal found his shot. Maybe he can go on a run.
Two best defenses in the playofffs are smothering the two top offenses in the playoffs
Both teams are being affected and it is probably causing doubt in the shooters.
This really is all about D.
I don’t think the current score matters much either way. It’ll all come down to how well the two teams play in the third. Five points is effectively nothing.
Alvy, Shamet, Deuce, and Hart seem a step slower than in the first four games. Not sure why they would be. Shamet was a whirlwind out there. Not so tonight.
Last time Knicks Spurs played a Game 5 in the NBA Finals Spurs were up 40-38 at halftime.
Might have to just ride with Brunson and see if he can bring the title home.
Mikal actually took some initiative, if he keeps on it will open everything up.
For such a low scoring game, the fact that the Spurs let Brunson shoot so much is just BAFFLING to me.
Bench points
14- zero
We need to keep attacking. Not dribbling around and around
Gotta get OG cooking
A Fox three, great idea, Spurs!
Rigged
I’m done blaming the refs. KAT needs to stop being a dumb MFer
Wemby pushed off
Keep chucking, De!!
No consistency whatsoever.
“Listen this is too close, call a foul on Towns on the first play”
“Okay Mr. Silver”
I truly don’t get how they ever let Brunson shoot.
Adrenaline is over
Time for chess
ticky tacky call.
These refs are a bit off but I will take that
Kat is just not smart enough.Come on man
That was, like, the first good Spurs fast break ever.
Guys stop passing up 3s
OG that’s not it
what are you doing mitch
Yeah, that’s probably a flagrant on Mitch.
What the fuck are you doing Mitch?
Mitch smh
The Fox one was definitely worse though
OG looking like he’s finally going cold. is not great
Yeah, the Knicks are doing the opposite of the Spurs. They’re not shooting ENOUGH threes.
Like that was going to stop the dunk. Just idiotic.
they’re gonna call that flagrant
The refs are already against us, why doing this dumb stuff to help them fuck us even deeper?
Biggest shift of Mitchs career. The game could rest on it.
Fucking garbage
Mitch not doing anything to help
Play OG at center and play a 5 out lineup get Mitch off the floor.
Neither one of these should have been a flagrant, there’s more contact on every play.
Big pop when Wemby missed the FT lol
Our spacing goes to shit without KAT. That fourth foul was a phantom foul
Three on Castle! And on SUCH a dumb play!
The thing is that there is so much fucking contact but they only call it on KAT.
Idk guys, repeatedly going at the guy on pace for the triple double with blocks is pretty tempting
Mitch’s idiotic foul did cost us 4 points
WIDE OPEN shot by Bridges!
What a dumb shot by Wemby.
It’ll take a bigger miracle to win tonight than it did Game 4…
I like that they let Brunson push off.
I feel like the refs are too present in this game. Feels like soccer. That’s never a push in a normal game.
Keep this mfkr out of the paint!!!
Mitch doesn’t matter in this series unless it’s a final defensive stop because he doesn’t move Wemby at all on defense.
Yeah this isn’t the time for Huk mins…
How do they let Brunson get that shot off?!
Huk Huk
We need SOMETHING from the bench
Hell yea OG
OG bully ball! Coast to coast!
I’m back… what happened?
I don’t know how you rest Wemby at all. As soon as he’s out of the game, the Knicks start dominating.
OG was fouled like 3 times on that drive.
Told you with KAT in foul trouble just play a no Center lineup!
We’re close
Biggest problem with the sport tbh.
That was AND-1 on that OG layup… they would’ve call it for the Spurs.
If OG is the Knicks’ center, then why in the fucking WORLD is Kornet in the game?
We are getting shots to stay in the game but can’t get those big shots to tie it up.
Really milked those 26 seconds of Huk
The problem is OG has 3 fouls so you can’t play him on Wemby right now. So when Wemby is in you have to play a center.
Yeah, Kornet’s terrible.
It’s insane to me that the NBA has decided that KAT can’t play in the finals
That last call on Towns was pretty weak btw
Prince Harry in the house
Yeah, but it all series it seems. Philly was an issue as well
The NBA has tried to rig every game since g1 we just won two of them anyway. This sucks
Prince Harry make us Royals tonight!
