The New York Knicks, who held off San Antonio in another instant NBA Finals classic to take a 2-0 lead in the championship series, are expecting the Spurs' best shot in game three on Monday.
Knicks star Jalen Brunson said, 'Every single day we chip away and try to be the best that we can be.' The Knicks are just the third team after Michael Jordan's 1993 Chicago Bulls and the 1995 Houston Rockets to win the first two games of the Finals on the road, and both those teams went on to lift the trophy.
Despite the frenzy their success has sparked in New York City, Brunson and the Knicks won't allow themselves to celebrate too soon. 'Even with the series it is now, next game, mindset has to be 0-0 again,' Brunson said. 'It's just how it has to be. You can't be comfortable. You can't be satisfied with anything.'
The Knicks have won 13 straight playoff games, the second-longest post-season streak ever, and are closing in on their first championship since 1973. The Spurs, led by 22-year-old French star Victor Wembanyama, are conceding nothing, saying, 'It was going to take everything to win the series anyway. Putting ourselves in this type of predicament is going to be tough, but I don't think it's anything we can't handle.'
