Rico's is trying to 'cheese up' the Spurs after losses to the Knicks in the first two games of the NBA finals.
Don Harris and Zack Hedrick are in New York with the Spurs. Watch for their continuing coverage of games three and four through Wednesday night, only on News 4.
NEW YORK - Rico's is trying to "cheese up" the Spurs after losses to the Knicks in the first two games of the NBA finals. The company is running two digital billboards in New York Monday near madison square garden for Game 3. The ads will read "Go Spurs Go" and the letters "o" will be replaced by a bowl of Ricos' nacho cheese.
As the world watches, Don and Zack will have the latest on the players and the games - covering all angles - as the Spurs try to turn things around. Watch for our special coverage each night live from New York at 6:30 p.m. as we cover the Race for the Rings.
Facing an unprecedented historical deficit and an escalating media frenzy, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs are attempting to block out the mounting distractions as they prepare for a must-win Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks. The Spurs arrived in Manhattan trailing 0-2 in the series after dropping the first two games on their home floor in San Antonio.
No team in NBA history has ever lost the first two games of the NBA Finals at home and rallied to win the championship. Compounding the pressure on the young Spurs roster is a sports landscape in New York that local officials describe as reaching a fever pitch. The Knicks are hosting their first NBA Finals games in 27 years, chasing their first championship since 1973. The scale of the event has forced unprecedented security measures around Madison Square Garden.
Local authorities and the Secret Service canceled scheduled outdoor fan watch parties surrounding the arena, which were expected to draw up to 25,000 ticketless fans. Security protocols will be further heightened by the scheduled attendance of President Trump, who will become the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game in person.
Fans with tickets have been instructed to arrive two and a half hours early to clear Transportation Security Administration-style screenings, while multiple city blocks surrounding the arena will be entirely locked down. Despite the surrounding circus, the 22-year-old Wembanyama remained stoic following a light morning shootaround.
"Isolating myself is something I've practiced over the years, and I think I'm good at it, so it's not a problem," Wembanyama said. "At the end of the day, this is everything that I wished for, so there's no reason to really overthink it. This is what I'm built for.
" Wembanyama has found himself at the center of intense international media scrutiny following the Spurs’ late-game execution failures in Game 2. Despite finishing with 29 points, the star center faced heavy criticism for attempting only four shots in the first half and committing critical errors down the stretch, including a costly turnover with 12 seconds remaining in a tied game and a subsequent foul on New York's Jalen Brunson.
"I think the key is acceptance a lot of times, and taking a step back realizing the journey that's behind us and what's ahead of us," Wembanyama said of the backlash. The Knicks enter Game 3 riding a 13-game postseason winning streak, though Game 2's narrow victory snapped a streak of consecutive double-digit wins.
Former Spur and current television analyst Antonio Daniels noted that the Knicks present a unique tactical challenge that San Antonio has yet to see in earlier playoff series against Portland, Minnesota, or Oklahoma City.
"They bring a team that puts five guys on the floor that you have to honor their ability to shoot the ball," Daniels said, pointing specifically to the spacing created by Knicks big man Karl-Anthony Towns. "You're not leaving him, you're not leaving OG , you're not leaving Shamet, you're not leaving Jalen Brunson. " While history heavily favors the Knicks, the Spurs are looking to a nearly 50-year-old historical precedent for hope.
The 1977 Portland Trail Blazers, led by Bill Walton, remain the youngest team to ever win an NBA title. That Blazers squad dropped their first two games of the Finals on the road before roaring back to win four straight. The current Spurs roster is the second-youngest in Finals history. Spurs players expressed confidence that their late-game execution errors can be corrected quickly.
"Going down 0-2 at home is something that we definitely didn't want to do," Spurs forward Keldon Johnson said. "But going back and watching it, those were very winnable games, and I think the next two are very winnable games, too. We've got one game tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden. It's the only game that matters.
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