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SAN ANTONIO — After a heartbreaking defeat in Wednesday’s Game 4 that saw them blow one of the largest leads in NBA playoff history, the San Antonio Spurs head into Saturday’s Game 5 down to their last out — sunk in a 3-1 hole from which only one team in NBA Finals history has ever emerged. But being in a hole doesn’t mean you’re buried, and Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama said that everyone in San Antonio’s locker room remains eminently confident that they’re capable of coming back to defeat the New York Knicks in these 2026 NBA Finals.
“Absolutely,” Wembanyama said at the Spurs’ Friday practice. “Everybody thinks — everybody knows — we’re gonna do it.”
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On one hand, joining LeBron James’ 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers to become the second team to come back from a 3-1 deficit to win the Finals will require a Herculean effort from a Spurs team that has struggled to live with prosperity over the course of this series. On the other, the Spurs can lean on the knowledge that they’ve built double-digit leads in all four games of these Finals, including Wednesday’s 29-point whopper — evidence that they’re capable of controlling the run of play against the Knicks.
“I mean, I think these games have shown us that we have a chance — like, it’s not like we’re going out there and getting steamrolled,” Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said.
“We’ve had a 10-plus point lead in every single game,” Spurs guard Stephon Castle said. “Just trying to stay poised throughout that and try to keep our foot on the gas, really. I feel like once we get those leads, we start to play a little bit different, take our foot off the gas defensively. I just feel like we have to stay aggressive, but be smart through it.”
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Smart teams learn from their mistakes and missed opportunities — one reason why, as tempting as it might be to flush a loss as painful as Game 4, the Spurs needed to face it down before they could move on.
“There’s no trick,” Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson said. “There’s no avoiding what’s happened. There’s no avoiding all four games have been winnable games. There’s not avoiding we’re down 3-1. There’s not…
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Author : Dan Devine
Publish date : 2026-06-12 19:43:00
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