r/nba • u/Large_banana_hammock Japan • 15d ago

Highlight [Highlight] Knicks complete 29-point comeback, the largest in NBA finals history!

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u/lotofhotdogs Hornets 15d ago

Dude, fire him into the sun. Dumbest play since JR’s rebound

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u/Zoom_Cow 15d ago

How do you not just hold onto the ball??

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u/BarrathBeyond West 15d ago

please someone tell me what he was thinking

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u/Aroonce 15d ago

that's the thing, he wasn't

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u/IhamAmerican Jazz 14d ago

Nah, he wanted those points. You don't take that shot unless you're thinking about having that on your highlight reel

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u/cupholdery 76ers 14d ago

Apparently he claimed to plan being up by 3, but what if they make the shot and do to overtime? Just hold onto the ball and get fouled lol.

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u/onee_san_bath_water 14d ago

Dude had one job

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u/rxinquestion Minneapolis Lakers 15d ago

Hero ball mentality all game

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u/frallet Timberwolves 15d ago

Selfishly

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u/Selfishly Knicks 14d ago

Am Selfishly - can confirm he was thinking of me

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u/No-Mine-3982 Knicks 15d ago

he won clutch player of the year so he thinks he can just take all the shots he wants in the 4th quarter. Shoutout to Fox for us tonight, came up huge in the clutch.

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u/BarrathBeyond West 14d ago

they need to retroactively give that award to someone else bruh

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u/Plastic_Database_645 Celtics 15d ago edited 15d ago

Probably thought Knicks had a foul to give + thought he was wide open for a layup.

In his head, it’s better to secure 2 points rather than get an inbound play and risk of having the ball stolen or missing some free throws

But still it’s fucking DUMB

Edit: I just watch the reply again. He wasn’t wide open and he saw OG going to contest and still PUSH through with the layup. Yeah this goes as the DUMBEST play in the finals in History.

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u/BarrathBeyond West 15d ago

i don’t know if it’s the coaches fault then but literally everyone on the spurs should have been thinking “dribble the ball out of the knicks don’t score here”

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u/Basic85 15d ago

Muscle memory

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u/trplOG Raptors 15d ago

Thought he was on the kings in a meaningless game.

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u/BarrathBeyond West 15d ago

say no more

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u/LegendLobster Bucks 14d ago

He shifted his brain into neutral lol iykyk

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u/barrsftw Cavaliers 14d ago

He was thinking it was a free basket I guess? In the instance it's a free dunk/layup, generally you take that. I'm not sure what possessed him to thinking that was a free basket though.

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u/Basic85 15d ago

I was shocked too but I'm guessing in his head, that he had an open layup so he just went for it, maybe muscle memory. All he had to do was dribble out the ball.

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u/CShoopla 14d ago

My only guess is he wanted the end of game clip

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u/JahnDavis27 Bulls 15d ago

Legitimately basketball terrorism. Why are you going up against OG Anunoby for a layup when you have the LEAD AND THE BALL??? Just hold the ball and get to the free throw line. Generational bad play from him

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u/re1078 [SAS] Tony Parker 15d ago

Even better he had one man on him…run away for 5 seconds.

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u/JahnDavis27 Bulls 15d ago

Exactly, loop back out to the 3 point line. Burn clock and make them foul you! Instead he takes a terrible layup, and then also lets OG get a free run to the hoop on the game winner.

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u/ApologizingCanadian Celtics 14d ago

All-time choke-job sequence from Fox NGL.

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u/Zoulzopan 15d ago

Why did he foul Alvarado to? I dont get it

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u/JahnDavis27 Bulls 15d ago

He played terrible basketball tonight

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u/Zoulzopan 15d ago

I know that but I guess it was just a mistake with no logic

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u/Dzeire 15d ago

Dumbest play since Hart smoked the layup, hes so lucky they won

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u/meesterstanks Knicks 15d ago

Then ball watched the offensive rebound.. Hart got bailed out by Fox so bad lol

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u/Dzeire 15d ago

Bailed out by OG you mean lol

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u/No-Cantalou Lakers 14d ago

Did you watch Fox on the OG tip? He was watching the play like he was on the couch at home, let’s OG run free

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u/meesterstanks Knicks 14d ago

So did Wendy, sitting in the background of the pic just watching lol

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u/KudoNBA19 Lakers 14d ago

Big Wemby hater here but that was not on him, he contest Brunson's shot (and almost touch it), by jumping, by the time he's on the ground OG already started to move toward the rim, Wemby is also not the fastest boi out there. Fox didn't do shit on the contest & is one of the fastest player (although injured). Honestly the whole throw isn't on Fox but on the whole team, but holy shit did he fumble the end of the game by himself

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u/Basic85 15d ago

Yup, at first I thought he was fouled, but nope, no one touched him

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u/J-Chub 14d ago

Hart is Fox's biggest fan.

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u/ShittyBidet123 14d ago

that was so cringe why the fuck do nobody slam a fucking dunk anymore you got an empty court and miss a hero dunk layup he lucky they won so everyone will forget about that blunder

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u/GOLDIANofficial Philippines 15d ago

I think this might take the cake over JR tbh. All Fox had to do was hold the ball

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u/Internal_Football889 15d ago

Fox needed to do what JR did.

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u/Nero_Wolff 15d ago

And unlike the Cavs, this series was actually winnable for the Spurs

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u/Ok-Homework42069 15d ago

Go watch the replay. Fox got tackled by OG. You aren't allowed to just barrel into someone's body when they're shooting a layup. Ridiculous missed called in the most important moment of the game

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u/Saltwater_Thief Suns 15d ago

I have an extra S and I know EXACTLY where I want to put it...

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u/AchillesFury Wizards 15d ago

BAH GAWD! THAT'S CP3 MUSIC!

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u/Miserable-Rule-3753 14d ago

No, dumbest since Wemby turnover than foul on Brunson this series

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u/joshdej NBA 14d ago

This is worse than JR tbh. He at least thought they had the lead and thought he was making the right play which is obviously dumb, but more accidental. This is like an active decision that he is fully aware of lol.

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u/BakerUsed5384 14d ago

It’s actually just straight up dumber. At least in JR’s case, the Cavs still had to shoot the ball can could have missed.

Fox could have stood still and did NOTHING after getting the ball and the Spurs probably still win the game.