Knicks rally from 29 down to beat Spurs in largest NBA Finals comeback

The New York Knicks outscored the San Antonio Spurs by 28 points after the Wu-Tang Clan's halftime performance to complete the largest comeback in NBA Finals history.

Down by 29 at one point, the Knicks stormed all the way back, putting Madison Square Garden into a frenzy. Before that, just about every ounce of momentum was in the Spurs' hands and the Knicks had few answers.

Victor Wembanyama admitted the Spurs were not the hungrier team in the second half. Wembanyama was booed during introductions and heard expletives from the crowd throughout the night. After a defensive foul on him early was reversed to an offensive foul, the jeers continued.

After Mitchell Robinson was called for a flagrant foul for hitting Wembanyama, cameras caught Wembanyama saying, "I'm in your head!"

The Spurs scored just 30 points in the second half and turned the ball over nine times in the final 24 minutes. A 20-point lead in the fourth quarter vanished in minutes.

"To put as much good work into that first half as we did and get the lead that we had and not finish the job, it's disappointing to say the least," Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. "We got away from playing the brand of basketball that got us the lead. And then you saw at times, the aggressiveness and conviction that we played with early on dissipated and they made some shots. We needed a couple of more tough-minded plays to finish the job."

"It was painful, of course. It feels like we worked too hard and give up our leads. It's as simple as that. It just hurts," Wembanyama said.

The Spurs now must win three games in a row to avoid the Knicks winning their first NBA championship since 1973.

"It's going to go one of two ways: a bad one and a good one. The bad one will be giving up. The good one will be getting stronger through this, getting more together and that's what we're going to do," Wembanyama said. "Holding each other accountable, communicating, not pointing fingers. After that, we either got it or we don't. We've proven that we can surpass these difficulties but even though we haven't been there before, I'm convinced we are built this way. We're going to get better from this and it's going to tighten us up."