Knicks win NBA Cup
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New York rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to beat San Antonio 124-113 in the NBA Cup championship game. The Knicks outscored the Spurs 35-19 in the fourth quarter and held a 67-56 rebounding edge.
Spike Lee is a diehard New York Knicks fan, and he is celebrating his team's NBA Cup championship win this week.
After learning of grandmother's death before NBA Cup final, Spurs star Victor Wembanyama cuts postgame press conference short.
But Charles Barkley believes the concept of the Cup itself is “embarrassing.” “I think the cup thing is somewhat embarrassing,” Barkley told media personality Tom Tolbert on his YouTube show (via Awful Announcing). “I’m disappointed that we have to make an in-season tournament to make these guys more money so they won’t do load management.”
However, the NBA Cup championship game may not return to Las Vegas next year. The league is considering moving the championship game next year, a story broken by Tim Bontemps of ESPN and confirmed by other reports.