Hart on Wemby. This is going to suck.
Yeah not an ideal time to rest OG.
BRUNSON!!!
Should have been a flagrant.
If Landy’s gonna hesitate on that he shouldn’t be playing any more
That’s a flagrant
How is that not a FUCKING FLAGRANT?
Because Golden Boy would beg suspended?
That was a foul on Brunson no call. These
Update – indeed a flagrant
Wemby allowed to commit landing area fouls now???
How the fuck! That better be upgraded after the game!
That should be a suspension for Wemby
Flagrant on Wemby. They’ll never call it.
There’s the flagrant that should get Wemby suspended.
That was OUTRAGEOUSLY wimpy.
That was a fucking foul
Wowwwwww that was Wemby’s suspension they just ignored
The Extender is apt
Fuck these refs protecting Golden Child. Even Prince Harry knew that was a flagrant one
I told y’all this shit is rigged
Wemby could kill a man on 5th Avenue and they’d call a flagrant on the dead guy
Lmao they’re going to suspend him for game 6. Spurs get the ultimate escape card.
Surely that gets upgraded to a flagrant before game 6 right? The fuck are the refs looking at?
(There will be no game 6)
That is an insane no-call.
Don’t any of you ever again pretend that this league is not rigged
Yeah this series is predetermined to go back to MSG.
How do you miss that
not only did it cost us the flagrant but jalen was down and we gave up a three. how the fuck do you miss a giant wemby foot under the shooter at the top of the key.
If this gets back to NY, i hope there’s chants “dirty Wemby” at MSG… he clearly deserves it!
Knicks should have Hukporti come in and shove Wemby’s head till Huk fouls out and dare the refs to call a flagrant on it
Can’t have both KAT and OG with 4 fouls going into the 4th.
It has to be unmistakable that the refs were told not to call flagrants on Wemby. Unmistakable.
Wtf
I threw my remote when Shamet passed that shot.
Then I did it again when the rascals didn’t whistle the flagrant on JB.
lol you just get here?
Holy fucking shit. That was right in front of Tyler Ford too. Unreal
Wemby should be suspended next game. Not a shock they showed Adam Silver to show the fix is in. I want that man gone
It is increasingly difficult to sincerely believe the league is not putting their thumb on the scales to protect Wembitch
That is really tricky. How do you NOT change that after the game, and at that point, he’s suspended for Game 6.
sadly…I concur…
That was most obvious blatant flagarsnt. How is that not called
That is a flagrant 2 on Wemby. Should be upgraded if Knicks don’t win tonight. Wemby should be disqualified from Game 6.
Wemby should have been ejected for that dirty play.
They’re gonna say Harper knocked him into the landing area. It’s complete bullshit, but they have their cover possibility now.
This is like running uphill
So is Wemby at 5 or 6 flagrants this series?
Jesus. Fuck you refs.
Rigged
Rig is in.
If this goes to game 6, can that be reviewed and Wemby suspended?
What are the refs doing??
What are these calls
Clarkson over Shamet
What the fuck Foster
The fix is in.
That was a game changing call and potentially series changing call.
FUCK THE REFS.
Gonna have to beat the spurs and the refs
It’s mind boggling how rigged basketball has become. This is WWE level rigging. No is on is going to convince me these are honest mistakes or that I’m being biased. I see suspect calls the other way, but some of these are blatantly obvious bullshit.
Yes. But as noted, they’ll probably say it was accidental.
Pretty cool how the landing area rule has literally only applied to us this series
Refs: “Missed that one as well. Missed that one as well. Missed that one as well. Missed that one as well.”
Great play by Mitch. He’s been good today outside that flagrant.
Spurs seem surprised the refs can call fouls on them
Clearly they decided it’s time to start doubling JB. Not sure what took so long.
Does it matter if it’s accidental?
Why do I watch this fucking fake ass sport?
NO IDEA.
Plus it fucking DID look intentional
I love, “They decided to start calling fouls more now.” Huh?!
