Snapshot · On Purpose with Jay Shetty
Towns says his greatest moment of the championship run wasn't the winning shot — it was feeling his late mother's presence on the court in the 20 minutes before Game 1 began.
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This is the chapter the whole episode has been building toward. Twenty minutes before the national anthem, warming up on the court before Game 1 of the Finals, Towns felt something shift. The music sounded like the best music he'd ever heard. Dribbling the ball felt as youthful as the first time he picked one up. He kept smiling, and he couldn't explain why — except that he was certain it was his mother. [1] — Karl-Anthony Towns "Before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, in the 20 quiet minutes before the national anthem, Towns felt his late mother's presence so powerfully th…" 31:30 He'd yearned for that feeling more than the championship itself. 'That's supernatural,' he says. 'That's something I can't explain the value behind that.' A championship has a dollar value, a legacy value — but this had no measurable worth. It was like her appearing in a dream: rare, unrepeatable, priceless. And when he looked at his fiancée Jordan during the game, she told him simply, 'You're doing great.'
Before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, in the 20 quiet minutes before the national anthem, Towns felt his late mother's presence so powerfully that it surpassed the feeling of winning the championship itself. The music sounded perfect, the ball felt youthful, and he just kept smiling.
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