Exclusive | Knicks had the biggest comeback in Finals history but some fans had already dozed off

They’ll never sleep this one off!New York’s the City that Never Sleeps but some Knicks fans tucked themselves into bed early and missed out on their team pulling off a miracle comeback against the San Antonio Spurs Wednesday night.Now they have to live with missing history.“At the halfway point of the game, they were down like 29 points and I was like, ‘I can’t do it.This is pointless.

I’m not watching this,’” Long Island mother of one Kate Passaro told The Post on Thursday. “I even texted my husband because he was in the city.I was like, ‘Dude, just come home.

They’re 29 points away.It’s not going to happen.'” And Hudson Valley resident Jonathan Powers said he thought the Knicks had “zero chance” of mounting a comeback and decided it was time for shuteye.“I haven’t missed a minute except for literally this.

This is the only minute of the series that I’ve missed,” the married father of two said. “I’ve been, like, very into the playoffs. I’m a basketball guy myself.”The team marched back from an almost 30-point deficit, shocking the Spurs thanks to an OG Anunoby’s tip-in with only seconds to spare to lock up the 107-106 win.By then it was past 11:30 p.m.The Big Apple was bursting at the seams as midnight approached following the improbable end, but some fans were already dreaming of better fortune for the Knicks in Game 5.Knicks fan and New York native Rich Stein said he went to bed with the game appearing to be well out of reach – but when he woke up around 1 a.m.

and checked the score on his phone, he could hardly contain himself. “I was in the room, my wife was next to me on the bed and my baby girl was only a couple feet away from me in her crib and it took every single second of restraint, every single ounce of restraint to not jump out of bed and scream,” the 34-year-old Connecticut resident said.He then scrolled through social media for the next two hours to retroactively soak up the inc...