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Victor Wembanyama shrugs off egg-throwing incident, insists Spurs aren’t finished yet
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Victor Wembanyama has insisted the San Antonio Spurs still believe they can win the NBA Finals, despite trailing the New York Knicks 3-1 after a brutal Game 4 collapse.
The Spurs led by 29 at Madison Square Garden before losing 107-106, a result that pushed New York one win from its first championship since 1973.
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That would shake most teams. Wembanyama's message before Game 5 was the opposite: San Antonio is not acting like a team already beaten.
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Victor Wembanyama backs Spurs comeback after egg incident
As Underdog NBA shared, Wembanyama was asked if the Spurs still believe they can come back and win the Finals.
His answer was blunt: "Everybody thinks, everybody knows, we're gonna do it."
That confidence comes after a strange and difficult stretch for the Spurs star. Reports said Wembanyama was hit by an egg outside the team hotel in New York after Game 4, but he did not make it a distraction.
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Asked about the incident, he said: "I don't dislike it. Obviously, it's not good at all. But it doesn't bother me."
His bigger focus is the series. The Spurs have built double-digit leads in all four Finals games, including the 29-point advantage they wasted in Game 4.
That is why Wembanyama still sees a path. San Antonio has shown it can control long stretches against the Knicks. The issue is closing games without losing defensive edge or offensive discipline.
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Wembanyama made it clear that San Antonio cannot waste energy thinking about three wins at once.
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"I feel like we need to isolate that one game and take it one game at a time. I think it would be a mistake to waste our energy on multiple games."
He then simplified the message even further: "It's one game at a time."
Game 4 was painful because the Spurs had the game where they wanted it. Jalen Brunson scored 36, OG Anunoby added 33, and Anunoby's tip-in with 1.2 seconds left completed the largest comeback in NBA Finals history.
Now Game 5 comes Saturday at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio. The Knicks can clinch the title. The Spurs have to win to force the series back to New York.
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Only the 2016 Cavaliers have recovered from 3-1 down in the Finals. Wembanyama is betting the Spurs still have enough left to try joining them.
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