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06/05 22:33 CDT Wemby misses at the end, Knicks beat Spurs 105-104 for 2-0 lead
in NBA Finals
Wemby misses at the end, Knicks beat Spurs 105-104 for 2-0 lead in NBA Finals
By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer
SAN ANTONIO (AP) --- Go crazy, New York. Or, perhaps more accurately, crazier.
The red-hot Knicks are going home, two wins away from an NBA championship that
the capital of the world has been waiting to see for generations.
Jalen Brunson hit a go-ahead free throw with 9.5 seconds left after a turnover
by Victor Wembanyama moments earlier, then Wembanyama missed a jumper at the
end of New York's 105-104 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night for a
2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.
Karl-Anthony Towns had 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Brunson and Mikal
Bridges each scored 20 for the Knicks. They have won 13 straight, the
second-longest streak by any team in NBA playoff history.
The Knicks are now just the third team to win the first two games of a finals
on the road, joining Michael Jordan and the 1993 Chicago Bulls, and Hakeem
Olajuwon and the 1995 Houston Rockets.
Both of those teams won championships, the Bulls needing six games to oust the
Phoenix Suns, the Rockets going home after winning those first two games in
Orlando and sweeping the Magic. The Knicks, seeking their first championship
since 1973, are in position to join them.
Wembanyama, after a very quiet first half, scored 29. De'Aaron Fox had 20 for
San Antonio.
The series now shifts to New York. Game 3 is at Madison Square Garden on Monday
night.
President Donald Trump --- a native New Yorker --- plans on attending Monday.
And ticket prices on the secondary market, for the worst seats at MSG, were
approaching $9,000 apiece on Friday night, with Knicks fans evidently willing
to pay tippy-top dollar just to be in the building as the team nears what would
be its first championship in 53 years.
The Spurs were down 12 midway through the fourth and came all the way back.
Wembanyama's three-point play with 57 seconds left gave the Spurs their first
lead in nearly two full quarters, putting San Antonio up 104-102.
Brunson scored on the next possession, just his seventh basket in 24 shots on
the night, and the game was tied. Wembanyama missed a long jumper, OG Anunoby
got the rebound for New York with 30 seconds left, the Knicks called time and
the stage was set.
The Spurs got a stop, but Wembanyama threw the ball away. Brunson got fouled,
the Knicks had the lead back and before long Spurs fans were filing out of the
arena --- possibly for the final time this season.
The Spurs called time with 7.5 seconds remaining. Fox took the inbound pass,
then set up Wembanyama for a jumper that would have won it. The shot bounced
off the rim, and it was over.
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