Stan Van Gundy calls out fans for walking out after the Boston Celtics–Miami Heat game. The latter secured their win with a 108-99 lead. However, the commentator offers a hypothetical situation that fans wouldn’t want to miss.
Stan Van Gundy Doesn’t Understand Why Fans Leave Early
Fans attend games to show their support for their favorite team. However, some leave early once they think the loss is confirmed. The reasoning might span from disliking the rival team to being salty about losing the game.
However, Van Gundy doesn’t understand why fans do this. Despite being down by eight points, a comeback’s still possible.
As such, he calls out fans for doing this and offers the hypothetical of making all those points back in 42 seconds.
“I’ve never understood fans leaving early, there’s 41.8 [seconds] to go. You might get a finish like Madison Square Garden the other night, why would you miss it? Why are you leaving?”
Stan Van Gundy
The NBA on TNT commentator points explicitly to the New York Knicks–Philadelphia 76ers game a few days ago. In the last 30 seconds of the game, the Knicks pulled a comeback of epic proportions. They score six points in quick succession, get a block and force the foul, which adds two more points on top of the six.
Ultimately, this led to the Knicks winning at home at Madison Square Garden. He posits that Boston fans should consider this potential when they think of walking out on a losing game.
Users Rationalize Boston Fans Leaving Early
The story has two sides, and users point out that fans leaving shouldn’t only mean saltiness. Instead, they point out traffic can be problematic when leaving basketball games.
However, another responds by saying fans can leave if they want to—especially when they’re not enjoying the game anymore.
Meanwhile, others reminisce about moments when they stayed to watch. They were rewarded with great seats to an even more remarkable comeback.
Do you think the fans should stay until the game ends at the zero-second mark?
