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May 30, 2026; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1) celebrates after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> in game seven of the western conference finals for the 2026 NBA playoffs at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\nWhile Wembanyama led scoring with 29 points, the Spurs\u2019 slow start forced them to chase, and by the time they found rhythm, the Knicks had seized control.<\/p>\n
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See, New York\u2019s game plan has been clear from the opening tip of the Finals: make life difficult for Victor Wembanyama and force someone else to beat them.<\/p>\n
So far, it has worked.<\/p>\n
The Knicks have repeatedly thrown a variety of defenders at him, ranging from big men like Karl-Anthony Towns and Mitchell Robinson<\/a>, to lengthy wings like OG Anunoby<\/a>, as well as help defenders at the Spurs star, which has forced him into taking tough mid-range shots instead of rim attempts. Still, he managed to keep this game neck-and-neck.<\/p>\n San Antonio\u2019s answer is clear: Wembanyama needs offensive support. Without it, even his best efforts won\u2019t overcome the Knicks\u2019 defensive scheme.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n With both games stolen in San Antonio, the series shifts to MSG. If the Knicks maintain this defensive pressure and force ball movement away from Wembanyama, they\u2019ll be one step closer to their first title since 1973.<\/p>\n Trending Articles<\/p>\n The post Karl-Anthony Towns Drops 4-Word Warning to Victor Wembanyama on Live TV As Spurs Star\u2019s Finals Struggles Continue<\/a> appeared first on EssentiallySports<\/a>. Add EssentiallySports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After an inefficient NBA Finals Game 1, Victor Wembanyama received a text from former San Antonio Spurs coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,20449,12845,16104,2656,9275,5548,12837,10549,85,259846,28021,12838],"class_list":["post-719709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-karl-anthony-towns","tag-knicks","tag-mitchell-robinson","tag-nba-finals","tag-og-anunoby","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-the-knicks","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}