Game 4 of the NBA Finals will go down as an all-time classic, as the New York Knicks overcame a 29-point deficit at Madison Square Garden against the visiting San Antonio Spurs to claim a 107-106 victory.
OG Anunoby delivered the game-winning putback for the Knicks with just 1.7 seconds remaining in regulation, giving the Knicks a three games to one stranglehold on the series and putting them within a single victory of their first NBA championship since 1973.
Meanwhile, Spurs point guard De’Aaron Fox is catching considerable heat for his crucial error late in regulation, in which he attempted a contested transition layup instead of running out the clock with under 15 seconds to go; Anunoby blocked the attempt, setting up the eventual game-winning play.
Knicks head coach Mike Brown, who previously coached Fox with the Sacramento Kings, once called him out after he committed a costly foul against the Detroit Pistons in late 2024. In the waning seconds of regulation, Fox fouled Detroit’s Jaden Ivey on a three-point attempt, which went in. Ivey converted all three free throws after knocking down the shot, completing a four-point play that lifted the Pistons to a narrow 114-113 win.
Afterward, Brown called out Fox for his lack of judgment, despite him and the coaching staff having repeatedly emphasized exactly how to guard the play.
“If you’re up three, you’ve got to guard your man at the three-point line, and there should be no closeout opportunity, no closeout opportunity,” Brown said via LakeShowYo on X. “They know that, the only thing that can hurt us is a three. I need to go back and watch the film, but there was no reason for there to be a hard closeout……For sure, 100 percent, we4 told our guys, we can’t give up a three. Stay connected, stay on the high side…..we close out, and we foul with three seconds to go. That’s tough.”
Brown and the Knicks can close out the series on Saturday.
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