After epic comeback, Knicks head to San Antonio on brink of NBA title

SAN ANTONIO:The San Antonio Spurs now own the worst collapse in NBA Finals history, ‌but they refuse to be counted out yet.
While the New York Knicks look to clinch their first NBA title since 1973, the Spurs aim to stay alive in the best-of-seven series when they host Game 5 on Saturday night.
New York holds a 3-1 lead after ​overcoming a 29-point deficit in Game 4 and notching a 107-106 victory over the crestfallen Spurs.
“The games that we’re losing have all been close games,” San Antonio point guard De’Aaron Fox said Friday. “We still have that belief that we have a chance to win. But we’re taking this one game at a time.
“We’re not looking at it as we need to win three games.

We need to win tomorrow and then we give ourselves a chance to play another game.”
The Knicks won 105-95 and 105-104 in San Antonio to open the series. The Spurs recorded a 115-111 win in New York in Game 3 before the stunning meltdown Wednesday. The previous largest documented comeback in an NBA ‌Finals game was 24 ‌by the Boston Celtics over the Los Angeles Lakers in 2008.
San Antonio ​led ‌by ⁠20 with ​9:33 ⁠left in the game.

Five minutes later, its lead was just four. New York finished off the comeback with OG Anunoby’s stellar tip-in with 1.2 seconds remaining.
Knicks coach Mike Brown is setting aside all the feel-good moments as his club endeavors to end the 53-year title drought. He rates trying to close out the Finals in a Game 5 at San Antonio as a tough chore.
“It’s going to be hard,” Brown said.

“San Antonio’s a great team. They’re desperate. I still think they believe.