{"id":698304,"date":"2026-06-11T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698304\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T19:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:34:10","slug":"spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-nearly-hit-by-egg-after-loss-to-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/698304\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs star Victor Wembanyama nearly hit by egg after loss to Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs<\/a> star Victor Wembanyama<\/a> faced a hostile reception<\/a> even after leaving the court<\/a> on Wednesday, as he was subjected<\/a> to jeers and a near-miss with a flying egg outside his hotel.<\/p>\n

Following the team’s Game 4 loss to the New York Knicks<\/a>, a video circulating online captured the moment an egg was hurled in the direction of the basketball phenom as he entered his accommodation, flanked by security.<\/p>\n

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The incident occurred amidst a crowd of taunting fans who had gathered near the hotel, located just blocks from Madison Square Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The projectile struck a street sign, prompting Wembanyama to briefly confront an individual before proceeding inside. The identity of the person who threw the egg remains unknown.<\/p>\n

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The confrontation followed a historic collapse by the Spurs (AP Photo\/Frank Franklin II)<\/p>\n

The Spurs did not immediately respond to a request seeking clarity on whether the object struck Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

The confrontation followed a historic collapse by the Spurs, who now find themselves on the brink of elimination after blowing a 29-point lead to the Knicks. Wembanyama missed two key free throws in the game’s final minutes.<\/p>\n

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The Knicks victory prompted scenes of bedlam and jubilation across New York City, as ecstatic fans packed the streets, set off fireworks, scaled lampposts and at times clashed with police.<\/p>\n

According to the New York Police Department, 56 people were taken into custody for charges that ranged from assault to disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, there were large crowds of people who engaged in incredibly reckless and dangerous behavior last night both during and after the game,\u201d the police department said in a statement.<\/p>\n

An NYPD spokesperson said they had nothing on file about the egg incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama faced a hostile reception even after leaving the court on Wednesday, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,361,2116,99,60950,32090],"class_list":["post-698304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}