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Chapter 1: What were the highlights of Game 1 of the NBA Finals?
Coming up on the Zach Lowe Show from San Antonio.
Holy smokes. I know it ended up being a 10-point game. It will never reflect how intense the atmosphere for game one was. One of the most viscerally, emotionally intense atmospheres I've ever been at. helped along by a solid, let's say, 6%, 8%, 10% contingent of Knicks fans in the building who were very, very noisy, dueling chants in the concourse, dueling chants in the arena.
Chapter 2: How did Wemby perform during Game 1?
Twice, the Spurs opened up double-digit leads, and it looked like they're on the verge of reminding the Knicks, hey... You're coming from the JV conference. This is a whole new bottle of wax here in the West.
Chapter 3: What impact did Josh Hart have on the game?
And the Knicks walked him down both times. Tie game going into the fourth quarter. Knicks go up by eight. You think Derrick got control of the game.
Chapter 4: What adjustments do the Spurs need to make for Game 2?
Spurs come back, take a one-point lead. Just one crazy intense play after another. Jalen Brunson late in the game. Just outstanding. Knicks get contributions from everybody. They win yet again. Stan Van Gundy is here to break down everything that happened in the game. and talk about how the Spurs and Knicks both might adjust in game two.
And then I talk a little bit about at the end, just stuff going around in the league. That's all coming up after this on the Zach Lowe Show.
Welcome to the Zach Lowe Show from San Antonio. Look who's here. It's Stan Van Gundy.
And coach, let me tell you, that was one of the most intense games I've ever been at in my life. The atmosphere was off the charts. I know home fans probably hate the Knicks invasion of their arena. And it was only like, I'm going to say, 8% to 10% Knicks fans. Maybe that's even a little high. But they were loud. And in the concourse, I was walking to my seat before the game.
There were let's go Knicks chants that were being answered by go Spurs, go chants. I thought that was awesome. There were no stoppages in the game until the first time out. And it was just this roaring crowd. endless intensity. The crowd was one of the loudest and just shriekingest I've heard in that five minutes where there was no stoppages. A fan ran onto the floor. And by the way,
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Chapter 5: How significant was the officiating during Game 1?
All his friends should shun him forever and shame him. And security was far too polite with him. They should have decked him and laid him out on the court and taken him off. And then we had some incredible clutch free throw shooting.
Chapter 6: What makes the Knicks a magical team this season?
When Benyama hits two free throws to put the Spurs ahead, Bridges hits two massive free throws and just calms the steps up to put the Knicks up by four. But to me, the peak intensity was... Knicks go up 94-86 with about six minutes left, Coach. And I wrote down in my notes, this is now... Look, we've seen massive comebacks in six minutes.
The Knicks just made one at the beginning of the conference finals. I wrote down in my notes, this is now a must-win for the Knicks. They cannot lose this game from eight points ahead on the road as slight underdogs in the series would be a catastrophe. And boom, 9-0 run, Spurs take the lead, and then Brunson with...
One of the biggest shots of his life on an offensive rebound that he tipped out and got back.
He tipped it out and got the three in the corner, yeah.
I mean, the Knicks end up winning by 10 because they're just going to end up winning every close game by double digit points to keep the streak going. But in terms of like nerves and intensity and just my intensity watching the game, it was one of the most intense games I've ever been at. Tied after three quarters.
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Chapter 7: What are the implications of De'Aaron Fox's performance?
Knicks walked him down from two big deficits, one in the second quarter and again in the third quarter. And you could just feel the tension in the arena. It was awesome. I don't know if it felt that way watching on TV.
Well, I mean, I don't think you ever, when you're watching on TV, totally feel what's in an arena. But yeah, look, I mean, I think we felt it. from the time the Knicks tied up the Atlanta series and then just started dominating people, the fervor of New York fans, they've waited a long time. They feel like this is their chance. And you're right. They don't have to have a majority of the arena.
They're the most fervent fans in this year's And, you know, you feel it every time a game goes on. I mean, you live there. I've got, you know, my daughter and her husband live in New York and it's taken over the entire city there.
We also had a Brunson injury scare, two injury scares, one in the first half that looked like, uh-oh, he goes back to the locker room and he comes back and has a fantastic fourth quarter beginning and end. In the middle, the Knicks offense dried up a little bit when the Swirs went on that run, and then he makes an incredible dagger over Devin Vassell at the end of the game.
Yeah, the atmosphere was awesome. The fans are awesome. And New York... If they had gotten a split and now they're guaranteed a split, it was a given that MSG was going to just be off the charts in games three and four. And now... Politics aside, we have this wild card coming for game three.
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Chapter 8: What are the latest updates and news around the league?
And let me tell you, Stan, I saw a lot of league ops people, league staffers, the bracing for the president to attend game three at Madison Square Garden, just logistically, like how are we going to get everyone in the arena, out of the arena? How long is he going to stay? Is he going to get booed if they show him on the Jumbotron? It's an added layer of craziness that I don't even like.
That game is going to be madness. But we have to get there first. What's your big, I mean, low scoring game. Spurs actually their fourth lowest points per possession in any game this season. Two of those four are against the Knicks. Wemba Nyama, six of 21, did get 13 free throws. Josh Hart, sensational game.
Jose Alvarado's minutes off the bench when Brunson was hurt were, were like just awesome and delightful. And just what every championship team needs a guy stepping in like that when he might not even be in the rotation.
But I know we were texting a little bit last night and I know your, your focus was on a lot of things, but the cat Wemby matchup and sort of pivot point of the series stood out to, is that where you want to start? Yeah, sure.
Look, I thought Cat was fabulous on both ends of the floor. And I thought that, you know, obviously rebounded the ball. He drove the ball on Wimby. He was aggressive, didn't turn the ball over and stayed out of foul trouble. I mean, I think the big thing is, is to keeping him out there on the floor and aggressive is huge in this series. And
I thought it was easily the worst playoff game Wimbinyama has played all year. I thought he was horrible on both ends, to be honest. I mean, he just, I would say the thing he's got to do, it's pretty simple. He wants it so badly, which I admire. And he's a young guy with great talent. He got to calm down a little bit. I thought he took terrible shots. You know, it was just forcing everything.
And I thought defensively on Cat, I understand Cat's passing and he wanted to pressure, but he was never in a balanced stance with any chance to defend and just letting him go by. He's just got to still play hard, obviously, but he's got to calm down and then defend. He and they have got to get him the ball in better spots and closer to the basket.
Look, he didn't have an offensive rebound in the first three quarters, and it's hard to get one when you're spending the entire night standing behind the three point line. And, you know, the three-point shot is a nice weapon for him. But nine threes, too many in that game. He's got to get around the basket. Six turnovers in the game, too, besides his six-for-21 shooting. Just not good enough.
And the bottom line is... like Brunson wasn't good enough either through three quarters, but then Brunson had the great fourth quarter and when we got better in the fourth until he had the huge turnover after. So we get a, Just a stupid foul by De'Aaron Fox with 111 to go to put Bridges to the line to make two. And Bridges caught the ball in the middle of the floor.
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