{"id":699717,"date":"2026-06-12T12:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699717\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:51:10","slug":"deaaron-foxs-former-coach-john-calipari-reveals-advice-for-spurs-star-after-massive-game-4-blunder-vs-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699717\/","title":{"rendered":"De\u2019Aaron Fox\u2019s Former Coach John Calipari Reveals Advice for Spurs Star After Massive Game 4 Blunder vs. Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs star De\u2019Aaron Fox became the focal point after his team\u2019s historic Game 4 collapse against the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals. With San Antonio<\/a> leading 106-105 with 12 seconds remaining, Fox inexplicably attempted a fast-break layup that was blocked by Knicks forward OG Anunoby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The late-game blunder proved costly, as Anunoby converted a game-winning tip-in on the ensuing possession, handing the Spurs a devastating 107-106 road loss. A day later, Fox\u2019s former college coach weighed in, revealing his advice for the two-time All-Star.<\/p>\n

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John Calipari Shares Guidance to De\u2019Aaron Fox After Game 4 Mishap<\/p>\n

During an appearance on SportsCenter on Thursday, Arkansas Razorbacks coach John Calipari, who coached Fox during his lone college basketball season with the Kentucky Wildcats (2016-17), shed light on his counsel for his former player after San Antonio\u2019s 29-point collapse.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext. Next. Amnesia. Go win the next three, kid,\u201d Calipari said<\/a>. \u201cHe came up to me, saw I was on the baseline, he came up and gave me a hug, and I said, \u2018Go, do your thing.\u2019 How about this, he\u2019s still hurt. He\u2019s got a high ankle sprain, that ain\u2019t in the equation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll tell my team, \u2018I want you to have the vision and the mindset that we won that game. Let\u2019s all say, what would be our mindset if we won that game? Well, guess what? We just won that game, now let\u2019s go and play the next game.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Fox joined Calipari\u2019s Wildcats as a five-star recruit and the No. 6-ranked prospect in the country in the class of 2016. He went on to earn First-team All-SEC honors and won the SEC Tournament MVP, leading the Wildcats to the SEC Tournament title and the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before declaring for the 2017 NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

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Fox\u2019s last-second gaffe<\/a> in Game 4 capped off the Spurs\u2019 offensive meltdown in the second half, which allowed the Knicks to complete the biggest comeback in Finals history. The Spurs led by 27 points at halftime and held a 29-point advantage early in the third quarter, but mustered only 30 points over the final 24 minutes.<\/p>\n

Fox contributed 5 points on 2-for-8 shooting and committed 4 turnovers during the Spurs\u2019 lackadaisical second-half performance. The veteran guard later defended his questionable decision-making during the game\u2019s defining moment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI tried to get a layup, get up 3, force them to need a 3, and OG made a good block,\u201d Fox said postgame<\/a>. \u201cI just thought I would be able to outrun him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The series now shifts back to San Antonio for Game 5 on Saturday. The Spurs trail the Knicks 3-1 and are on the brink of elimination, with Fox\u2019s controversial late-game misstep emerging as a turning point in the series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs star De\u2019Aaron Fox became the focal point after his team\u2019s historic Game 4 collapse against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[171151,1089,3349,25169,355,19560,6999,99,17654,60950],"class_list":["post-699717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-de39aaron-fox","tag-john-calipari","tag-kentucky-wildcats","tag-knicks","tag-nba","tag-og-anunoby","tag-san-antonio","tag-sports","tag-spurs","tag-the-spurs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699717","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=699717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}