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The Smartest Plays of the 2026 NBA Finals
Ben Taylor from Thinking Basketball breaks down the best chess moves and counters between the Knicks and the Spurs in their epic 5-game series, including New York’s creative actions to draw Wemby out of the paint, Brunson’s high IQ decision-making, and Wemby’s elite dexterity on both ends of the floor. Download now ➡
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@donaldpierce6877
June 19, 2026 at 4:02 pm
WEMBENYAMA BEETA TELL HIS MUTHA HE SOWWIE
@SamLSkates
June 19, 2026 at 4:04 pm
If you can’t handle me at my Frank Ntilikina, you don’t deserve me at my Jalen Brunson
@JugoplastikaJugoplastika
June 19, 2026 at 4:26 pm
Jalen Brunson born to play basketball
@oakhillballer
June 19, 2026 at 4:34 pm
Also helps to have an NBA father / NBA dna 🧬
@mayday8413
June 19, 2026 at 5:44 pm
aye aye captain
@Madeleine-Ng
June 19, 2026 at 4:32 pm
If you can’t handle me at my Frank Ntilikina, you don’t deserve me at my Jalen Brunson ……
@ofirmamba
June 19, 2026 at 4:32 pm
In game 1 Jose had a brilliant play where he felt Wemby closing him so he layed it up through the back board quickly to get a goaltending call
@thespasmaniandevil
June 19, 2026 at 4:35 pm
Do you know how good you have to be to average 33 in the finals at 6’2 against a 7’6 demigod
@YunisRajab
June 19, 2026 at 5:27 pm
And that’s in shoes. He’s 6’1″ barefoot
@peggydontplay
June 19, 2026 at 5:54 pm
is your personal reality just two inches taller thans ours
@jaymum23
June 19, 2026 at 9:28 pm
Jalen Brunson is the most unguardable player since Jordan.
@mayday8413
June 19, 2026 at 5:45 pm
That last play was the stuff of legends. Literally last second ball release and was just putting the Spurs in a spin cycle for 24 seconds straight
@DanteChoy
June 19, 2026 at 5:45 pm
game 5, 30 minutes bench hasn’t scored down by double digits, Jalen Brunson 30 pts, what did he do? Pass to Jordan Clarkson who was 0 out of 4 FGA doing the same play they did since the NBA Emirates cup, JB draws 2 defenders, one will be late to defend Clarkson who will sink a floater from the free throw line while Wemby can’t leave Mitchell Robinson in the paint. They did it in regular season, they did it in 1st rd. against the Hawks and did it in ECF against the Cavs. Jalen Brunson not only smart and conserves his energy for the 4th, he created for his teammates even if they’re not at their best.
@kuyap9455
June 19, 2026 at 5:56 pm
gdamn, had no idea all that was going on? LOL wtf i kno nothing of this sport ig
@DanTheMan_1102
June 19, 2026 at 5:57 pm
The clip at 7:00 was the difference between the OKC and Knicks series. SGA is uncomfortable taking that pull up three while Brunson thrives on that shot diet, which makes the Spurs’ emphasis on keeping Wemby in the paint more difficult to execute
@FetaPorkOlive
June 19, 2026 at 6:30 pm
This was amazing, great job
@thecellulontriptometer4166
June 19, 2026 at 6:44 pm
Come on, Mike Brown knows they erased traveling from the NBA rule books years ago.
@ProfessorZo
June 19, 2026 at 7:23 pm
whatever you said @8:58 was egregious
@acgeewhiz
June 19, 2026 at 8:50 pm
Whenever the NBA gets some solid analysis and film breakdown from Thinking Basketball, I’m having… a great day.
@KnicKnack7326
June 19, 2026 at 8:55 pm
smartest plays is a synonym for jalen brunson highlights
@jaimeparker2161
June 19, 2026 at 11:20 pm
fantastic breakdown, reminds me of what lin’s been doing
@lexi-conby
June 20, 2026 at 12:51 am
thx for the video. these were great plays. one thing is clear from the finals is that brunson took it upon himself to essentially score on everyone on the spurs team especially wemby. several times when brunson was able to get a layup on wemby was pretty demoralizing. if the dpoy nor anyone else on the spurs team can guard brunson, it’s night night for the spurs
@scottstuteville
June 20, 2026 at 2:27 am
It’s already over? Ok, I thought it was still going on, like the World Cup.
@k0ng_nature
June 20, 2026 at 4:22 am
2:45 somebody forgot about the Giannis block in 2021
@JoseTorres-rs7kj
June 20, 2026 at 5:04 am
NARRATOR IS A SPUR FAN🗽🗽💪🏾💪🏾💯🫵🏾
@nathanielaguilar993
June 20, 2026 at 5:29 am
Holy basketball
@wwang813
June 20, 2026 at 10:16 am
Elite level ball movement.
