The footage and details from the games are all unaltered-for example, Ratner mentions that the Sixers were a one-point underdog in Game 3, and they were actually one-point underdogs in that game. As they explained to The Ringer’s Alan Siegel, their initial plan was to use a stretch of Knicks games from the 2010-11 season in which Amar’e Stoudemire scored at least 30 points in nine consecutive outings, but eventually decided to work with Kevin Garnett and home in on the 2012 playoff series between the Celtics and 76ers. Some movies create fictional sports leagues to match their narrative needs the Safdie brothers, who wrote and directed this film, searched long and hard for a set of real NBA games to fit into the script.
The NBA action around which the story revolves is also uncut. The Full Genius-and Idiocy-of Adam Sandler Shines in ‘Uncut Gems’ How Kevin Garnett Landed in ‘Uncut Gems’
