Knicks Up 3-1, Cheah Locks His Closeout Parlay

The Spurs, for their part, are doing what every down-3-1 team has to do: talk like they believe it. Victor Wembanyama stepped to the Finals podium and flat-out called his shot on becoming only the second team ever to climb out of a 3-1 hole in the Finals. He's averaging 27.8/10.5 with 3.3 blocks in the series, so it's not delusional — but it's still San Antonio needing three straight, with two of them on the road.

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“Everybody knows we’re gonna do it” -Wemby on becoming the 2nd team ever to come back from down 3-1 in the Finals

Which is exactly why Cheah's ticket hits the way it does. Targeting Wemby with KAT — the same 'attack the weak link's conditioning' blueprint KFC laid out earlier in the day — is the actual basketball read underneath the parlay. Get Towns moving, keep him on the floor, force the Spurs' defensive anchor into rotations he doesn't want to be in. If the Knicks pull this off Thursday night, the camcorder footage becomes the trailer and Cheah cashes the closeout.