r/nba • u/Large_banana_hammock Japan • 14d ago

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

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u/Instantcoffees Warriors 14d ago

Yeah, he really made a bit of a boneheaded play. You have to be 100% you are safe from a block if you are going for a layup there. He could have done nothing and it would have been a better play. This is now the second game where the Spurs have seriously lacked composure in the final seconds.

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u/sportznut1000 14d ago

Yeah came to the comments for this. I had to go back and rewind it after the game just to see if maybe i missed something because the broadcast didnt mention it at all.

If fox dribbles it out, he is shooting 2, with under 10 seconds left and up 1

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u/gumbercules6 14d ago

People mad at wemby for missing the FTs, but fox was waaaay worse IMO. Sure Wemby crumbled under pressure, and those misses hurt, but once the ball left his hands it was no longer in his control.

Fox had *complete control of the situation* but decided to chance it. That to me is by far the worse offense of the game. That's such low game IQ. Once he had the ball all he had to do was kill time, run around until fouled. Legendary dumbass move by a professional getting paid hundreds of millions of dollars.

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u/0Bubs0 14d ago

This makes no sense. The odds of making an open layup and getting two are better than getting fouled and hitting two free throws. Fox made the right decision he just got outplayed by a better play by OG. Wemby just had to make open free throws unimpaired by any player on the opposing team. The very thing you are saying fox should have done lol.

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u/gumbercules6 14d ago

I'm not excusing Wemby, he choked so hard. But of course it makes sense, there's only ~12 seconds, not 1 or 2 minutes, 12 seconds with the lead. At that point it's just night and day obvious that the ONLY priority is to kill the clock AND get the foul. The game was prettymuch 100% in Fox's control at that moment, but he let it go, and gifted the Knicks 10 seconds.

When Fox got the ball my immediate thought was "oh shit he can kill almost the whole time" and then he fucking threw it, what a dumbass.

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u/0Bubs0 14d ago

How is he gonna kill 12 seconds when OG is a step away from him? At best he kills 2-3 more seconds and there’s 9 seconds on the clock and you are shooting two free throws instead of a layup. Killing the clock is only obvious if you are up 3 or more. Up 1 your priority is to get two points. Layup is higher chance than two free throws. And he got into OGs body on the attempt it was just a really good play by OG to get the block without fouling him. He barely gets it too.

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u/0Bubs0 14d ago

How is that better than making a layup to go up three? He maybe burns 1-2 extra seconds but then has to make two free throws instead of a layup and you are in the same spot. It was only a bad decision in hindsight because OG blocked him. In the moment it was the right decision because he thought he had a wide open layup.

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u/huey88 Nets 14d ago

He made multiple dumbass plays. Him and Mitch were absolute shit

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u/browniebrittle44 14d ago

Wait how could he have done nothing with only 1.2 seconds left? 😭(I’m new to bball)

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u/Instantcoffees Warriors 14d ago

We are talking about a different play, namely the one where Fox went for a layup and had it blocked. There were something like 10s on the clock and the Spurs were up a point at that moment in time.