Are we getting makeup calls now?
Seriously, the Spurs are in shock having fouls called on them
Wow, they found the whistle?
I mean yes, this is rigged, but we have to start making shots.
I’m so incredibly mad at this shit.
Horrible refereeing aside Knicks have been fucking garbage tonight.
“Plus it fucking DID look intentional”
It was another of those weird Starship Trooper stomps, just like the one where it looked like he went after OG’s ACL.
I’m sick of hearing Harper’s age. Fuck him.
Why the fuck is Clarkson in?!!!
I should have know 3-1 actually meant 3-3 because we were getting at most one fairly officiated game of the three remaining, and possibly none
We need to settle down, we’re used to play 5 on 8.
Oh my god, Jefferson, shut the fuck up about this “You’re not a rookie after 82 games” stuff.
Let’s not forget the slap across Mikal’s face with a poke in the eye in front of the official that knocks him down and no foul is called.
It’s just the same shit game after game after game after game.
Four games in a row they are just fucking raping us
The spurs are doing whatever they want physically
Let’s put this in single digits
That was not a good shot, OG.
What an INSANELY bad foul by Harper there.
Harper seems like at worst the third best player in this series. And then he does that.
Kat benched by refs
Wemby cool
What the fuck foul was that, OG!?
Agreed given that Towns isn’t allowed to play. He is basically serving the suspension Wemby should be under rn
Well, if you take Dylan Harper out… the bench pts is 0-3.
Shit, OG
Just let KAT foul out
What are these fouls. With as physical game as it’s been, OG gets called for that
We need to try Dadiet, anyone…
Huk Huk
He took Harper out for Fox lol.
What a block by Huk!
Alex Burks would help this bench
Few coaches are THIS dumb.
This has to be the worst game in NBA Finals history by a team’s bench.
This is McBride’s third straight game with zero points. He has 11 pts in the series.
I’d rather play Huk than Mitch as this point
JOSH HART!
KAT better have one hell of a 4th quarter.
McBride should’ve been benched , but I guess his defense keeps him on the court …
Huge foul there. Three on Harper, and now three free throws for Brunson! Can get it to single digits!
I don’t get why Kornet plays ANY minutes.
It’s amazing how Brunson still gets shots off. It’s SO cool.
SINGLE DIGITS!
Single digits
Huge rebound by Mitch.
Deuce, come on!!!!
Deuce unplayable.
Jesus, Deuce.
How is a Fox three pointer your SET PLAY?!
Such a bummer that Deuce turned into a pumpkin – we really need him
Why don’t we make full court pressure with Deuce and Alvie?
Is Diawara worse than deuce
MITCH!
and the ball to start the 4th
We’re in it!
Seven point deficit and the Knicks get the ball to start the fourth! They have this shit!
Airball, you dummy!!!
YEAH Mitch.
They get the ball to start the 4th.
If they aren’t going to score might as well find some use for them
How is this not a flagrant?
https://x.com/HEBenjoyer/status/2065983422439264384/video/1?s=46
Mitch hasn’t been good but he made some contributions there
Best stretch of the series by Mitch?
Knicks are winning this. Brunson MVP.
live as hell
Mitch reading KBer
Ugly quarter, but we’re still right there
We are all Brian
I don’t know how they are only down 7 but t here we go.
After all that bullshit, down by 7. We’re still in it.
Towns should play 12 minutes here if he doesn’t get stupid foul calls
Another terrible end of quarter by San Antonio.
LOL
This is it. One quarter to win it.
Refs against us. Everyone but Brunson not playing well. One more comeback to win it all
“Let me orchestrate this play to get an open three for DE’AARON FOX?!!?”
Nice finish of the 3rd,
we’re still in the game… if the fucking zebras allow us to do it
This shit-ass Spurs offense doesn’t deserve to win.
I would’ve said OG before this, but I think your right if they win
Those were some decent Mitch/Huk minutes
The Spurs had four seconds left. Why didn’t they, you know, try to score?
