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Key takeaways
- He has been asked if it meant anything that the Knicks were playing the same team they did 27 years ago.
- The Knicks had trailed by 29 points with 9:40 left in the third quarter, by 15 at the end of the quarter and by 20 with 9:33 left in the fourth.
- "I can't even put it into words," Sprewell told ESPN.
Why this matters: a sports story that could shift standings, legacies, or fan conversations.
Over the past few weeks Latrell Sprewell and his teammates from the last New York Knicks team to make the NBA Finals have been asked just about every possible question that could be relevant to this matchup against the San Antonio Spurs.
He has been asked if it meant anything that the Knicks were playing the same team they did 27 years ago. He has been asked what he remembered about Knicks captain Jalen Brunson, who was 3 years old in 1999 and running around while his father, Rick, was a role player on that team. He has been asked if anything from that series could help this team finally break through and deliver the Knicks' first title since 1973.
But as Sprewell stood at center court of Madison Square Garden late Wednesday night -- after the Knicks pulled off the greatest comeback in NBA Finals history to win 107-106 and take a 3-1 lead in this best-of-seven series -- Sprewell was asked the same question everyone who had witnessed or watched this game at home was trying to find words for.