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Chapter 1: What happened in Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Spurs and Knicks?
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Chapter 2: Why is blaming the referees for the loss considered ridiculous?
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Chapter 3: How did Victor Wembanyama establish himself as the best player in the series?
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Chapter 4: What does Nick Wright suggest Jalen Brunson needs to improve?
J-Mac yesterday calling it. Take the Spurs, baby. It's the herd. We are live all across America. iHeart, Fox Sports, good to have you in. We got ourselves a new building in New York. We got ourselves an NBA final. That was wild. So, is there anything more tedious than, man, refs cost us the game. Wemby was the best player on the floor by a wide margin, and Cat was a total no-show.
Chapter 5: How did the Knicks' turnovers impact their performance?
Cat, no points in the fourth quarter. Again, no points in the series in the fourth quarter, and Cat had one assist. Cats stunk, and Wemby was unbelievable. That's the game. Stop making excuses. Plus, the Knicks were sloppy. 13 turnovers led to 21 points by San Antonio. And the team that's won the turnover battle is 3-0 in the series. Stop blaming refs.
Wemby defensively, best defensive performance I may have ever seen in an NBA Finals game.
Chapter 6: What were the defensive highlights of Wembanyama's performance?
Absolutely unbelievable. Yes, there was that Wemby missed foul everybody talked about. Yeah, refs missed it. Sort of like, you know, happens all the time in sports, right? You see it all the time as the Knicks have become very Jalen Brunson dependent. So you see that moment right there? And everybody's like, well, they missed it. Well, look what's happening three feet to the left.
Kelvin Johnson and Cat are in a battle royal. So the officials are all looking at that as two bigs go at it, and they're not paying attention to Brunson.
Chapter 7: How are the Knicks becoming too dependent on Jalen Brunson?
So they missed it. Just like 13 turnovers for the Knicks. They weren't perfect. The refs missed it. There was literally two giant professional athletes going WWE five feet from it. And the refs are all looking at that. And so they missed it. Five feet away. Richard Jefferson said in game two as a broadcaster, the game's out of control. It's too physical.
Chapter 8: What adjustments do the Knicks need to make for Game 4?
So it's the finals. They let physicality reign and they missed a call. But last night also, the Knicks are getting into a very, very bad pattern. They're becoming insanely Jalen Brunson dependent. He's taken 44 more shots than any other Knick. And we told you before the series that James Harden, Luka, Brunson, these highly ball-centric players wear down over the course of a series.
Right now, Jalen Brunson has the highest usage rate in finals history only behind Jordan and LeBron, who are bigger, stronger athletes. He is wearing down. He is now a minus in the series. He was plus 84 against the Hawks, plus 78 against the Sixers, plus 64 against the Cavs. He's now a minus. He's wearing down. We've seen this with Luka, a much bigger player. We've seen this with Harden.
We're seeing it with Jalen. So the Spurs were more balanced. The Spurs handled the ball better. The other thing about, well, the officials. The Golden State Warriors during their dynasty were never top of the NBA in free throw attempts. They were often near the bottom. Why is that? Same with the Celtics now. Why? Because they're a jump shooting team. The Knicks are now settling for jumpers.
Last night, over 50% of the Spurs baskets were in the paint. Free throws are about you're being rewarded for your aggressiveness. aggressive physical teams that pound the paint, get to the free throw line. Last night was the first game in the series. I thought the Spurs got some really good looks late in the game. By the way, they've led every game, all three of them with two minutes left.
Last night, the Spurs grew up. They grew up. They didn't have silly turnovers in the last couple of minutes. They grew up. They got better shots. And they're just being more aggressive. From the very opening tip, they were a cleaner, tighter, more aggressive team. They got good looks. Now, they're still a team that's young, plays sometimes too frenetic.
They went through a stretch last night where I'm like, guys, you're passing up good shots and settling for bad ones later in the possession. But Jalen Brunson now is too much of the offense. What I watched last night with the Knicks is why Tibbs got fired.
What I watched last night with the Knicks offense, Carl Anthony Towns having one assist is not only why Tibbs got fired, it's why Brunson would wear down and why they lost to the Pacers. When they went on this revolutionary playoff run, Cat was averaging almost seven assists. Last night, he reverted back to old Cat. No assists, no points late in the fourth quarter. This game was about Wemby.
Wemby was amazing, and Carl Anthony Towns reverted back, and some of it's on coaching, to his former self. So, you know, you can talk all you want about officiating. That is such an easy way out. Sometimes you don't get a great whistle. That's happened before. But the Spurs blue leads in the last first two games. And we're watching a very young team.
We know the Knicks are older, more experienced, and more mature. We also know the Spurs are learning on the job. They're a bunch of kids. And in the first two games, chaotic late, bad shots, silly turnovers. Last night on the road, that's the scary part if you're a Knick fan. They were the more composed team. They were being the aggressor. They were drawing fouls. So San Antonio is back.
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