San Antonio Spurs Officially in Trouble Falling 0-2 in NBA Finals

It’s high-alert time in the NBA Finals as the New York Knicks have take a 2-0 lead in the series against the San Antonio Spurs. 

The Spurs have crossed the threshold into an area many teams look to avoid in a Finals series. Teams that go down two games to open play historically do not have a strong chance of bouncing back. 

It’s a situation San Antonio didn’t want to find themselves in, but must now look for a way to defy the odds and turn things around. 

It was Spurs superstar Victor Wembanyama who accepted accountability for the San Antonio loss after an arrant pass attempt to guard Stephon Castle careened off of his back and out of bounds late in the game. For more on Wembanyama’s comments, Spurs Roundtable writer Grant Afseth has the breakdown. 

Only five teams in NBA history have recovered from being in the wrong side of a 2-0 start in the Finals. Three of those teams have done so since 2006. Proving that while it is rare, the bounce back capabilities are increasingly possible in the recent NBA landscape. 

However, in order for the Spurs to be the next team to pull off such a surprising feat, they must do it in a way that no team ever has. 

Should San Antonio complete the unlikely comeback and claim the championship, they’d become the first team ever to do so after losing both games at home. No NBA team has started the NBA finals 0-2 with the losses coming at home and flipped the series. 

Historic feats aren’t new for the 2026 Spurs team. The group has already become the second-youngest collection of players to reach the NBA Finals in the shot clock era.

Making more history wouldn’t be anything new for the franchise who won just 34 games last year and have already reached the Finals a year later. 

The odds are stacked against San Antonio, but don’t expect them to give up as the series heads to New York City for the next two games, a favorable situation for the Knicks.