Let’s go Knicks, these fuckers need to be humbled
Amazing they allowed the President of the United States into the same building as Wemby. Easily could have murdered him with no consequences.
Unless we win tonight by OG exploding for 20 in the fourth it does seem like the finals MVP is Brunson’s to lose
McBride is completely choking this series. Big guards got him nervous.
But I think the Knicks have little rhythm because of the things the refs are permitting.
The Spurs close out quarters about as poorly as you possibly can close out a quarter.
We have them right where we want them (again)!
This is the Mother of all Quarters
Let’s Get it
what are you doing kat
wtf was that . I don’t know if they can survive without Brunson
KAT immediately throws it away. Sigh
Huge three by Hart!
Brunson should be playing entire 2nd half like he did in Game 4.
We may only be down 7 but Brunson’s been hung out to dry by his teammates and they better join the fight in the 4Q. I’m looking right at you, KAT.
Breen is louder when Johnson scores than when Hart scores !?
Agree no reason to bench Brunson
ANOTHER tough fucking call on that backcourt violation.
Yeah this lineup is just not it…
what the fuck play did we just not run
Shit ass start here.
Shoot the goddamn ball
SHAMET! What a huge three!
Alvarado and Clarkson with hart is not a real lineup . Clanky and no spacing
Shamet!!!! At last…
Feels like years since Shamet hit one
Ok Landry, let’s go
A Shamet run here would be excellent.
You just have to live with Shamet. He really is the only guy on the bench that can make a 3
Bad defense by hart. Left him wide open
We challenged this? Computer guy, don’t make stop loving you!
Btw, JK, I think that Xanax was actually the placebo
I am once again calling for Tyler Kolek!!!
Insane fucking screwjob again
The Extender.
Garbage
I mean, I trust our challenge guy. They got that one wrong.
Ball don’t lie
Dumb challenge, gee I’m sure that won’t come back to haunt us when the refs make some other horrible call
been a while since we played in a 4th quarter where it felt like we should win…
How is that a foul
Such bullshit
Ball don’t lie
Small comfort
Let’s play 5 on 8, we’re good at this!
Honestly surprised no 5th foul on towns yet
What a move by Shamet!
Shit, I think Shamet might be really hurt.
It’s not looking good.
This doesn’t feel like our night.
Jalen is so smart…
What a smart play by Brunson, and what a DUMB play by Castle!
That’s the problem with not closing this out – they’re gonna hurt us
Oh wow Shamet got hurt on the play where they hacked him and no foul was called
shamet knee looked bad
Scott Foster
Tony Brothers
Enter the fight, KAT. It’s not too late to run you out of town.
With Shamet out I concur with Bird, we need some Kolek
That Shamet play another missed call
we can’t keep hoping the spurs will choke the game away at the end…
can we?
OG trying to get back on the MVP conversation with the stop
I can’t believe Wemby took that shot.
Shamet fell funny but didn’t see any malice
Jalen is fucking balling
SO MUCH TIME…
6 pt game !!!
And yet we’re within 6!
Thanks, Wemby!!
jalen brunson is so insanely good
It’s up to Brunson if Knicks gonna win the championship tonight.
Castle was pushing Brunson with his left hand on the drive.
The Spurs just do everything SO fucking stupidly.
1. That insanely bad Wemby shot. Just so, so bad, and then…
2. Letting Brunson shoot
They should obviously be doing everything they can to get the ball out of Brunson’s hands, and they just…don’t.
But hey, great for the Knicks! So keep at it, you morons!
When it’s time to be better than Jalen Brunson…
Fucking. BRUNSON.
Knicks did choke in game 1 and 2 ..
I really think we CAN.
This is just Groundhog Day.
Knicks aren’t gonna get the big calls. This is up to Brunson and Brunson only.
We need a run here to put them to bed
Shamet was fouled on that layup.
Brunson was fouled on that last one.
We won’t get the calls so we have keep applying pressure with good defense and good shots. Brunson deliver us from evil
In a 6 point game with the championship on the line, KAT has 5 turnovers, 4 fouls, 1 FG, and 2 pts.
