Justin Verrier

We got to talk about the Spurs.

We got to talk about some ripple effects from the finals, but we also got to dig into Jalen Brunson, the New York Knicks, and everything that happened in game five right after this.

So why don't we start here?

Because I think Rob was right before we went to the break here that this one feels a little different, not only because of the emotional aspect because of New York and all the suffering and everything kind of coming around there, but this game five and the way that they won just felt so like,

Oh, like you felt it in your gullet, this one.

And I think this stat says it better than anything.

And this was from ESPN.

I think they mentioned this on the broadcast.

The Spurs actually led the finals 69% of the time.

Which, you know, it's just like you wince when you hear that thing.

So, Wimby's quote wasn't wrong.

He was right.

But then, obviously, the way they lost in game four, and then it happened similarly in game five.

There was just a real, like, reach into your heart, rip it out, and then just, like, eat it in front of you quality to this Knicks win.

Like, a decisiveness that hadn't been there previously.

Where it's just like, oh, yeah, there are no doubts.

They really just kind of waxed them in the most, like,

Well, that's the flip side of the first half defense where the pressure and how high they were picking them up and how much physicality they were exerting gave way to like what happened in the second half, which is, it didn't seem like they had the same sort of pep.

Wemby in particular, we're going to talk about that a lot.

I'm sure later in the episode, uh,