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For three quarters Wednesday night, Knicks fans were doing what Knicks fans do best: stressing, yelling at televisions, questioning life decisions, and preparing themselves emotionally for another heartbreak.
The San Antonio Spurs looked comfortable.
Victor Wembanyama looked like he was ready to welcome the Knicks to the NBA Finals with a nice Texas-sized reality check.
The Spurs led by 14 points in the second half.
Everything was going according to plan.
Then Jalen Brunson happened.
Ladies and gentlemen, if there is a bigger fourth-quarter assassin in basketball right now, I haven’t seen him.
Brunson scored 30 points, including 13 in the fourth quarter, and personally outscored what felt like the entire state of Texas down the stretch. The Knicks erased a double-digit deficit and walked into San Antonio, stole Game 1, stole home-court advantage, and probably stole a few Spurs fans’ sleep schedules in the process.
The final score was Knicks 105, Spurs 95.
But the score doesn’t tell the whole story.
The Knicks looked dead.
Buried.
Finished.
Cooked.
The basketball version of that guy at the barbecue who says, “I’m only staying for ten minutes,” and then falls asleep in a lawn chair.
Then suddenly New York woke up.
Karl-Anthony Towns gave the Knicks 18 points and 12 rebounds. OG Anunoby added 17 points and played his usual brand of defense that makes opposing players look like they’re trying to solve calculus during an earthquake.
But this game belonged to Brunson.
The man was hitting shots from everywhere.
Contested.
Falling down.
Spinning.
Leaning.
Probably would have hit one from the team bus if Mike Brown gave him the green light.
That spinning jumper with 38 seconds left?
Cold-blooded.
That’s not a basketball shot.
That’s a statement.
That’s a guy looking at an entire arena and saying, “I know you all paid good money to be here. Unfortunately, you’re about to watch me ruin your night.”
Meanwhile, Wembanyama finished with 26 points and 12 rebounds, but he shot just 6-for-21 from the field. Every time he looked ready to take over, the Knicks slammed the door shut.
To his credit, Wembanyama didn’t make excuses afterward.
His postgame analysis was basically every New Yorker after bowling a terrible game:
“I was bad tonight.”
Simple.
Accurate.
Respectable.
Even crazier?
The Spurs had NEVER lost a Game 1 in the NBA Finals.
Ever.
They were 6-0.
They had NEVER trailed in an NBA Finals game before the finish of a Finals series.
Ever.
The Knicks just walked into San Antonio and started breaking Spurs history like a kid running through grandma’s antique shop.
And can we talk about Knicks fans for a second?
Spike Lee was there.
Ben Stiller was there.
Tracy Morgan was there.
Fat Joe was there.
Timothée Chalamet was there.
Basically half of New York flew to Texas.
One fan said it was cheaper to buy Game 1 tickets, airfare, and a hotel room in San Antonio than it would have been to attend Game 3 at Madison Square Garden.
That’s the most New York sentence ever spoken.
The Knicks have now won 12 straight playoff games.
Twelve.
At this point they’re not playing basketball.
They’re collecting victims.
The Spurs had the game in their hands. They led by 14. The crowd was rocking. The legends were in the building. Gregg Popovich was watching. Tim Duncan was there. David Robinson was there. Manu Ginobili was there.
And then the Knicks closed the game on an 11-0 run.
Eleven to nothing.
That’s not a comeback.
That’s a robbery.
Now before Knicks fans start pricing out parade routes down Broadway and tattooing championship trophies on their arms, remember this series is only 1-0.
San Antonio is too talented to disappear.
Wembanyama is too good to shoot this poorly every game.
And the Spurs aren’t going to roll over.
But here’s the scary part for the rest of the NBA:
The Knicks don’t panic.
They don’t quit.
And they have a superstar point guard who seems to believe every fourth quarter belongs to him.
Three more wins.
That’s all that separates New York from its first NBA championship in 53 years.
For the first time in a long time, Knicks fans aren’t dreaming.
They’re counting.
And somewhere in New York right now, thousands of fans who promised themselves they wouldn’t get emotionally invested again are already searching for championship merchandise.
Because that’s what Knicks fans do.
And after what Jalen Brunson did in Game 1?
Who can blame them?
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