{"id":260144,"date":"2026-06-09T04:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260144\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:09:11","slug":"victor-wembanyama-carries-spurs-to-115-111-win-that-cuts-knicks-nba-finals-lead-to-2-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260144\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama carries Spurs to 115-111 win that cuts Knicks\u2019 NBA Finals lead to 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">NEW YORK \u2013 Victor Wembanyama had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists in his first NBA Finals win, carrying the San Antonio Spurs to a 115-111 victory on Monday night that cut the New York Knicks\u2019 lead to 2-1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Spurs handed the Knicks their first loss in 46 days and potentially salvaged their season in front of a Madison Square Garden crowd that included <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-finals-trump-knicks-new-york-7b43bea56ff57b48f72d365efd1b7ddb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KSAT will livestream people honking in downtown San Antonio to celebrate the Spurs\u2019 win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">KSAT will livestream the honking in this article. Delays are possible; if there is not a livestream available, please check back at a later time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/09\/where-to-score-free-food-coffee-and-more-after-every-spurs-nba-finals-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/06\/09\/where-to-score-free-food-coffee-and-more-after-every-spurs-nba-finals-win\/\">Where to score free food, coffee and more after every Spurs NBA Finals win<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Knicks had their 13-game winning streak, the second-longest in NBA postseason history, snapped and missed a chance to move to the brink of their first championship since 1973.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Stephon Castle and De\u2019Aaron Fox hit big shots late as the Spurs avoided falling into a 3-0 hole, which no NBA team has escaped. Now they can tie the series Wednesday night and are guaranteed another game at home, with Game 5 scheduled for Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/05\/31\/nba-finals-schedule-dates-times-how-to-watch-spurs-vs-knicks-on-ksat-12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KSAT is the official broadcast<\/a> station for all the NBA action. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Castle finished with 23 points as the Spurs got started in their quest to become the first team to win the NBA Finals after losing the first two at home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Jalen Brunson scored 32 points and OG Anunoby had 28 for the Knicks, who lost for the first time since April 23 in Game 3 of their first-round series against Atlanta. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2013 Victor Wembanyama had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists in his first NBA Finals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10663,37011,9,56,63,65,64,100155,9416,61699],"class_list":["post-260144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-knicks","tag-nba-finals","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-race-for-seis","tag-san-antonio","tag-spurs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}