The New York Knicks' three-game winning streak came to an end Wednesday after suffering a tight 134-132 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. 

Julian Champagnie was the story of the game for the Spurs. The fourth-year forward led both teams with 36 points while also turning in six rebounds and he achieved that point total with a Spurs-record 11 three pointers, the only kind of shot he took from the field all game, while also adding a perfect 3-3 from the charity stripe.

Champagnie has been on a roll lately, but nothing to the level of beyond the arc dominance that he exhibited Wednesday night. New York head coach Mike Brown was aware of the potential that Champagnie had to take over the game and he found himself frustrated with the way that his team let the Spurs' power forward dominate the entire night. 

"I was a little disappointed in our guys because it was almost like at times we didn't respect him [Champagnie]," Brown said (via BASKETMAN). "We didn't pick him up in transition, we drop back in transition five feet inside the three point line and let him shoot a wide open, uncontested three... We know he's a hot player and that's what he does, but he just kept getting look after look."

Brown continued, "You give him a lot of credit because he knocked the shots down, but I was really, really disappointed in the way we defended him. He was a guy that we talked about that was a hot player and we didn't do our job there."

Champagnie provided close to a third of the Spurs' offense, but the other major factor in New York's defeat was the difference in free throws between the two teams, and for that Brown had less of an answer. 

The Spurs landed 32 free throws compared to just 18 by the Knicks and San Antonio had double the amount of free throw attempts. New York racked up 30 personal fouls compared to San Antonio's 17, but even though Brown admitted he had his team foul more often late in the game to try and control the pace, he couldn't fully account for the major gap in the two teams' counts. 

"It would be interesting to go back and look at the film and see why we couldn't get to the free throw line but why they were getting to the free throw line because that's a huge disadvantage," Brown said. "It's going to be tough if the free throw disparity is that big."

Brown continued, "I thought some of our fouls, especially early on, could have been avoided. We've talked to our guys about leading with their chest instead of their hands. We picked up some silly fouls early because we want to reach."