I don’t ever want to hear someone kill Brunson for not giving him the ball more.
NBA twitter is unanimously condemning the Wemby flagrant, which is the one thing that could force Adam Silver’s hand.
The Spurs are all kids and their coach has a lower IQ than the Knicks current point total. They can absolutely choke again.
The Spurs’ shooting and execution will collapse again.
KAT looks like Chet tonight
“Klutch tail and hide”
Looks like game 7 when SGA was alone out there
What in the world are they doing just letting Castle dribble, dribble, and dribble?
It’s crazy that there are literally 4 easy flagrant that were not called on Wemby this series. Tonight’s, the shove on Brunson, the shove on Alvarado, and a landing area violation he had on Hart.
HOW DO YOU LET HIM SHOOT?!! Why is Mitch Johnson SO stupid? I love it!
Whatever happens I have the utmost faith thay Scott Foster won’t fail in his duty to fuck us
4 pt game !!!
The Spurs are SO reliably dumb!
KAT wtf
We know how this challenge’s gonna end…
Wemby feels a slight push and then lowered the shoulder
No way he was pushed that hard
What is KAT doing ??
They will call this one on KAT, of course.
It was an incidental contact, but they will call it.
I truly am amazed at how the Spurs just haven’t learned ANYthing in five games. How can that happen? How can you lose the same way over and over again and never learn at ALL?
Ariel Hukporti is our best center
Another flagrant
KAT regressing at a really bad time. Dumb push off
I’m trying very hard to remember my enthusiasm for and acceptance of Towns as a key part of this team going forward
Are these cunts gonna overturn this shit
This is such a lame call on Towns
I mean, he pushed the guy. Just a dumb play by KAT.
I eonder how theyll overturn this offensive foul on wemby
Fucking French flopper
He didn’t shove him that hard. Thad shit happens every play
KAT unplayable now. Didn’t see this coming.
Stop blaming the refs for Towns being a fucking moron
Yeah give me a break, this kind of contact is constant. All this “proximate foul” bullshit is trash.
At least the Spurs don’t get another challenge.
kat has had about as bad an offensive game as you can dial up without going 2-18
They should just leave KAT in. It doesn’t matter what minutes he plays.
Thank you, Fox! The Spurs are choking again! This is amazing!
“I feel good about Fox pulling it out this time.”
Man, Brunson is possessed right now. So fun to watch.
I was about to scream out loud if Brunson would’ve made that an And1….
2 pt game !!! This is Brunson time !! 😉
As I’ve been saying all series, we don’t give the ball to Jalen Brunson enough
2!
Mitch Johnson using Kornet here is SO FUCKING DUMB.
FOX, I LOVE YOU!
TIE!!!!!!!!!
Tie game !!!
Holy shit they are going Fox pull-ups.
Mitch Johnson thinking, “I’m happy with Fox here” is hilarious.
That is a terrible call on OG
Let’s Goooo
Give me a fucking break with that call.
Rigged
Another Spur stupid play!
Totally fucking non call on OG
Fuck Scott foster
That was a good whistle
Actually looks like a foul
Brunson is ABUSING them!
I like that both color commentators are calling out the refs
“How is that a foul on OG Anonuby” Exactly!
Brunson, i love you, man!
I want the Knicks to win it for one reason — so I can stop watching this completely corrupt refereeing.
Trying extra hard to extend the series. Silver and garbage refs
Man, they are so fucking going to win this shit!
OMFG if that Brunson 3 would’ve gone in….
Brunson’s unconscious.
We have the lead !!!
Brunson has more than half the Knicks’ points.
THEY ARE STILL LETTING FOX SHOOT!!! It’s fucking hilarious!!
Great board Mitch
Love to know what Brunson said to the Spurs
FOX!!!
I’m not sure there’s ever been a more horribly officiated series in NBA history than this one.
I hope we pull this one off..it’s exhausting to watch all the willful ignorance on the part of the refs
TAKE US HOME JALEN
This Fox thing is just beyond belief at this point.
Lol, Fox
Also, he wanted them to hack-a-Mitch, but his players were too stupid to follow his clear directions!
