The San Antonio Spurs needed one stop to avoid the worst collapse in NBA history during Game 4 of the finals on Wednesday. They were inches away from getting it.
With San Antonio up one with 5.7 seconds remaining, Jalen Brunson missed a deep three, only for OG Anunoby to sky in for an acrobatic, game-winning tip-in.
Dylan Harper was the closest Spurs player to Anunoby on the play. The rookie offered his take on the game-deciding sequence following the Spurs' 29-point, second-half collapse.
“It bounced off the rim the right way, he tipped it in the right way, and it went in,” Harper said, via SNY. “I could say that I wish I could've done this, I wish I could've done that, but at the end of the day, he tipped the ball, and it went in the rim. I definitely thought I had a hand on it. I helped put the ball in the rim, but we just gotta box out.”
OG ANUNOBY WITH THE PUTBACK.
KNICKS COMPLETE THE 29-PT COMEBACK FOR THE WIN.
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De'Aaron Fox was guarding Anunoby to start the play. However, he chose to double-team Brunson on the perimeter, giving Anunoby an open runway to the rim for the tip-in, which may go down as the most memorable shot in Knicks history.
OG Anunoby seals historic Knicks comeback with last-second tip-in
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OG Anunoby making his game-winning shot for the New York Knicks vs. the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
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Anunoby blocked Fox on an ill-advised, transition layup attempt to set up the game-winning play. The Knicks forward continued a spectacular finals performance during the win, posting 33 points while shooting 10-of-15 from the field, 7-of-9 from three and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. For the series, he's averaged 23.8 points on .580/.556/.917 shooting splits with 4.3 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.5 blocks per game.
Anunoby trails Jalen Brunson (-120) by a slight margin (+250) for Finals MVP, per FanDuel Sportsbook.
The Spurs led by 29 points early in the fourth quarter of Game 4. However, they scored 27 points while shooting 7-of-36 from the field and 2-of-15 from three with eight turnovers over the Game's final 22 minutes.
Harper turned in another impressive performance, scoring 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field and 3-of-6 from three in 32 minutes. However, he did not attempt a shot over the game's final 10 minutes, as the Spurs ran their offense through Fox.
The veteran point guard struggled in the closing period, shooting 1-of-5 from the field, including his shocking layup attempt in the final seconds with the Spurs leading.
The San Antonio Spurs needed one stop to avoid the worst collapse in NBA history during Game 4 of the finals on Wednesday. They were inches away from getting it. With San Antonio up one with 5. 7 seconds remaining, Jalen Brunson missed a deep three, only for OG Anunoby to sky in for an acrobatic, game-winning tip-in.