The Timberwolves save the series and tie it up in a back and forth affair.
Anthony Edwards wasn't going down 3-1 quietly, and it was obvious from the opening tip.
He finished with 36 points, dropped 16 of them in the fourth quarter, and Minnesota pulled away from the Spurs 114-109 in Game 4 on Sunday at Target Center.
The series is now tied 2-2 with Game 5 going Tuesday in San Antonio.
For most of the third quarter, this looked like a game getting away from them.
Minnesota was tight, the offense bogged down, and the Spurs were up 84-80 going into the fourth.
Then Ant decided he'd had enough.
Edwards Takes Over Late
He shot 13-of-22 and basically refused to let anyone else carry it.
Edwards, who averaged 28.8 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 3.7 assists during the regular season, scored 14 of Minnesota's first 18 points in the fourth.
The 27-footer with the Wolves down three was a shot only a handful of guys in the league even attempt.
His catch-and-shoot three with five minutes left put Minnesota in front for the first time since the third, and everybody else woke up.
Naz Reid had 15 and nine off the bench, Rudy Gobert finished with 11 and 13 boards.
Gobert was preparing for the Wemby matchup, and once San Antonio lost their big man, Gobert was dominant.
He had two-handed slams and a three-point play off a Reid feed, and Minnesota outscored the Spurs 34-25 in the fourth.
The Wembanyama Ejection Changed Everything
The whole night flipped with 8:39 left in the second quarter.
Wembanyama, the unanimous Defensive Player of the Year who averaged 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, and a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game this year, got tossed for an elbow to Naz Reid's chin during a rebound scrum.
Whether the contact was intentional will be argued forever, but the Flagrant 2 review was quick and Wemby was gone after 13 minutes with four points and four boards.
Losing a seven-foot-four shot blocker for 36 minutes of playoff basketball changes how Minnesota attacks.
The Wolves were game-planning around Wemby's length, and that plan went out the window the second he sat down.
The paint opened up, Reid and Randle could post over San Antonio's other bigs, Gobert had a clean runway to the rim.
A Series With Fresh Stakes
Even shorthanded, the Spurs almost pulled it off.
De'Aaron Fox put up 24 points, Dylan Harper had 24 off the bench, Stephon Castle chipped in 20.
They cut it to three with under a minute left before Ayo Dosunmu hit two free throws with 9.8 seconds left to seal it.
That San Antonio could hang that long without their best player says plenty about this young Spurs core.
Wemby is back Tuesday in San Antonio, probably furious, and probably going for 40-plus.
Minnesota grabbed back home court when they had to, and this is essentially a three-game series with everything riding on Tuesday.