They are going to die with Fox long 2s, won’t they?
No one ever suggest Brunson’s not the mvp of anything
The Knicks supporters would’ve been even louder !!! 😉
I don’t want to see anyone shooting but Brunson. This is his game to decide no matter what.
To be fair, A. Johnson is letting him do it, but B. The rest of the Spurs are so cowardly that THEY let him do it, too.
i must be a masochist bc i was kind of hoping they’d foul him and mitch would bury both
Knicks can take this despite the worst whistle I’ve seen since Lakers v. Kings.
UP THREE!
3 pt lead !!!
OHMYGOD
This dude is going to brick at LEAST one of these.
Absurd flop from Wemby
The French Flopper
Ball don’t lie
This is unreal how the refs are going against us
Haha, I fucking KNEW it. This choking motherfucker.
No hack a Mitch at least.
Another non-foul
Ball don’t lie
LOL
You might get your chance
I just can’t watch this shit anymore. Knicks in a finals closeout game and it’s unwatchable.
That was a bad possession.
JB is great, but not THAT great
I am so gonna lose my shit
HOW ARE THEY LETTING BRUNSON SCORE?!!?
Too much hero ball on that one
FOX IS STILL SHOOTING!!! This is hilarious!
Looks gooood
Holy shit
They’re about to win this shit!! WOW!!
We’re going to do it!
FOX!!!!
Make your FTs, Josh, please.
Pheeeewwww
Fox!!!!
Looking good!!!
OMG…we’re really doin this!
Brunson’s definitely Finals MVP now
MITCH!!!!!
MITCHELL ROBINSON!!!! He might have just won the NBA title!
MITCH
Yeah baby
MIIIIITCH!!!!!
MITCH!!!!!!!!!
Mitch deserves this !!!!
MITCH!!!
mitch!!!!!
MITCH MITCHING
MITCHEL FUCKING ROBINSON
MITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hart has played pretty well this game. And Mitch has been Mitch again.
Speaking of!
MITCH!!!!!
Fuck the spurs and the refs
Omg omg omg omg
JOSH REDEMPTION
MITCH REDEMPTION
I think it’s three points in over seven minutes for SA.
Uncharacteristic miss by OG
Missed fucking FTs…
Okay, Mitch Johnson, I think you should call a Fox stepback three here.
Let’s delay their FGA as much as we can
He almost got the second one too.
Please just one more cocksucking motherfucking stop
If Knicks win, Finals MVP should go to De’Aaron Fox
Mitch coming up clutch
Time to get a stop.
DON’T FUCKING BLOW IT. ONE STOP
No more refs!
NO MORE REFS!!!!
“EVERYBODY GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET DE’AARON COOK!!!”
Do you foul up 4? lol
20 seconds from a championship
Just be smart!!
Beating the Spurs and the refs so far
I’m fucking shaking…
Fucking shit
this is gut-wrenching
Damn it that was a big rebound for them.
Wemby 3 was stupid
Letting Castle dunk was even worse
Let’s use the clock
Who didn’t block out?
Would have been game over…no box out
I wish KAT hadn’t fouled out. Need his fts
Let’s go get a dagger.
Someone didn’t box out. I can’t take it.
Hart got picked on that, OG needed to pick him up
Don’t miss Mikal, please
How did they not call fouls on Brunson, man, Wemby hugged him.
“they missed that” – you don’t say?
Bridges Bring it On!
Another foul “they missed…”
The announcers are just routinely saying this
FUCK
one more stop
one more stop
one more stop
You gotta take a quick three here if you’re a San Antonio. Hopefully Fox!
Goddammit
Still a 3 pt lead, let’s not let them shoot a 3P
Refs fucked us one last time.
How is that not a foul on Brunson
3 missed FTs with under 1 min left…
Really, the difference between having Brunson on the line and Bridges on the line was huge, and the refs just gave it to them.
Foul them!
