We’ve made it. The beginning of the end to a memorable, painful season of NBA basketball. The NBA Finals. Knicks vs. Spurs. Here we go.
Who: San Antonio Spurs vs. New York Knicks
Where: Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX
When: 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT
Watch: ABC
Who are we rooting for tonight, Kings fans? The team that fleeced the Kings in the De’Aaron Fox trade, or the team that hired Mike Brown after he apparently wasn’t good enough for Vivek Ranadive? There is also the OG Anunoby element. And Harrison Barnes. Who could forget Harrison Barnes.
I don’t know. I think I’m rooting for the Knicks here. Something about the Spurs getting gifted Wemby after all the success (and draft luck) they had in the Gregg Popovich era, on top of landing Dylan Harper and Stephon Castle, on top of Fox using all his leverage to land there… I’ll pass on supporting that sequence of events. Did they do anything wrong? No. Do I have to root for them, though? Also no. Am I a hater? Probably. Could I be convinced that the Spurs are a more ethical choice? Yeah.
I don’t really want to see James Dolan win, either. The Knicks aren’t perfect, but they took some massive swings via trade that paid off. Signed the right players. They went all-in with this group, and it actually worked. Not to bring everything back to the Kings, but that is something Sacramento didn’t do in the Beam Team era. One great year, and refused to do anything truly aggressive to take them to the next level. DeMar DeRozan was their best attempt at an upgrade, and that experiment failed miserably.
All that being said, I think the Spurs win the series.
Prediction for tonight: Spurs 115, Knicks 110
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