Charles Barkley dunked on Spike Lee before Game 5 about Knicks' title chances
Charles Barkley had to rain all over Spike Lee's dreams.
The Academy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter said he would give up one of his most prized possessions for his team to win an NBA Finals before the Knicks' Game 5 win over the Pacers on Thursday.
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'I would give up an Academy Award, an Oscar, for the Knicks to win a championship,' Lee said, dressed in a full Knicks-themed suit on the TNT postgame show. 'I have two already, but I'd give [one up].'
'You're gonna keep them,' Barkley, who also separately grilled Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns postgame, responded.
The Knicks cut the Pacers' Eastern Conference finals lead to 3-2 in the series with a dominant 111-94 performance.
'I'm sorry, I'm sorry,' Barkley said. 'I was thinking that I should've used my internal voice.'
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3 Spike Lee talks with the NBA on TNT crew and offers to sacrifice an Oscar for a Knicks title.
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'You know there's no filter on this guy,' host Ernie Johnson said of the Basketball Hall of Famer.
Lee, a Knicks season ticket holder since 1985, hopes the Knicks can do what few have done before them, and he's not the only one willing to do anything necessary.
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One Knicks fan even resorted to hiring a witch to cast a spell on the Pacers ahead of Game 5.
3 Charles Barkley had jokes for lifelong Knicks fan Spike Lee.
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If the Knicks are to make Lee's wildest dreams come trust, they'll have to take their next step in Indiana for Game 6.
Should the Knicks stay alive and even the series, they would then host the Pacers for a Game 7 spectacle at the Garden.
3 Charles Barkley and the NBA on TNT crew had plenty to say postgame of Game 5.
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Just 13 teams have come back from a 3-1 deficit to win their series in the playoffs, with the most recent team being the Nuggets in 2020 inside the bubble and without home-court advantage.
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