00:00San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wambanyama will not receive a flagrant foul for his shove to
00:04the upper body of Knicks guard Jalen Brunson in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, a league spokesperson
00:09told ESPN's Shams Charania on Tuesday night. In the postseason, Wambanyama will remain at
00:15two flagrant points. When a player scores four flagrant points, they are automatically suspended.
00:21In the game on Monday, the play took place with 4.44 remaining in the first quarter.
00:26Brunson pushed the Knicks guard to the ground when the center turned around to set a screen
00:29on the 7-foot-4 Wambanyama around the free-throw line. No foul was called on the play despite
00:35immediate protests from New York. Editors' picks. Bare feet, a Hamlet sculpture and quiet fire.
00:41How Wemby made this NBA Finals a series. Ramona Shelburne. Wemby condemns violence against Spurs
00:48fans. Michael C. Wright. NBA Senior Vice President of Referee Development and Training Monty McCutcheon
00:54told ESPN's NBA Today earlier Tuesday that a foul should have been called on the play.
00:59The league, however, decided not to upgrade the no-call to a flagrant. When Wambanyama punched
01:05Minnesota Timberwolves forward Naz Reed in the jaw in Game 4 of their second-round series,
01:10he scored two flagrant points. The Spurs star was given a flagrant foul too for making too much
01:15contact above the neck, which led to his ejection from the game. He did not face any further
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01:32Biggest takeaways from Knicks Spurs Game 4. Play.
01:36OG Anunabee's tip-in with 1.2 seconds left sends MSG into a frenzy.
01:40103. NBA Insiders.
01:43June 10, 2026.
01:4511.54 PM Eastern Time The 2026 NBA Finals are in full swing as only two teams remain in the
01:51playoff
01:51field, vying for a chance to raise the Larry O'Brien trophy. The New York Knicks stole home
01:57court advantage in Game 1, defeating the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 before taking a decisive
02:032-0 lead with a 105-104 win in Game 2 on Friday. New York completed the greatest comeback in
02:09NBA
02:10playoff history by winning Game 4 107-106 on Wednesday after coming back from a 29-point
02:16halftime deficit. The Spurs won Game 3 at Madison Square Garden by a score of 115-111.
02:23The Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals to reach the
02:27championship round for the first time since 1999. They are looking to end a decades-long drought,
02:32as they haven't won an NBA Finals series since 1973. The Spurs, in the Finals for the first time
02:39since 2014, are led by their rising superstar Victor Wambanyuma and a cast of young players.
02:44They're coming off a contentious seven-game series in the Western Conference Finals against the
02:49defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder. After each game, our NBA insiders will break down the
02:55matchup from both sides, giving takeaways from the arena, judging overreactions to the performances
03:00and looking ahead to the rest of the series. More coverage. Takeaways from previous finals,
03:06playoff results bracket off-season guides, more. 3. New York Knicks lead 2, San Antonio Spurs 3-1.
03:13Game 4. Knicks 107, Spurs 106. Biggest takeaway from the Knicks' performance.
03:19The Knicks are never out of a game, even when making NBA history is required.
03:24They demonstrated it by completing a comeback of 29 points, the largest ever in a Finals game,
03:29to get within one game of winning the title. With each thrilling bucket, Jalen Brunson made another
03:35step toward becoming a legend in NBA and New York sports history. However, O.G. Anunabi's soaring touch
03:40with 1.2 seconds remaining set the stage for the most timely tip-in in Knicks history thanks to
03:45the team's stifling defense and appropriate physicality. Vincent Goodwill biggest takeaway
03:50from the Spurs' performance. The Spurs seemed to dominate the Knicks physically for the second
03:54consecutive game, but they couldn't do it long enough to prevent the largest collapse in league
03:59history to fall behind 3-1 in the series. A 12-2 run to start and dead-eye shooting made
04:04Game 4
04:05look like a wrap. San Antonio built a 76-49 lead before the Wu-Tang Clan even stepped onto the
04:11court for its halftime performance. The Spurs let off the gas in the second half, and by the end of
04:16the third quarter, New York trailed by only 15 points. A 7-1 Knicks run cut San Antonio's lead to
04:224 points with 4.34 remaining. New York took the lead for the first time at 1.22 left. In
04:28a postseason
04:29chock-full of lessons for the young Spurs, this latest might prove to be the most painful. Michael
04:34C. Right. Game 4's biggest overreaction. The series is over. All four games have come down to the final
04:41seconds. Do I think the Knicks will ultimately win the title? Yes. But with two days between every game,
04:48Wimbanyuma will get a chance to recharge and the young Spurs will keep coming. After this truly
04:52unbelievable comeback however, the party in New York will continue at least until the start of Game 5 on
04:58Saturday night. Verdict? Overreaction. Tim Bontom. Stats to know via ESPN Research. The Spurs scored
05:0676 points in the first half before scoring only 30 the rest of the way. Per the Elias Sports Bureau,
05:12that 46-point difference tied the largest such decrease in a playoff game in the shot clock era,
05:17since 1954-55. The Knicks are the 39th team to take a 3-1 lead in the finals. The previous
05:2438 teams
05:25this has happened, 37 teams closed the deal, with only the 2016 Warriors blowing such a lead versus
05:31the LeBron James-led Cavaliers.
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