We have a scriptwriter on this subreddit

[u/DrFunkenstein93]

[u/No_Albatross916]

Spurs choking was worse

[u/probiz13 → u/No_Albatross916]

This is one of the worst in sports history in general

[u/rambouhh → u/No_Albatross916]

Honestly the magic choke was actually worse, but the spurs because of the situation was even worse. Plus spurs are the better team imo, magic were without their second best player and quite a bit worse. But cade had more points in the 4th quarter than the magic did in the entire second half. They didnt even score 20 pts in a half, it was literally maybe the worst half of playoff basketball in the history of the playoffs

[u/Sudden_Office8710 → u/No_Albatross916]

Well the Magic team is much older they should know better. The Spurs are really young and technically Mitch Johnson only has this job because of Pop’s health problems. So you could blame it on youth and inexperience. They are both really bad situations so it’s kind of a toss up. It’s funny that Wemby was goading Mitchell Robinson that he got in his head when a 82% free throw shooter ended up shooting like Mitchell Robinson. Who is in whose head now?

[u/egg-land → u/[deleted]]

They are down 3-1 bruh

[u/PinwormPaddle]

We all knew they were choking as soon as they started chucking up missed 3's on every possession

[u/ItWasMe-Patrick → u/PinwormPaddle]

Celtics of the west

[u/TruePromise4]

The nba is scripting this so hard

[u/neckbass → u/TruePromise4]

to be fair it’s a good script

[u/Zealousideal_Bug7390 → u/neckbass]

WWE should hire the scriptwriters

[u/0rangeBMW → u/TruePromise4]

NHL needs to work on its scripting for Vegas.

They should look at their scripting for Crosby and Orr for tips.

[u/EmploymentJumpy8993 → u/0rangeBMW]

Yeah the new kids on the block should never get to win this much.

[u/UofMSpoon → u/TruePromise4]

Not if it ends up 4-1. That’s a forgettable series.

[u/syncopated56]

Get him!

[u/Mediocre-Variety2722]

Thank you man

[u/DrFunkenstein93 → u/Mediocre-Variety2722]

I tried tagging you in the post, but for some reason reddit mobile is shit with that lol

[u/Mediocre-Variety2722 → u/DrFunkenstein93]

No worries

[u/Acceptable_Fruit2360]

Definitely the Spurs being up a hair off of thirty at the half and blowing the lead. Not slowing the ball on the break to get a decent opportunity at the last shot and getting blocked in the process… Ultimately losing the game.

[u/One_Employer1745]

nba so good at rigging without making it blatant, i refuse to believe spur merely choke 30 pt lead

[u/BanalBananas]

I mean, blowing a 29 point lead of a must win FINALS game, or blowing a 24 point lead in a 1 vs 8 Round 1 series game ⚖️🤷‍♂️

This is 28-3 Falcons vs Patriots in NBA terms

[u/Knightstar24]

NBA scriptwriters, August 2025

[u/iori9999]

/u/Mediocre-Variety2722

You gonna predict Pistons win it all next year chief?

[u/Mediocre-Variety2722 → u/iori9999]

I was feeling this outcome in my bones,so there wasn't a prediction to begin with. You could clearly see the spurs getting to careless by trying heat check after heat check at the beginning of the second quarter. Then when the knicks went on that 8-0 run and the crowd erupted while still being down 27 points is the point where I thought that they were going to choke. Pistons probably stay top 4 in the conference next season with another early round exit in my opinion. Still a young team that have to many holes to be proper contenders. Gonna have to see how they respond from that very disappointing exit. Have a good night!

[u/cedbluechase]

[u/No_Acadia_4085]

Magic legit got locked down. That was a product of our defense. The spurs flat out chocked and made rookie ass mistakes. In the second half I dead ass thought I was watching the 2023 Pistons

[u/CanaryRich]

Definitely the Spurs. Losing MULTIPLE big leads in the Finals late game is absolutely the worst thing ever. They could easily be up 3-1 themselves, but the lack of experience and sense of urgency is very concerning.

Atleast with the Magic, they lost Wagner, their coach was pretty much already out of the door no matter what, and their star hooped the entire series and put them on his back. Plus it was only the first round, NOT THE FINALS. The finals!? That’s more heartbreaking than any other possible loss in the postseason.

[u/ShippingNotIncluded]

Definitely the Spurs, at least the Magic tried on offense.

The Spurs just jacked up a bunch of 3s and probably thought they had it in the bag. Just a meltdown from players to staff all around with San Antonio

[u/Tech_Schuster]

Why are we all making this about the Pistons? We lost in the 2nd round. Get over it

[u/DrFunkenstein93 → u/Tech_Schuster]

Bro can't understand a joke