Manu Ginobili got ahead of himself.
The San Antonio Spurs legend felt that his former squad was going to even the NBA Finals up against the New York Knicks at two games apiece, and he took to social media to share that thought.
At 10:14 p.m., Ginobili posted this message on X:
0-0!! #GoSpursGo!
— Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) June 11, 2026
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The 0-0 there essentially signifies that it'd be like a new series. Even in games with three to play, the Finals would've turned into a three game mini-series for the title.
About 80 minutes later, the Knicks had completed the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history.
The Knicks trailed by 29 at one point, and it was a 27-point margin at halftime.
New York chiseled it to a 15-point deficit after three quarters, but there was still a ton of work to do.
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When the final buzzer sounded at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks had actually done it. They had pulled off an all-time comeback and taken a 3-1 lead in the series.
Some snarky fans in Manu's replies shared the video of the Ray Allen miracle 3-pointer for the Miami Heat to stun the Spurs, an example of a game Ginobili himself had been in that wasn't over until it was over.
That game didn't involve an absurd comeback, though, just an absurd shot.
On Wednesday night, the Knicks did something no team had ever done before. It's fair that Ginobili felt it was over. It just didn't age well in retrospect, because the Knicks did something that had previously been impossible.
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