The Hand of OG
The largest comeback in NBA Finals history, reconstructed one possession at a time.
The Hand of OG
Down twenty-nine. The largest comeback in Finals history, told one possession at a time. Scroll.
- Third quarter
San Antonio leads 81–52. Twenty-nine points. The building is quiet in the way only the Garden can be quiet.
- 4:32 remaining
Possession by possession, the deficit is four. Nothing about the run is beautiful; all of it is deliberate.
- First lead
Brunson, left-handed floater. The Knicks lead 105–104 — their first lead of the night.
- Answer
San Antonio retakes it, 106–105. The comeback is one possession from meaning nothing.
- The block
Anunoby meets De'Aaron Fox at the rim and wins the possession outright.
- 5.7 seconds
New York inbounds. Everyone in the arena knows where the ball is going.
- The miss
Brunson misses.
- 1.2 seconds
Anunoby tips it in. 107–106. A missed shot, converted by the player who refused to abandon the possession.
The decisive image is not a perfect shot. It is a missed shot converted by the player who refused to abandon the possession.
The possession sequence above is an editorial reconstruction. The NBA's complete Game 4 highlight package is here as the primary moving-image source.
- PublisherNBA
- GameFinals · 4
- Runtime18:40