'They can't believe it': Knicks stage a comeback to top all comebacks in NBA Finals Game 4 vs. Spurs
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"The Knicks pull off the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history," was Mike Breen's call as the final buzzer sounded at Madison Square Garden.
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Factually, that told the whole story. The Knicks had trailed the San Antonio Spurs by 29 points. That had never been overcome in an NBA Finals game.
At the half, the deficit was 27.
Knicks fans turned their TVs off.
Spurs fans might've even turned their TVs off.
And then the Knicks pulled off a comeback of all comebacks.
How do you even begin to sum that up?
"Bedlam in the Garden," is how Breen described it.
"They can't believe it," Breen said of the crowd.
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Individual scenes almost don't do justice to the collective.
This was a building full of people who, for the second game in a row, thought they had spent thousands of dollars for the right to watch a brutal defeat.
This was a city full of fans who have waited for this for so long, watched the good happen on the road, then were watching it all disintegrate at home.
But there was a feeling, somewhere in the universe, that this could happen.
The Knicks have staged comebacks all postseason. They did it in the Eastern Conference Final against the Cleveland Cavaliers. They did it in the first two games of this NBA Finals series.
And on this night, the Knicks did it again.
It took heroics from everyone, including the two biggest plays of OG Anunoby's life.
Just like that, the Knicks are up 3-1.
They're a win away from an NBA championship.
They're a win away from the biggest party New York City has seen in a generation.
As the ESPN broadcast signed off, no one was leaving MSG. Everyone wanted to bask in what had just happened.
Besides, they needed a few moments for it to sink in.
"Do you believe in miracles?" Al Michaels asked after the greatest upset in sports history in 1980.
These Knicks, capable of the most improbable comeback in NBA history, sure do.
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