Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs are standing at a brutal spot, as no team in NBA Finals history has ever lost the first two games at home and gone on to win the championship.
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs find themselves at a miserable state in the NBA Finals.
Victor Wembanyama
Victor Wembanyama
Victor Wembanyama
MIN: 30.01
PTS: 24.61 (60.36%)
REB: 11.26
AS: 2.98
ST: 1.02
BL: 3.17
TO: 2.52
GM: 84
After hosting the first two games of the title series in San Antonio, the Spurs brutally wasted their homecourt advantage as the New York Knicks dominated them to go up with a commanding 2-0 lead.
Heading to New York where a heavily determined Knicks team is looking to get the job done right in front of their crazed fanbase, the Spurs can't be more pressured as they now face the daunting task of overcoming the same circumstances that doomed teams before them.
No team in NBA Finals history has ever lost the first two games at home and gone on to win the championship.
Before the Spurs joined the club, there were only two teams in league history that lost both Games 1 and 2 of the Finals at home: the 1992-93 Phoenix Suns and the 1994-95 Orlando Magic.
After failing to win one at home, Charles Barkley and the Suns retaliated to force a Game 6 back on their home turf, but Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls managed to prevail to clinch their first three-peat of the 1990s.
The outcome was even more brutal for Shaquille O'Neal and the Magic 31 years ago. They were subsequently swept by Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler and the Houston Rockets to complete their back-to-back title victory.
Only time will tell if Wembanyama and the Spurs will suffer the same fate or defy the odds and make history.
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