Victor Wembanyama received the villain treatment Wednesday night.
San Antonio’s’ 7-foot-4 unicorn was lustily booed in pre-game introductions ahead of the Knicks’ historic 107-106 comeback win over the Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden.
Fans then chanted, “F–k you, Wemby,” for the second straight game after the Spurs challenged a foul call on the big man a little more than a minute into the game.
Victor Wembanyama before Game 4. AP Photo/Ross D. FranklinWembanyama was awesome in Game 3, exploding for 32 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks. He scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds but also picked up a flagrant foul in their Game 4 loss.
The early Game 4 booing was more a byproduct of him throwing Jalen Brunson to the court in the first quarter of Game 3.
The NBA opted against retroactively ruling it a flagrant foul.
“Hey, the league’s going to do what they’re going to do,” Knicks coach Mike Brown said before Game 4. “They ain’t going to listen to me. They ain’t going to listen to nobody else.”
A New York Knicks fan reacts in the crowd in during Game 3. Charles Wenzelberg / New York PostWembanyama already has two penalty points for being issued a Flagrant 2 foul in the Western Conference semifinals against the Timberwolves.
A Flagrant 1 foul is one penalty point.
If a player gets up to four penalty points in the postseason, an automatic one-game suspension is given.
