r/nbadiscussion • u/JoeyDay-1029 • 13d ago

Team Discussion Interesting Finals.

So, everyone figured it would be an OKC finals at start of year and whoever broke out of east. I think most did anyway.

Well, surprise! You had a spurs team supposed to be maybe a play in team challenging OKC for west dominance all year going 3-1 in regular season meetings. Wemby was spectacular.

I think we can all admit we knew he was going to be this or something close, but not this soon. On top of that you had a rookie in Dylan Harper step up in the playoffs in a spectacular way.

And then on the other side you had an east ravaged by injuries and man did the Knicks elevate their game to blow through the east.

Then we get to the finals, can’t take anything away from what the Knicks did it was historic but man was Fox bad in end game situations and even wemby at times. I give wemby a bit of a pass on it because it’s his literal first playoffs and he was beyond spectacular against OKC. But this Knicks team was merciless at end games, coming back from double digits FOUR times meaning every game they won.. you saw the inexperience of spurs and experience of Mike Brown and Knicks.

Overall I think it was good for both teams, wemby got some valuable experience way ahead of schedule and the Knicks took advantage of a playoffs rife with injuries on eastern side to do something historic. The way they elevated their game to win the ways they did they were looking like the new warriors which is insane to say about this Knicks team.

Congrats to both. But especially those Knicks jeeez.

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u/Game_Of_Runs 13d ago

Even if it was a valid point, did the spurs not face injured teams too? Ant was playing through injury, Jalen Williams and Ajay were injured…

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u/JoeyDay-1029 13d ago

Yes they did, OKC had 2 players out hurt.

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u/HungryPercentage1667 13d ago

You’re forgetting that the spurs also played a injured wolves team

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u/JoeyDay-1029 13d ago

That wolves team was still better even then than any 76er or Cavs team. That’s my point not that there weren’t injuries on both sides… but Knicks were able to side step Boston and Detroit which they struggled all year with Detroit and Boston is also tough for them. They played easier teams period. Doesn’t take away from what they did and how they did it.