@Hot.dorito
June 20, 2026 at 10:17 am
Cut behind a cutter is genius
@josh52828
June 20, 2026 at 10:52 am
Smart, skilled players who know their roles and play them to their fullest extent
@yeetusjesus
June 20, 2026 at 11:13 am
The fact that Robinson and KAT were allowed to hook and shove Wemby all series was why they won. Hard to get a rebound or screen or be effective at all with one hand pulling in an opposite direction.
@piotrswat169
June 21, 2026 at 5:50 pm
Wemby should be suspended twice.
@rhapsody8941
June 21, 2026 at 7:45 pm
LOL kitty kat was on foul trouble for a good portion of the games. Wemby on the other hand had “missed flagrants”. You guys did hackamitch the entire time he was on. Wemby and kornet had a bunch of goaltendings. A bunch of calls in favor of spurs.
got help with the refs and still loss. The fact that the only “smart” plays the spurs have in this video is just wemby being tall says everything.
@lennartrentzow4821
June 20, 2026 at 12:02 pm
2:37 Giannis would like a word with you Ben…
@Repotting_nyc
June 20, 2026 at 12:13 pm
2:04 Josh stays and drain the 3. The warriors do something like this. Drain the 3 instead of cutting. LOVE it.
@La5ish23
June 20, 2026 at 12:17 pm
Im sorry this dude dont know what he talkin about
@Bg-it8tg
June 20, 2026 at 12:29 pm
The lone spurs win wasn’t bc they countered anything, they just got on all 4s and gave the refs head pre game
@성혁박-l4k
June 20, 2026 at 1:11 pm
Great!
@kaisarazcov
June 20, 2026 at 1:16 pm
All despite his father alleged sexual assault behavior
@snoopyshultz
June 20, 2026 at 1:53 pm
can you do a video of all the bull crap calls in this finals series ?
@nosrellom
June 20, 2026 at 3:12 pm
3:43 KAT dragging around that pivot foot like he is Michael Jackson.
@senoreverything6366
June 20, 2026 at 3:54 pm
well i know what’s NOT going to be here lol
@benjaminberfield7745
June 20, 2026 at 4:34 pm
Full playoffs mini movie 🔜
@utubekebs
June 20, 2026 at 5:59 pm
Knicks basketball is beautiful
@jordanmozzarella
June 20, 2026 at 6:35 pm
this team has that 2019 raptors DNA
Jalen Brunson — Kyle Lowry
Mikal Bridges — Pascal Siakam
OG Anunoby — Kawhi Leonard
Karl-Anthony Towns — Marc Gasol
Jose Alvarado — Fred VanVleet
Landry Shamet — Danny Green
Mitchell Robinson — Serge Ibaka
Josh Hart — Norman Powell
i’m starting to think if you get guys who have similar play you have a chance to win
@sutubu1
June 20, 2026 at 7:04 pm
6:21
@Leo-w6e4y
June 20, 2026 at 8:03 pm
Wemby is 7ft.5 with the wingspan of a giant Pterodactyl so the way the Knicks beat him is by using pure hoops IQ , Put him in bad spots , use KAT to draw him outside
+ the way Brunson uses the glass is like magic that few can block.
@xTheOxx
June 20, 2026 at 10:25 pm
Not sure plays qualify as “smart” if they are basically Wemby having 4-foot long arms.
@rhapsody8941
June 21, 2026 at 7:41 pm
fr some of these are not smart at all. but hey ig ppl will get mad if its just knicks clips
@embwee
June 21, 2026 at 1:36 am
since when are you allowed to pass the ball to yourself Victor Where’dmyleadgo?
@GreatestOfAllTown
June 21, 2026 at 4:30 am
4:56 dirty wemby at it again
@jerrywtk7351
June 21, 2026 at 4:32 am
talking about tactic
@TheSlickTalk144
June 21, 2026 at 7:21 am
9:59 knicks brilliance!
@InstalockLoL
June 21, 2026 at 8:50 am
A collab with NBA nice
@FreeZSec
June 21, 2026 at 9:19 am
That pass by Kat will always be the most impressive play of the finals for me
@TyrekeWilliams623
June 21, 2026 at 10:25 am
I was at the parade & I can honestly say it was CRAZY 🫣 it was amazing 🤩 the amount of people was Ludacris 😳😳😳
@optimussime914
June 21, 2026 at 10:19 pm
woahhhh woah woahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh – #8 – Wemby IS NOT in his own air with self passing
JOKIC is THE KING of the self pass and been doing from before wemby was in the league. Check the tapes, his best is when he does it on post entry passes and taps the balll in the air so as the defender tries to poke/swipe on the catch, the ball is popped over the defenders hand, then now he’s out of position due to shifting weight to try and deflect, it lands back in Jokic hands and he just catches and spins wide open – Neo in the Matrix