New York Knicks forward OG Anunoby makes a game-winning tip shot during game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden. (Vincent Carchietta/Imagn Images)
I still can’t believe it.
I barely slept last night as I digested the Knicks' win. I kept rewatching the scenes over and over again as if waiting for the part when I wake up and learn it was all just a very vivid dream.
Throughout the Knicks incredible 16–3 playoff run, whenever things were going right, I was haunted by ghosts from the past and bracing for something to go wrong. My fellow long-sufferers will remember many moments over the course of the 53 disappointing years. But during my formative years, I think to Charles Smith’s missed layups, the John Starks's ...
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