Joe Gibbs Racing star Denny Hamlin admitted that his NBA Finals prediction was wrong as the New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday night. Hamlin had predicted that the Knicks would not win the championship in five games, if they won at all.
On Sunday, Denny Hamlin reacted to his prediction and admitted he got it wrong, as his tweet on X read,
“I was wrong. Knicks experience just out did Spurs young talent. Congrats to Knicks on a very deserving championship. This loss will be good for the Spurs in the long run. They will be an absolute monster of a team in 2 years.”
On June 10, American businessman Dave Portnoy reacted to the report of Ben Stiller filming a documentary at the NBA Finals.
“When the Knicks win this in 5 this will be must watch stuff!” wrote Portnoy on X.
Denny Hamlin responded to Dave Portnoy’s tweet and claimed that the Knicks will not win in five games.
“World class troll tweet. Everyone knows they ain’t winning in 5. If they win at all,” read Hamlin’s tweet.
The New York Knicks won the NBA Finals in Game 5, beating the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 to complete a 4-1 series win. The championship victory was the Knicks’ first in 53 years, with the last championship coming in 1973.
The Knicks won the first and second games 105-95 and 105-104, respectively, before losing the third to the Spurs 115-111. A 107-106 win in Game 4 on Wednesday, followed by the Game 5 victory on Saturday, secured the championship for New York.
Denny Hamlin reacts to grabbing pole position at Pocono Raceway
Denny Hamlin took the pole position in the last two NASCAR Cup races at Nashville Superspeedway and Michigan International Speedway. The No. 11 was sent to the back of the grid at Nashville for jumping the start and at Michigan for unapproved adjustments.
Regardless, Hamlin won the races at Nashville and Michigan. He continued his blistering pace at Pocono, taking the pole position.
“Certainly had the grip, this whole team just did a great job with adjustments, making it a little better from practice, I didn’t execute a very good lap there in Turn 2, but overall I thought I hit [turns] three and one pretty decent, just good enough,” said Denny Hamlin as he reacted to qualifying on pole position.
Hamlin lost the lead of the race to Hendrick Motorsports’ Kyle Larson but passed the No. 5 Chevrolet just before the end of stage one to take the stage win. The No. 11 Toyota driver has established himself as the key challenger to Tyler Reddick’s championship charge.
