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De’Aaron Fox’s Explanation Of His Game-Changing Blown Lay-Up Makes The Spurs PG Look Worse

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The New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history on Wednesday night, as they stormed back from a 29-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs by a score of 107-106. The Knicks now hold a 3-1 series lead.

With about 15 seconds left in the game and the San Antonio Spurs leading 106-105, a loose ball broke in the direction of San Antonio Spurs point guard De’Aaron Fox.

Instead of taking the ball to the corner to kill the clock and force the Knicks to foul, Fox instead attempted a lay-up with roughly 12 seconds on the clock that was blocked by OG Anunoby. On the next possesion, Anunoby would pull off a put-back lay-up off a missed Jalen Brunson 3-pointer to give the Knicks a 107-106 win.

De’Aaron Fox’s explanation of why he went for a lay-up instead of running out the clock in Game 4 of the NBA Finals isn’t landing with basketball fans

Fox’s play has been compared to JR Smith‘s infamous brain-fart in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals, in which he forgot the score of the game: instead of immediately putting up a shot, driving, or passing to a teammate for a potential game-winner (or at least trying to score), Smith dribbled the ball out toward half-court as if the Cavs were leading and the game was over.

After the game, Fox attempted to explain his decision making process, saying: “I tried to get a layup to get up three. Force them to need a three, and OG [Anunoby] made a good block.”

Fox’s response didn’t help his case with sports fans on social media, who thought his reasoning made him look worse.

“This r—– still doesnt understand what he did wrong lmfaooooooooooooooo,” read one viral tweet with nearly one million views.

“No, you make them foul you shaving off 2 more seconds at least and walking to line to put your team up 3,” a second argued.

“There is no way this was your thought process. You could’ve gone up 3 with free throws,” a third bemoaned.

“Wow. Even worse somehow. Does he think he made the right play?!!”

“Hey Goofball, if you pull it out and get fouled. You still can go up 3 + more time runs off the clock.”

“He should’ve took the fine and skipped media. Jfc.”

“So either you’re admitting you can’t make 2 freethrows, or you’re admitting you didn’t know the score and situation.”

Game 5 of the NBA Finals will tip-off from San Antonio on Saturday, June 13 at 8:30 p.m. EST. The Spurs are currently 5.5-point favorites over the Knicks.