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The San Antonio Spurs were just a few minutes away from having all the momentum in the NBA Finals, but it slipped away.
After trailing by as many as 29 points in the second half and even 20 in the fourth quarter in Game 4 on Wednesday, the New York Knicks completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history to take a 3-1 series lead, rather than being tied at two heading back to Texas.
The Spurs’ backs were against the wall when they dropped the first two games of the series at home, but they salvaged a win in Game 3 by coming back from their own seven-point deficit. But now, all the momentum they had in Game 4 is gone.
Instead of being asked about taking the lead in the series, Victor Wembanyama was asked on Friday if he has “a sense of whether the group actually thinks” they could win three games in a row to win the NBA title.
Well, it’s quite the sense.
“Yeah, absolutely. Everybody thinks — everybody knows — we’re going to do it,” Wembanyama answered.
KNICKS MIRACULOUSLY OVERCOME 29-POINT DEFICIT TO TAKE COMMANDING 3-1 LEAD IN NBA FINALS OVER SPURS
The 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers are the only team to complete a comeback after trailing three games to one in the NBA Finals, doing so against the 73-9 Golden State Warriors and winning two of those games in California.
Surely, the Spurs were in disbelief at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, but Wembanyama says the time for reflection is over, and they’re over it.
“I wouldn’t say it was so hard to, like, shake off, right? Harder than any other game before, by far, for sure. I mean, now we’re over it. It’s the playoffs. There’s no time to regret things for too long,” he said.
Game 5 tips off in San Antonio on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. ET. With a win, the Spurs would force a Game 6 back in New York on Tuesday night, hours after Wembanyama’s home country of France will face Senegal at nearby MetLife Stadium in the World Cup.
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