According to ESPN Analytics, in the 4 games the Spurs lost in the NBA Finals, they had a...
— 91.6% chance of winning Game 1 up 13 points midway thru the 3rd
— 72.8% chance of winning Game 2 up 2 points with 1 minute left in the 4th
— 99.6% chance of winning Game 4 up 20 points with 9:33 left in the 4th
— 95.4% chance of winning Game 5 up 10 points with 7:54 left in the 4th
Victor Wembanyama in Year 3:
👽Led Spurs to the NBA Finals in his first playoff run
👽Defensive Player of the Year (Unanimous)
👽1st Team All-NBA
👽1st Team All-Defensive (Unanimous)
👽3rd in MVP voting
👽NBA All-Star for 2nd straight year
👽Led NBA in blocks for 3rd straight season
"This has been a hell of a year in terms of experience... it's been hard and full of lessons"
Victor Wembanyama after the Spirs season comes to an end 🗣️
(via @sny_knicks)
Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson tried to put things into perspective, despite how painful the series loss to the Knicks is.
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The Spurs lost.
The league should be terrified.
Victor Wembanyama is only 22, just made the Finals, and now has an entire offseason to think about what went wrong.
Great players use heartbreak as fuel.
The alien got a taste of the Finals.
Now he's coming back hungry.
The NBA comissioner brought Prince Harry to watch Game 5 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs
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Wemby lost. He's also 22. Remember both things at the same time 🤷♂️
Victor Wembanyama walked into these 2026 Finals carrying the weight of a league's expectations and a country's pride. He led his team to double-digit leads in every game, but fell short. That is brutal.
But this is not a eulogy. It's just the beginning.
LeBron James went to the NBA Finals at 22 years old and got swept by San Antonio. That was the beginning of years of LeBron slander. Talking heads wrote his legacy off before it was written.
Don't make the same mistake with Wemby. He lost the championship, but he made it clear: this is his league now. Nobody in the history of this game has this combination of...everything. It's far more likely this loss will elevate Wemby to heights we should be terrified of.
Everyone knows it. Even Knicks fans know it.
Wemby will be back 😤
According to Spotrac, Victor Wembanyama is expected to sign a 5-year, $251M rookie max extension with the Spurs this offseason.
With supermax language, it could reach $301M.
San Antonio is betting that Wemby can lead the franchise's next dynasty.
De'Aaron Fox in the NBA Finals:
24-of-70 FG (34.2%)
7-of-28 3PT (25%)
Fox in the 4th quarters this series:
0-of-2 FG in Game 1
2-of-2 FG in Game 2
2-of-6 FG in Game 3
1-of-5 FG in Game 4
0-of-4 FG in Game 5
They said this team was too young.
Too inexperienced. Too early.
Now they're the youngest NBA Finals team in nearly 50 years.
The league told them to wait their turn.
They skipped the line.