Who’s Really To Blame for San Antonio Spurs’ Historic NBA Finals Game 4 Loss vs. New York Knicks?

They still need to snag one more win, but after Wednesday, it’s really starting to feel like this specific version of the Knicks is one of those teams of destiny.

Like the 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks or 2003-04 Detroit Pistons before them, these Knicks seem determined to demolish whatever obstacles might appear in front of them.

A 2-1 deficit after two game-winners from CJ McCollum? No problem. The Philadelphia 76ers, with a healthy Joel Embiid and the momentum that came from beating the Boston Celtics? Light work. The Cleveland Cavaliers might be thinking of drastic changes after seeing how easily New York handled them.

And now, these Knicks, who entered the Finals as underdogs, have overcome double-digit leads in the second halves of all three of their wins against the Spurs. At different points in the series, they’ve gotten heroic performances from each of Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Anunoby, Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges. And Wednesday, they authored the biggest comeback in Finals history.

Everyone played a part in the 58-30 second half (including Jose Alvarado, who had eight points on 3-of-4 shooting!), but no one deserves more credit than Brunson and Anunoby (the likely leaders in the clubhouse for Finals MVP now).

The former had 17 in the second half, hit big shot after big shot and added four assists to boot. The former had 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting and hit the game-winning tip-in that could be the lasting memory of this run.

Clearly, there is plenty of blame to go around that San Antonio roster. But no Spur deserves the top spot on this list.

Like the Game 4 victory itself, that honor was stolen by the Knicks.