{"id":733240,"date":"2026-06-13T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733240\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T02:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:00:13","slug":"stephon-castle-remains-confident-for-spurs-must-win-nba-finals-game-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733240\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephon Castle remains confident for Spurs’ must-win NBA Finals Game 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Antonio Spurs<\/a> may be young and inexperienced, but certainly aren\u2019t lacking confidence when it comes to their first appearance in the championship series.<\/p>\n

Facing a 1-3 deficit, the team is in an unenviable position that most teams don\u2019t come back from, with only one team doing so in NBA<\/a> history. That team was the Cleveland Cavaliers, featuring superstar LeBron James.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio\u2019s Victor Wembanyama has all the makings of a superstar, but it\u2019s still early in his career. However, he\u2019s surrounded by other potential All-Star players, including Dylan Harper and Stephon Castle, which could help him achieve the unthinkable.<\/p>\n

Castle, who played one season of college basketball for the mastermind Dan Hurley at UConn, recently revealed his winning mindset heading towards a must-win Game 5 in San Antonio, where the Spurs lost the first two games of this series.<\/p>\n

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Stephon Castle #5 of the San Antonio Spurs in action against Josh Hart #3 of the New York Knicks in Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we\u2019ve made history all year. We\u2019ve proven that with our backs against the wall, we can step up. I don\u2019t really expect this to be any different,\u201d Castle said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Castle\u2019s mindset is that of a player who has seemingly erased the 3-1 series score and is approaching this as needing to win three consecutive games. It\u2019s certainly not a task this team can\u2019t handle, but one could argue that they\u2019ve also had a much more challenging path than the Knicks to reach these NBA Finals.<\/p>\n

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In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks struggled against only their first-round opponent, the Atlanta Hawks, defeating them in six games. However, something clicked for the team within the final several games, and that\u2019s when they embarked on a 13-game winning streak, which included back-to-back sweeps of the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Spurs\u2019 easiest opponent might have been in the first round as they faced a young Portland Trail Blazers team. San Antonio was fresh to start that series and arguably at their best of the NBA Playoffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

From there, they had to defeat the Minnesota Timberwolves, a team that played in the Western Conference Finals in back-to-back years, and the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n

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The Thunder series went the distance, with the Spurs winning it in seven games, something that may have taken a lot out of this young team, making its first significant playoff run.<\/p>\n

Keeping a strong mindset that believes they can win is crucial, it just feels as if the momentum favors a Knicks team that has found ways to win seemingly impossible games, and more importantly, finish off opponents in games and series.<\/p>\n

Game 5 of the NBA Finals arrives at 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

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For more about the San Antonio Spurs and the NBA Finals<\/a>, visit Newsweek Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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