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Charles Curtis

Stephen A. Smith delivers an epic Knicks rant in darkness after NBA lottery

As many people pointed out on Twitter when this video from ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith dropped on Tuesday night, no, it wasn’t a scene from Game of Thrones‘ third episode this season that many fans complained was too dark.

Like most of New York City, Smith was pulling for the Knicks to snag the top overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft — actually, to be exact, he prayed for it to happen in church, see the other video below — and when they didn’t get it in Tuesday night’s lottery, he took to Twitter.

The result? Watch for yourself, it’s extremely epic even if you can’t see much:

This is what happens when Knicks fans have some hope. Here’s Smith praying about it earlier in the day:

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