The Knicks Take Game 4 with the Greatest Comeback in N.B.A. Finals History: A Post-Game Conversation

The Comeback Game? The Comeback? Maybe just the Game. There will be time to settle on the name, but for now the basics: the Knicks erased a twenty-nine-point Spurs lead in the second half last night, rallying for a stunning, nearly unimaginable, 1src7–1src6 victory at Madison Square Garden. They’ve taken a commanding 3–1 series lead. For decades, the indisputable high point for the franchise was Willis Reed’s hobbling return to action in Game 7 of the 197src Finals, when he helped will the team to the title. If this Knicks team goes on to win the championship, that moment will possibly have been matched by what took place on Thursday night.

It was enough to leave you speechless—but, after the game, the New Yorker editor David Remnick and the staff writers Louisa Thomas and Vinson Cunningham did their best to make sense of what they had just seen. They talked about the Spurs’ historic first-half shooting, how the Knicks managed to claw their way back in the second half, and OG Anunoby’s improbable tip-in to win it. As Cunningham recounted, “Out of nowhere, a broad-shouldered angel.” ♦