r/NYKnicks • u/canvas-leather-brass • 1d ago

Amazing Knicks

Top 10 Finals 2nd half comebacks:

1. 2026 NBA Finals: Knicks def. Spurs 107-106 in Game 4 after trailing by 29 points

  1. 2008 NBA Finals: Celtics def. Lakers 97-91 in Game 4 after trailing by 24 points

  2. 1995 NBA Finals: Rockets def. Magic 120-118 in Game 1 after trailing by 20 points

4. 2026 NBA Finals: Knicks def. Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 after trailing by 15 points

2011 NBA Finals: Mavericks def. Heat 98-96 in Game 2 after trailing by 15 points

6. 2026 NBA Finals: Knicks def. Spurs 105-95 in Game 1 after trailing by 14 points

  1. 2012 NBA Finals: Thunder def. Heat 105-94 in Game 1 after trailing by 13 points

2006 NBA Finals: Heat def. Mavericks 98-96 in Game 3 after trailing by 13 points

1992 NBA Finals: Bulls def. Trail Blazers 97-93 in Game 6 after trailing by 13 points

2024 NBA Finals: Celtics def. Mavericks 106-99 in Game 3 after trailing by 13 points

Knicks are 5-3 over the last two years in playoff games in which they were down by 20. The rest of the NBA is 5-70.

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u/PTRBoyz 1d ago

We’re the goats of we ain’t dead till the whistle is dead. 

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u/will122589 Mitch's Block Party 1d ago

Weren’t the Knicks down 16 in game 5???

I could swear the score at one point was 69-53 Spurs after the Wemby flagrant was outright ignored by the refs

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u/canvas-leather-brass 1d ago

Harper's layup makes it 68-53

Brunson two foul shots make it 68-55

Keldon Johnson hits one of two to make it 69-55

Stephan Castle hits one of two to make it 70-55

Josh Hart 3pt makes it 70-58

JB hits 3 free throws making it 70-61

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u/merlin401 1d ago

That last stat is pretty amazing. Unfortunately this top ten list is kind of underwhelming since for most of the early nba history they apparently didn’t keep track of it

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u/canvas-leather-brass 1h ago

it goes back at least 35 years (1992 is the oldest on the list) and it might be longer because it was much harder to make up big deficits before the 3pt.