The San Antonio Spurs fell to the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals after a 94-90 defeat in Game 5.
Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs ended their series with a loss on Saturday night. Wembanyama finished with 19 points on 7-of-19 shooting.
The Knicks won the series 4-1. Earlier in the series the Spurs had squandered a 29-point lead in Game 4.
Wembanyama committed a key turnover in Game 2. He also missed free throws late in Game 4.
The Knicks were led by Jalen Brunson throughout the series.
Initial reactions on X focus on the Knicks' championship victory and criticism of the Spurs' inability to close out leads despite advantages throughout the series. Fans and analysts highlight mental weaknesses, coaching issues, and the inexperience of the Spurs as key factors in their five-game loss. Some emphasize the Knicks' resilience and note it as a learning experience for San Antonio.
Credit the Knicks. But, man, this was horrendous from the Spurs. They lost the Finals in 5 games despite leading by double digits in every game. In most of them, they were up by double digits in the third quarter.
— Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) 14 июня 2026 г.
Bad coaching. Fox is a bum. Wemby isn't ready.
Mentally weak.
This series should have gone 7 games. But a lack of Finals experience for the Spurs cost them wins big time. Major critical mistakes. An epic Gm 4 collapse.
— MR_G (@Mr_G_01) 14 июня 2026 г.
But that’s part of the learning process. Can they learn from their failures to return? And the Knicks are now NBA Champs 🏆
Spurs blew another lead tonight to lose NBA Finals to Knicks, 94-90, & 4 games to 1 (Knicks only lost when jinx Trump attended).
— JoJo (@DogsNDemocrats) 14 июня 2026 г.
Whether they're ahead by 29 pts or 15 pts, the Spurs cannot close out a game, couldn't do anything special down the finish line.
Congrats NY Knicks!
Knicks won it all congrats to them but this is one of the worst chokes by Spurs in NBA finals history
— Jack Cousins (@jackcuz5) 14 июня 2026 г.
Game 1: Blew a 14 point lead in 3rd
Game 2: Bad turnover with 8 seconds left
Game 3: Won
Game 4: Blew a 29 point lead
Game 5: Blew a 16 point lead
Victor Wembanyama is keeping it 100 on why the Spurs couldn't close the door on the Knicks. The margin for error in the Finals is razor-thin.🏀
— Mide (@0xMideSol) 14 июня 2026 г.
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