Garden faithful shower Victor Wembanyama with Game 4 boos

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Victor Wembanyama received the villain treatment Wednesday night. 

The Spurs’ 7-foot-4 unicorn was lustily booed in pre-game introductions ahead of Game 4 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.


San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama warming up during the NBA Finals.
Victor Wembanyama before Game 4. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin

Wembanyama was awesome in Game 3, exploding for 32 points, eight rebounds, six assists and three blocks.

But the 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 in a jersey reacts in the crowd during the 2026 NBA Finals Game 3.
A New York Knicks fan reacts in the crowd in during Game 3. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post

Wembanyama 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.

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