MATCH CENTRE: Spurs vs Knicks live score, stats<\/a><\/p>\n VOTE: Experts say there is no \u2018debate\u2019… but who is your NBA Finals MVP?<\/a><\/p>\n LIVE BLOG<\/p>\n FULL PREVIEW:<\/p>\n The Knicks overcame a 29-point deficit to hand the Spurs a crushing 107-106 victory in game four on Wednesday and can capture the best-of-seven series for their first title since 1973 with a game-five win in San Antonio.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were a thousand ways we could have not lost that game,\u201d Wembanyama admitted, but added: \u201cIt felt like there was a time to process this, to really dwell on it, but not anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re over it,\u201d he told reporters at the Spurs\u2019 practice on Saturday. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the playoffs. There\u2019s no time to regret things for too long.\u201d <\/p>\n That, he added, also goes for having had eggs thrown at him and a water bottle tossed at the team bus in New York.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t really think much of it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cObviously it\u2019s not good at all. But it doesn\u2019t bother me.\u201d <\/p>\n The 7-foot-4 (2.24m) French center said players are \u201cat this point where we can really empty the tank\u201d but \u2018Wemby\u2019 played 44 minutes on Wednesday and Spurs coach Mitch Johnson was concerned he left his 22-year-old star in too long.<\/p>\n \u201cI have to make sure I help him have the energy required to finish the game as strong as he needs to finish the game,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n \u201cLooking back on the game, I could have done better in that regard.\u201d <\/p>\n Wembanyama himself vows fatigue will not be an issue in a must-win contest. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s the playoffs. Everybody\u2019s just as tired. It shouldn\u2019t even be a factor in the game,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be a factor.\u201d <\/p>\n Celebs lose their minds for NBA miracle! | 00:38<\/p>\n Defiant Spurs players noted that LeBron James rallied Cleveland from 3-1 down in 2016 to win the NBA title.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody thinks, everybody knows, we\u2019re going to do it,\u201d said Wembanyama.<\/p>\n Leading in every game has taught the Spurs valuable lessons about what not to do when it comes to holding a late lead.<\/p>\n \u201cWe haven\u2019t skipped any steps because we\u2019ve made almost every mistake we could have possibly done, and we\u2019ve learned from them,\u201d Wembanyama said.<\/p>\n De\u2019Aaron Fox, who struggled late in game four, said there was confidence to take even in defeat.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery game we\u2019ve had some sort of a lead and we\u2019re down 3-1. We have to figure out how to sustain those leads. We have to figure out how to finish games,\u201d Fox said.<\/p>\n \u201cThese games have showed us we have a chance. It\u2019s not like we\u2019re going out there and getting steamrolled. We still have that belief we have a chance to win.\u201d <\/p>\n Spurs guard Stephon Castle echoed that confidence.<\/p>\n \u201cEach game we\u2019ve been up and pretty much controlled the game for most of the game,\u201d Castle said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve had a 10-plus-point lead in every single game. Just trying to stay poised throughout that and keep our foot on the gas.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve made history all year,\u201d Castle said of a Spurs team that ousted the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder in seven games in the Western Conference finals, becoming the second-youngest team to reach the NBA Finals in the shot-clock era.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve proven with our backs against the wall we can step up, so I don\u2019t really expect this to be any different.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama says the Spurs have shaken off the biggest single-game collapse in NBA Finals history and are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735150,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-735149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735149","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=735149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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