On Basketball: Game 1s in the NBA's conference finals were beyond belief
If the NBA had screenwriters, not even they could come up with a start this good to the conference finals. Victor Wembanyama has 41 points and 24 rebounds. San Antonio goes into Oklahoma City and beats the defending champion Thunder.
If the NBA had screenwriters, not even they could come up with a start this good to the conference finals. Victor Wembanyama has 41 points and 24 rebounds. San Antonio goes into Oklahoma City and beats the defending champion Thunder.
New York trails by 22 points with about eight minutes left in regulation, then beats Cleveland. Both games go to overtime, a conference finals first. And the score at the end of regulation in both games — 101-101.
Well done, Spurs and Knicks. If there was a common trend in both games, it was that the best player on the winning teams decided to become the best player on the floor at crunch time. On Monday night, it was Wembanyama for the Spurs.
On Tuesday night, it was Jalen Brunson for the Knicks — who led a 44-11 run over the last 13 minutes. That's right, 44-11. “I don't know if I've seen that in a playoff game,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said.