Fkn fts…
Still favourites to win
Missed fts gonna bite us in the ass
Dammit, Hart, OG, and Bridges each missing one – that’s huge
Just no 4-point play please
These f refs, brunson gets fouled 3 times. No call, waiting for bridges
That was a dumb foul I think. Should have waited
What will foster do
It’s not too early to make one/miss one, Breen. That’s GOTTA be their plan.
Wasnt that a 5 second violation?
That’s seemed like more than 5 seconds
They didn’t have to foul so fast, he was trapped in a corner!
Stupid foul too early.
Thanks Dylan!
But hey they knew he would miss
ABOUT TO BE NBA CHAMPIONS!
MISSED ONE!
Only if it was the Knicks
But Harper misses!
Fuck i hate the foul up 3 strat
Holy shit holy shit holy shit
We’re winning this !!!
Oak!!!
OMFG
rook
YES!
“You are no longer a rookie after 82 games!”
I can’t…
OAKLEY
Oak in the house 🙂
oh my god
Yay, Oakley!
Oh my
Did he miss that 2nd one on purpose?
Charles FKN Oakley is here!
Let’s Get this shit!
CHAMPS!
THAT’S IT!!
Argh, OG, just make it
This is it.
Like I said, Knicks in five.
WE DID IT
It’s over… i’m not crying, you’re crying !!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL
WE DID IT
I’M DYING. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT.
I’m crying for Christsake
It happened in my lifetime!
Fuck…. Holy shit. Fuck.
KNICKS KNICKS KNICKS
EAT SHIT WEMBY!!!!
OH MY GOD WE DID IT!
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
I’M SHAKING…
THANK YOU GUYS AT KNICKERBLOGGER FOR THIS JOURNEY
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCKING YES!!!! N
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OMG. Can’t be easy. But we are fucking here!!!!
BRUNSON IS THE MVP, NO DOUBT !!!
We’re CHAMPS
We did it!!!!!! Yesssssssss!!!!!
I can’t believe we have a guy who is like Willis Reed and Clyde in one
Wooooooooooooooo
YESSSSS!!!
So many years of futility.
Oh man.
I love everybody
Hell yeahhhhhhhh
Oh, 100%!
I can’t believe it
Congrats everyone!!!
Clyde smiling, what a joy to be alive to watch this! 🙂
I can’t fucking believe this
I love you guys
We’re just better, we didn’t give them a chance in the end
15-1 — most dominant run ever.
Congratulations everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!
Omg we did it
We fucking did it
OMG..I can’t stop fuckin crying! This is CRAAAAAAAZY!
A win for the Knicks.
A win for NYC.
A win for Knickerblogger.
I’m crying like a fucking baby right now.
Fuck you Becky Hammon
I can’t believe it!
Fucking tremendous.
45 points for the chip.
New thread https://knickerblogger.net/2026/06/the-new-york-knicks-are-your-2026-nba-world-champions/
Brunson 45. Rest of team 49. I guess we know the MVP. HAHAHAHAHA
I collapsed to the ground
WE FUCKING DID IT!!!!!!!!!!??!!!!!!!!!
Look at all the Knicks fans
OMFG WE FUCKING DID IT!!!!??!¡!!!!!
We fucking DID IT!!!!
Jalen decided no damn way OG is getting the mvp
Brunson willed us into this Championship.
JB: “Everything i ever dreamed of”
I LOVE YOU, MAN !!!
Best Sports Story ever!
Me too, me too !!
Omg I can’t fucking believe it
I’m too overwhelmed to even process this.
OH MY GOD WE WON THE TITLE
I LOVE YOU ALL
I’ve waited my whole life for this
We waited for years and years together
It doesn’t feel real yet
As a Mets, Jets, Knicks fan…first championship since 1986. Feels so good.
Jalen Fucking Brunson everyone. That’s all we need to say.
So many depressing years, days, minutes… all leading to this one sweet moment!
The Knicksiest of wins.
Hearts in our throats.
Cool of Hart to honor Bridges.
I am now on the record forgetting those picks.
I was nine when last they won.
I’m feeling extra satisfaction from beating this Spurs team and Wemby.
Knicks will be on Jimmy Fallon tomorrow, with Wu Tang performing.
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