The NBA and Stanley Cup Finals are finished, and it's time to do a little recap of them.
In the NBA Finals, the New York Knicks were up 3 games to 1 heading for game 5 in San Antonio. I wrote an article on game 4, if you want to check it out. Long story short, they pulled off the best comeback in NBA Finals history. So you can imagine the momentum they had going into game 5. They fell down 15 in the 3rd quarter, but cut the lead down to 7 at the end of the quarter. The 4th quarter was the Jalen Brunson show. He scored 15 points in the 4th, and 45 in total in that game. With 26 seconds left, the Knicks were up 2 points, and Josh Hart was sent to the free throw line. He made the first free throw, but missed the second. But Mitchell Robinson swooped in and got the rebound, and passed it to OG Anunoby, Game 4's hero. Anunoby was fouled and also made 1 of 2 free throws. The Spurs called a timeout, and Victor Wembanyama shot a 3 pointer and missed, but Stephon Castle got the rebound and the basket to cut the lead to 2. Mikal Bridges then took a turn at the free throw line and HE made 1 of 2 shots. Then it was Dylan Harper's turn. He did NOT make 1 of 2 shots. He made 0 of 2, and Anunoby shot 2 free throws and, you guessed it, made 1. Wembanyama missed another 3, Anunoby got the rebound and the Knicks were champs for the first time since 1973.
In the NHL, the Carolina Hurricanes and the Las Vegas Golden Knights faced off in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Golden Knights fell behind 2-0 in the first 10 minutes of the Finals, but rallied to win game 1 5-4. The Hurricanes returned the favor by falling behind 2-0 in the first 2 periods and winning 4-3 in overtime. Game 3 was an instant classic. Vegas jumped out to a 4-0 lead, and it looked like they were gonna cruise their way to a 2-1 series lead. Not so fast. Carolina scored 4 goals in the 3rd period to send the game to overtime. There was still no winner after overtime, so we went to double overtime. Shea Theodore scored the winner in double overtime to win it for Vegas. In game 4 the Hurricanes got a 5-3 victory to even it up. Then they got a dominant 4-2 win in game 5 before getting a 3-0 shutout to clinch the Cup.
These were 2 incredible championship rounds, and 2 satisfying conclusions. I don't like the Knicks but it was nice to see them end a long drought. I am very happy that the Golden Knights lost because I can't stand John Tortorella. I think he's egotistical and as a Flyers fan, he did a terrible job as their coach. That's my thinking.
And that concludes the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals. They were 2 classics and I can't wait for them next year.
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