2 months ago

Mike Brown Showers Jalen Brunson With praise After A Brilliant Game 1 Showing

Brunson's shooting percentages tonight may have been subpar but when it mattered most, he showed up, dropping 13 in the 4th. "In the biggest moments, he shows up. That's what MVPs are supposed to do. We put the ball in his hands, said we were going to live and die with him, he went and got it done," said Brown.

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2 months ago

Gregg Popovich’s Dylan Harper Praise Stands Out to Danny Green

Green said Popovich looked good before Game 1, greeting him with “this big smile” and asking about family before shifting to Harper. Green said Pop’s first basketball point was, “that Dylan Harper kid is amazing,” praising his “big body,” “strong finish,” and “poise.” Then, Green said, they went “back to family stuff.”

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2 months ago

Jeremy Lin Blasts Spurs' Overreliance on Wembanyama After Game 1 Loss

"I didn't love the late-game offensive game plan," Lin said. "It was too much Wemby ISO. It just seemed like everything was difficult, everything was hard, everything was contested. KAT was doing a great job of playing defense, and Wemby was tired." Keldon Johnson, Sixth Man of the Year, played only eight minutes as the Knicks won 105-95.

By Adit Pujari

2 months ago

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones Needles Charles Barkley Over City Jokes

After Inside The NBA replayed Barkley’s San Antonio women jokes, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones fired back by saying, “You can’t teach courage” and “you can’t teach class,” adding that Barkley proves it. Chuck tried to smooth it over, saying he was “just joking around” and praising San Antonio as a “beautiful city” where fans treated him well.

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2 months ago

Jay Williams Rips Mitch Johnson's Coaching in Game 1

"Nor do I think it was executed correctly," Williams said on Get Up. "Why is Wemby guarding Karl-Anthony Towns 25 feet from the basket? Why not stand at the three-point line, be tall, be wide, deny passing lanes. You want Karl-Anthony Towns settled to shoot three after three, that's playing into what you want."

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2 months ago

Wembanyama Compares Fan's Court Invasion to a Bat Crashing the Court

"I've never been in that situation. I didn't know how to act," Wembanyama said postgame. "It really surprised me, almost as much as that time where a bat crashed the court." A fan ran onto the Frost Bank Center court with 6:28 left, attempted a selfie before security removed him. Wemby smiled and looked confused.

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