Victor Wembanyama seemingly had the referees feeling starstruck during Game 2. Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs met the New York Knicks on Friday for the second game of the 2026 NBA Finals.
Even Victor Wembanyama’s warm-up shots are becoming stuff of legend nowadays. The San Antonio Spurs superstar was out on the court early before Game 2 of the NBA Finals tipped off at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas.
The San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a precarious position after blowing a 14-point lead in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Instead of being up 1-0 and favorites to win the title, the Spurs lost the game, home-court advantage and are now series underdogs.
How many of the most recent players to score at least 30 points in an NBA Finals game for each franchise can you name in five minutes?NOTE: The Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Clippers, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, New Orleans Pelicans, have never made the NBA Finals, while no Kings player scored 30 in their lone appearance (1951).
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.
The Spurs may be trailing in the NBA Finals, but nobody inside the organization sounds concerned. Following Wednesday’s Game 1 loss to the Knicks, San Antonio has maintained the same confidence that carried it through a postseason filled with challenges. Victor Wembanyama made that much clear.
There was plenty of blame to go around in the Spurs locker room after their Game 1 loss to the Knicks in the NBA Finals. But Spurs rookie sensation Dylan Harper might be going a little too far in putting the onus on one of his teammates.
A video poking fun at De’Aaron Fox made a short appearance on rookie Dylan Harper’s TikTok after Game 1 before it was quickly deleted. But the real issue isn’t the social media post — it’s the lineup decision that came before it.
The San Antonio Spurs will be looking to tie the series against the New York Knicks in Game 2, and it will be up to the adjustments they make after falling in Game 1.
Magic Johnson pinned San Antonio’s Game 1 collapse on too much isolation in the fourth quarter. The numbers back him, but the iso wasn’t really a choice the Spurs made.
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.
Gregg Popovich has been a bona fide icon for the San Antonio Spurs franchise, and Dwyane Wade was the most recent NBA legend to give the former coach his recognition following the Spurs’ entry into the NBA Finals after 12 years.
Dylan Harper may have accidentally let one slide this week. The San Antonio Spurs rookie guard Harper caused a frenzy over social media on Wednesday because of a controversial repost.
SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson is emphasizing the obvious, that his team still is at home with a chance to even the NBA Finals on Friday night.