JD

Series now, obviously 2-1 Knicks.

But the hole was and is still the hole.

So for Wemenyama to climb out,

The Spurs, led by him, they have to win, you know, four out of the next five.

They took care of one.

They got to win three more.

Well, according to Ben Rohrbach at Yahoo Sports, only five other times in NBA history has the best player in a series making his first finals appearance fallen behind 2-0.

And I thought it'd be fun to go through these series and wonder and figure out, has history taught us anything from such series with the best player in his first finals appearance down 2-0.

Again, I want to stress that here because I can gloss over you.

Best player in the series, which we all agree Wemby is, I think, as much as we love Brunson and Cat, it's Wemby, making his first finals appearance and his team was down 2-0.

So right away.

Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley, they were down 2-0 in the finals, in the first finals, but they weren't the best players in the series.

Hakeem was in his prime.

And as we went through, it was dominating.

So I'm sorry, it was Hakeem Olajuwon over Shaq, a younger Shaq at that.

And then Charles Barkley was playing against this guy named Michael Jordan.

So that's important to remember, okay?

And there will be a few debates, maybe like, was he the best player in that series?

But we can get into it.

So let's start.