Doc Rivers did not frame flopping as one player’s crime. He framed it as the league’s shared language. After Game 1 of the NBA Finals, with the Knicks beating the …
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Brian Windhorst pushed back on the easiest word attached to the Knicks’ Game 1 win. New York did not “steal” the opener in San Antonio. It took it. That distinction …
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Jay Williams framed Jalen Brunson as something rare in the modern NBA: a superstar who seems to answer every complaint fans make about the league. Too much money? Brunson took …
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Nick Wright does not think Victor Wembanyama was scared by the NBA Finals. His concern is worse than that. After the Spurs’ 105-95 Game 1 loss to the Knicks, Wright …
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Karl-Anthony Towns did not describe Game 1 of the NBA Finals like a man overwhelmed by the stage. He described it like a man who felt protected inside it. The …
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The New York Knicks waited twenty-seven years to return to the NBA Finals. Then, in Game 1, they played like a team that had no interest in easing back into …
