Patrick Ewing’s mic drop with Knicks 1 win away from ending title drought

The New York Knicks are one victory away from ending a 53-year championship drought, and some of the franchise’s most iconic former players are enjoying every moment of the team’s historic NBA Finals run.

Following New York’s dramatic 107-106 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4 on Wednesday night, Knicks legends Patrick Ewing, Latrell Sprewell, Carmelo Anthony and Metta Sandiford-Artest reflected on a comeback that will be remembered as one of the greatest in NBA Finals history.

The Knicks erased a 29-point deficit to take a commanding 3-1 series lead, moving within one win of the franchise’s first NBA championship since 1973.

For Ewing, the current team’s success carries a deeper meaning for those who helped build the Knicks’ legacy over the decades.

“They make us all feel a part of it,” Ewing told ESPN. “Like we’re a part of them.”

The Hall of Famer’s comments came as part of ESPN reporter Ramona Shelburne’s look inside the emotional scene following New York’s stunning comeback victory.

Sprewell, who helped lead the Knicks to the 1999 NBA Finals, admitted he never completely lost faith despite the massive deficit.

“I can’t even put it into words,” Sprewell told ESPN. “We were just thinking, ‘Get it close. Get it to 25, get it to 20, get it to 15, get it to 10. Put the pressure on them.'”

“I never thought they totally had it,” Sprewell conceded as Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin'” played over the loudspeakers. “I mean, once we got even or we got within four, I said, ‘OK, we have a real shot.'”

“We still got one more, though,” he said. “One more.”

The celebration extended beyond Ewing and Sprewell.

“You deserve this!” Metta Sandiford-Artest told Carmelo Anthony after the game. “You started this.”

Knicks legends watch OG Anunoby deliver championship-defining moment

Anthony also revealed he had been urging the Knicks to attack the offensive glass late in the game.

“I was yelling at them the whole time: ‘The offensive rebound is there! The offensive rebound is there!'”

“Coming out of that timeout, I made eye contact with them and was yelling ‘The offensive rebound is there! Somebody go!'”

“I didn’t know who was going to go. But I just kept yelling, ‘Somebody go!'”

Ironically, the game’s decisive sequence came on an offensive rebound.

OG Anunoby delivered a Finals MVP-caliber performance with 33 points, four rebounds, one steal and one block while shooting 7-for-9 from 3-point range. After blocking a De’Aaron Fox shot on one end, Anunoby followed Jalen Brunson’s missed 3-pointer with a putback that gave New York a one-point lead with 1.2 seconds remaining.

Brunson was equally brilliant, finishing with 36 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals in 44 minutes.

The victory completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history and pushed the Knicks to the brink of a championship.

Now, New York will head back to Frost Bank Center for Game 5 on Saturday night at 8:30 p.m. ET on ABC with an opportunity to capture the title and deliver a championship moment generations of Knicks legends have waited decades to see.

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