Victor Wembanyama admits Spurs, on brink of tying NBA Finals, 'weren’t the most hungry' to close out game

The New York Knicks outscored the San Antonio Spurs by 28 points aft the Wu-Tang Clan's halftime show to implicit the largest comeback successful NBA Finals history.

Down by 29 astatine 1 point, the Knicks stormed each the mode back, putting Madison Square Garden into a frenzy.

But earlier that, conscionable astir each ounce of momentum was successful the Spurs' hands - and the Knicks had fewer answers.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

San Antonio Spurs guardant Victor Wembanyama shoots against New York Knicks guardant Og Anunoby successful the 4th fourth during crippled 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York, New York, connected June 10, 2026. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

So, however did they conscionable go the victims of 1 of the top collapses successful the past of sports?

"We intelligibly weren’t the astir bare successful the 2nd half," Victor Wembanyama admitted.

Wembanyama was erstwhile again Public Enemy No. 1 successful New York, getting booed successful intros and treated to expletives from the crowd. When a antiaircraft foul connected him aboriginal was reversed to an violative foul helium drew, helium again was jeered. It evidently continued passim the night.

But aft Mitchell Robinson was called for a flagrant foul for hitting Wembanyama, helium appeared to relish the moment.

"I'm successful your head!" cameras caught Wembanyama saying.

Wembanyama was successful the Knicks' heads. Wembanyama was successful the Knicks' fans' heads. And aft winning 2 games connected the roadworthy to statesman the series, losing each the momentum was successful the Knicks' heads.

But the Spurs scored conscionable 30 points successful the 2nd fractional and turned the shot implicit 9 times successful the last 24 minutes. A 20-point pb successful the 4th fourth vanished successful minutes.

OG Anunoby of the New York Knicks celebrates aft scoring the go-ahead handbasket against the San Antonio Spurs successful the last seconds of the 4th fourth successful Game Four of the 2026 NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City connected June 10, 2026. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

KNICKS OWNER, MAMDANI TRADE BARBS OVER CANCELED KNICKS WATCH PARTY OUTSIDE MSG: 'DON'T WANT THE CELEBRATION'

"To enactment arsenic overmuch bully enactment into that archetypal fractional arsenic we did and get the pb that we had and not decorativeness the job, it's disappointing to accidental the least..." Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said aft the game. "We got distant from playing the marque of hoops that got america the lead. And past you saw astatine times, the aggressiveness and condemnation that we played with aboriginal connected dissipated and they made immoderate shots. We needed a mates of much tough-minded plays to decorativeness the job."

"It was painful, of course. It feels similar we worked excessively hard and springiness up our leads. It's arsenic elemental arsenic that. It conscionable hurts," Wembanyama added.

Now, the Spurs person nary prime but to beryllium the hungrier team, arsenic they request to triumph 3 games successful a enactment to debar the Knicks winning their archetypal NBA title since 1973.

"It’s going to spell 1 of 2 ways: a atrocious 1 and a bully one. The atrocious 1 volition beryllium giving up. The bully 1 volition beryllium getting stronger done this, getting much unneurotic and that’s what we’re going to do," Wembanyama said.

Members of the New York Knicks observe their 107-106 triumph against the San Antonio Spurs successful Game 4 of the 2026 NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City, New York connected June 10, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

"Holding each different accountable, communicating, not pointing fingers. After that, we either got it oregon we don’t. We’ve proven that we tin surpass these difficulties but adjacent though we haven’t been determination it before, I’m convinced we are built this way. We’re going to get amended from this and It’s going to tighten america up."

Follow Fox News Digital’s sports sum connected X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.