NEW YORK–Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs were searching for answers after a historic collapse against the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday.
San Antonio led by as many as 29 points, the largest blown lead ever in a Finals game, but crumbled to fall 107-106 to a Knicks team that now leads the best-of-seven championship series 3-1 and has three chances to clinch the crown.
Wembanyama, the 22-year-old French star who has made the Spurs title contenders in his third NBA season, scored just eight of his 24 points in the second half, missing a pair of free throws with two minutes left and the Knicks closing in.
“I can’t really explain it right now,” he said. “I don’t know what to say about the emotions (in the locker room), but it was painful, of course.
“It feels like we worked too hard and then let our lead slip away. It’s that simple. It just hurts.”
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