Losing the 2024 AND 2026 NBA Finals

Sports Illustrated
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Oct 15, 2026
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What was the harder finals loss to get over, 24 or 26?
26.
Yeah.
Yeah, 26.
You know, your voice went a little bit lower right there.
Man, well, at least you put the knife in my chest, not my back.
No, 26, they were both really tough, but 26, I mean,
all those games went right down to the wire.
Each game, you could have gone either way.
Did you see the Brunson ascent coming?
Like, he was good in Dallas, like,
really good in Dallas, but he'd become great.
Like, did you see that jump coming?
you know I thought he was going
to be really good man I thought he was going to keep getting
better and better like just to see how much he improved in that year
when Luca was out he raised
his game even in the playoffs I mean he had 40
in the first round in a game against Utah to say I
think he was gonna a few years later tear my heart out
in the finals no I wasn't anticipating that
