Dirk Nowitzki's shooting advice to OG Anunoby seems to have worked, with Anunoby popping off in the Knicks' NBA Cup final win vs. the Spurs.

Nowitzki then demonstrated a technique he calls “train tracks,” emphasizing that the index and middle fingers should be the final two to touch the ball on release. He explained that this helps keep the shot straight and eliminates misses drifting left or right. “Good shooters should only miss short and long, and not left and right,” Nowitzki said.

New York rallied from an 11-point second-half deficit to beat San Antonio 124-113 in the NBA Cup championship game. The Knicks outscored the Spurs 35-19 in the fourth quarter and held a 67-56 rebounding edge.

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Over nine years in the NBA, Anunoby has built a reputation for consistency and toughness. He spent his first six seasons with the Raptors, where he played a key role in their 2019 championship run, before arriving in New York and quickly becoming a foundational piece.

By making it to the final, the Knicks and Spurs already have secured $212,373 per player from the NBA Cup prize money pool. The losing team on Tuesday gets nothing extra. Players on the winning team get an additional $308,560 — pushing their Cup winnings to $530,933 each. Two-way players get half of what players on standard contracts get.

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