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06/10 22:50 CDT Knicks complete record rally from 29 points down and beat Spurs
107-106 for 3-1 NBA Finals lead
Knicks complete record rally from 29 points down and beat Spurs 107-106 for 3-1
NBA Finals lead
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK (AP) --- The New York Knicks made a record comeback from 29 points
down and moved to the brink of their first championship since 1973 by beating
the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 on Wednesday night.
OG Anunoby tipped in the miss of Jalen Brunson's long 3-point attempt with 1.2
seconds remaining to complete the rally, giving the Knicks a 3-1 lead and three
chances to win the championship.
It looked impossible early, when the Spurs rolled to a 27-point halftime lead.
But Brunson helped bring the Knicks back with 36 points and Anunoby finished
with 33.
Game 5 is Saturday night in San Antonio.
No team had come from more than 24 points down in a finals game, when Boston
did it against the Lakers in 2008, since the NBA began keeping detailed
play-by-play for all four quarters in 1997. The Spurs led 81-52 in the third
quarter.
The Knicks had their 13-game winning streak snapped in Game 3 and seemed headed
for a second straight defeat throughout the first half, when Victor Wembanyama
and the Spurs opened the biggest NBA Finals halftime lead by a visiting team.
But the young Spurs, who made 11 of their first 16 3-pointers, went cold in the
second half, going 3 for 17 behind the arc as the Knicks outscored them 58-30.
Delirious fans inside Madison Square Garden sang along to Journey's "Don't Stop
Believin'" a few minutes after watching something that seemed almost impossible.
Wembanyama had 24 points and 13 rebounds but shot just 9 for 25 from the field.
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