Victor Wembanyama confident in Spurs comeback despite Game 4 collapse: 'Everybody knows we're going to do it'

The San Antonio Spurs were conscionable a fewer minutes distant from having each nan momentum successful nan NBA Finals, but it slipped away.

After trailing by arsenic galore arsenic 29 points successful nan 2nd half and moreover 20 successful nan 4th fourth successful Game 4 connected Wednesday, nan New York Knicks completed nan largest comeback successful NBA Finals history to return a 3-1 bid lead, alternatively than being tied astatine 2 heading backmost to Texas.

The Spurs' backs were against nan wall erstwhile they dropped nan first 2 games of nan bid astatine home, but they salvaged a triumph successful Game 3 by coming backmost from their ain seven-point deficit. But now, each nan momentum they had successful Game 4 is gone.

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Victor Wembanyama of nan San Antonio Spurs reacts during nan 2nd 4th against nan New York Knicks successful Game Three of nan 2026 NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York City connected June 8, 2026. (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

Instead of being asked astir taking nan lead successful nan series, Victor Wembanyama was asked connected Friday if he has "a consciousness of whether nan group really thinks" they could triumph 3 games successful a statement to triumph nan NBA title.

Well, it's rather nan sense.

"Yeah, absolutely. Everybody thinks — everybody knows — we're going to do it," Wembanyama answered.

Victor Wembanyama #1 of nan San Antonio Spurs looks connected during nan 4th fourth against nan New York Knicks successful Game Three of nan 2026 NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden connected June 08, 2026 successful New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

KNICKS MIRACULOUSLY OVERCOME 29-POINT DEFICIT TO TAKE COMMANDING 3-1 LEAD IN NBA FINALS OVER SPURS

The 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers are nan only squad to complete a comeback aft trailing 3 games to 1 successful nan NBA Finals, doing truthful against nan 73-9 Golden State Warriors and winning 2 of those games successful California.

Surely, nan Spurs were successful disbelief astatine Madison Square Garden connected Wednesday, but Wembanyama says nan clip for reflection is over, and they're complete it.

"I wouldn't opportunity it was truthful difficult to, like, shingle off, right? Harder than immoderate different crippled before, by far, for sure. I mean, now we're complete it. It's nan playoffs. There's nary clip to regret things for excessively long," he said.

Victor Wembanyama #1 of nan San Antonio Spurs reacts aft shooting a 3 constituent basket. and being fouled during nan 4th fourth against nan New York Knicks successful Game Three of nan 2026 NBA Finals astatine Madison Square Garden connected June 08, 2026 successful New York City. (Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images) (Dustin Satloff/Getty Images)

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Game 5 tips disconnected successful San Antonio connected Saturday astatine 8:30 p.m. ET. With a win, nan Spurs would unit a Game 6 backmost successful New York connected Tuesday night, hours aft Wembanyama's location state of France will look Senegal astatine adjacent MetLife Stadium successful nan World Cup.

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