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Chapter 1: What made the Knicks' Game 2 win feel magical?
Coming up on the Zach Lowe Show. Woo! I need a drink.
Chapter 2: How did KAT dominate the series against the Spurs?
I don't smoke. I might need a cigarette. What a game in San Antonio. A game of runs.
Chapter 3: What coaching strategies did Mike Brown implement in the game?
A game where it looked like, despite falling behind multiple times, despite Miles McBride and Mikael Burgess carrying the Knicks in a stretch when Cat was on the bench in foul trouble and Jalen Brunson, Jalen Brown, my brain is broken. We're resting.
that the Knicks were just going to rest control of the series, and Fox went crazy, and Wemby did some stuff, and then it came down to the end of regulation. Spurs take the lead. Knicks tie it up. Then some crazy stuff happens. A turnover, a missed free throw.
Chapter 4: What happened in the last 60 seconds of the game?
Wemby misses two jumpers. Woo! There is a lot to talk about, but first and foremost, the New York Knicks are 14-2 in the playoffs, have won 13 consecutive games, and are on one of the most magical games I don't even know what other word to use, runs in the history of professional sports and are two wins away from their first title in 53 years. The end of the game was nuts.
John Krasinski from The Athletic is here. We go blow by blow through the big plays in the game, the larger trends in the game. Cats' outrageous first half. Wemby responding to the critics in the second half. The Knicks surviving a bad Jalen Brunson shooting game, and yet, of course, he makes the tying jumper and the winning free throw, and they escape in the end with the Wemby jumper. Woo!
What a series.
Chapter 5: Is this Knicks playoff run one of the most dominant in history?
We talk about what the Spurs can do to get back into it in Madison Square Garden. We just talk about a lot of stuff. It was an incredible game. I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter 6: Why does Harper need to play more for the Knicks?
And that's all coming up on the Zach Lowe Show. Welcome to the Zach Lowe Show. Holy shit. What a basketball game in San Antonio. A game of runs, a game where it felt like the Knicks had solved San Antonio in two critical stretches, the last of which was when Cat picked up his fourth foul after playing like one of the best halves of his entire career. They were pulling away.
Victor Webanyama was yelling in the huddle, and suddenly... behind De'Aaron Fox making some buckets, Victor Weminyama playing with force, a missed Brunson layup that became a goaltend at the other end on a Dylan Harper layup, and then an and-one dunk by Victor Weminyama. The Spurs stormed into the lead, and then a bunch of crazy stuff happened. John Krasinski, I might mis-recount it, but...
Brunson makes a two-point shot with like 39 seconds left over Champagny. Wembanyama after a timeout misses a jumper from the left side of the floor going for the two-for-one with 30 seconds left. Brunson then misses a jump shot with like 16 seconds left.
Chapter 7: What makes Jalen Brunson potentially the greatest Knick of all time?
Wembanyama gets the rebound.
Chapter 8: What are the implications of this game for the rest of the series?
Spurs have a chance to play for the last shot. Outlet pass. Steph Castle not looking for it. Off his back. Out of bounds. Brunson steals it and is fouled. Not out of bounds. Brunson steals it and is knocked out of bounds. It's fouled. One out of two. Luke Cornett maybe kicks the ball on the rebound. Spurs timeout. Wemby misses another jump shot. His second miss in 30 seconds of game time.
Knicks escape with the one-point win. Wemby, I thought, answered the critics who were howling at halftime with a pretty goddamn strong second half. But a game of runs, and the Knicks had the last gasp. And John Krasinski... I think we just have to start now. This is one of the most remarkable things I have ever seen in sports, in any sport ever.
I said before the series, I think the Knicks have some sort of magical alchemy going, and I believe in it. Even I didn't think they would win both games in San Antonio. And when the Spurs finally took the lead on that punch by Wemby, you thought, okay, 1-1. We're set for an epic finals like we all expected. And the Knicks somehow, someway escape with a win.
And this is becoming one of the greatest stories in the history of sports if they wrap this up. The 50-whatever-year drought and one of the greatest playoff runs of all time, 13 wins in a row, and the Knicks are coming home two wins away from a title. Where do you want to start as we try to digest this game? Do you want to start at the end? Do you want to start with Wemby?
Do you want to start with the Knicks winning a game where Brunson was, what, 7 of 25, I think, from the floor? What's the number one headline for you, John Krasinski?
Zach Lowe, you're not going to be surprised to hear this. Other people who know where I'm from are not going to be surprised to hear this. To me, The story of this series in these first two games is Carl Anthony Towns has been the best player through, you know, what are we at? Seven of the eight quarters. He is playing incredible defense on Victor Wemby.
Wemby played really well in the second half, but really didn't get going until those two games. Unquestionable calls put Carl on the bench and got Victor to get a little bit more rhythm going in that third quarter. And then the efficiency that he's playing with, getting everyone involved, he has been remarkable.
And for a player who has been so maligned, slandered, all those things, some for good reason, a lot for not, I just think that this has been his coming out party in such a major way. And for a guy who's covered him his whole career, I'm just happy to see him rise to the occasion here because he has been tremendous on both ends of the floor.
I thought the first half you and I were texting about it at halftime was given the stakes, AKA higher than any stakes he's ever played in, in the NBA. Yeah. was maybe the best half he's ever played in his life. And he had 18 points, so it wasn't like ā I mean, he's had a 50-point game. It's not like he hasn't scored that much in a half.
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