The San Antonio Spurs had reason to feel crushed after the NBA Finals. They had beaten the previous champions to get there, led the scoreboard for many minutes, and were close to tying the series 2-2 on the road before another painful fourth-quarter swing.
Before the 2022-23 season, I wrote a piece about the importance of the Spurs learning from losses. The title was “Watching for small victories in a season that won’t feature many Spurs wins”.
De’Aaron Fox’s image in San Antonio has taken a heavy hit. His NBA Finals level was underwhelming, his missed layup opened the door for the New York Knicks’ Game 4 comeback, and his fourth-quarter role in Game 5 brought even more criticism.
The 2025-26 season may have ended in disappointment as the Spurs stumbled their way through 4 fourth-quarter collapses in the NBA Finals, turning what could have been four victories and a championship into four excruciating losses in five games.
Trading De’Aaron Fox makes a lot of sense. Many blame him for the San Antonio Spurs’ 2026 NBA Finals loss. Fans want answers. Analysts search for scapegoats.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
New York Knicks fans are in basketball heaven after the team finally ended its 53-year NBA title drought. Meanwhile, San Antonio Spurs fans are on the opposite end of the emotional spectrum after Victor Wembanyama and company failed in their mission to bring home the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
In his debut Finals appearance, Victor Wembanyama faced defeat, yet the esteemed basketball player has a plan for what lies ahead. In the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs lost to the 4-1 New York Knicks in five games, and Wembanyama struggled with the Knicks’ physical play.
Throughout the playoffs, the San Antonio Spurs faced many adversities and still stood strong. That was until the Finals series against the New York Knicks.
Victor Wembanyama’s first NBA Finals heartbreak has sparked a fierce debate about sportsmanship after the Spurs’ loss to the Knicks. New York sealed the series with a 94-90 win at Frost Bank Center, closing out a 4-1 Finals victory and ending the franchise’s 53-year championship wait.
Mitch Johnson’s loyalty to De’Aaron Fox became one of the loudest San Antonio Spurs debates of the NBA Finals, and one fan account turned that frustration into a pointed accusation.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
The young San Antonio Spurs team, led by a 22-year-old Victor Wembanyama, stunned the NBA world by making it to the Finals by dethroning the defending champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
A San Antonio teammate may have let something slip about Dylan Harper after their season-ending loss. The Spurs were eliminated from title contention on Saturday night with a 94-90 defeat at the hands of the New York Knicks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
San Antonio Spurs coach Mitch Johnson did not mince words about his team’s shortcomings following their loss in the NBA Finals on Saturday. Johnson admitted after the Spurs’ 94-90 loss in Game 5 that his team simply had not been ready to win a title, and that it showed through how the five games played out.
The New York Knicks may have entered the NBA Finals riding an 11-game winning streak, but no one doubted Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. However, from Game 1 at the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, the Knicks looked like the better team and eventually wrapped up the series four games later at the same venue.
After the San Antonio Spurs gave up a 29-point lead in Game 4, Charles Barkley didn’t hold back on his words. The NBA legend went on a rant and called the Spurs the “dumbest basketball team in the history of civilization” after their 106-107 loss.
The New York Knicks' championship drought officially came to an end on Saturday night with a 94-90 Game 5 win over the San Antonio Spurs to take the series in five games.