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INDIANAPOLIS — Daniel Jones laughed Tuesday when he told reporters he had asked the Indianapolis Colts to let him rejoin full team activities this week.

Coach Shane Steichen is playing it safe — for now.

So Indy’s starting quarterback has been relegated to a second straight week of position group drills and 7-on-7 work as he continues to recover from a torn right Achilles tendon. No, it’s not a setback, it’s the plan.

“I asked, but yeah, I think right now it’s 7-on-7,” Jones said. “I think I’m closer. I think there’s still work to be done. I wouldn’t say I’m all the way there at this point. So yeah, I mean I feel good about where I am, and kind of where the rehab is taking me to this point. I’ve still (got) work to do and still got to make some progress, but I feel like I’m in a good spot.”

For now, that will have to suffice for Jones.

Yes, Steichen continues to say he expects Jones to be a full go sometime during training camp, which begins next month. The target remains having Jones cleared to start the Sept. 13 season opener against Baltimore.

It’s still a pretty speedy timeline for an injury that often requires nine to 12 months of rehab to be fully recovered. Jones was injured Dec. 7 in a loss at Jacksonville, the second loss in a season-ending seven-game skid which kept the Colts out of the playoffs.

But as some athletes in recent years have returned on the earlier end of the timeframe, the Colts figure since it’s only June there’s no need to rush Jones or anyone else back.

“Very happy with his progress. I mean, he’s hitting all his landmarks each and every week, every day, putting in the work, but he’s feeling good,” Steichen said. “It was good to get him out there last week in 7-on-7. Do it again this week. Then, I know he’ll work tirelessly this summer to be ready for training camp.”

Steichen said everyone made it to town for this week’s workouts, though some players such as receiver Alec Pierce and Pro Bowl defensive tackle DeForest Buckner are not practicing because of recent surgeries.

Anthony Richardson, who is fighting to remain Jones’ backup, also was on the field and again split snaps with second-year quarterback Riley Leonard. The Colts also have signed free agent Easton Stick, who worked with Steichen when they were both with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Much has changed for Jones over the past 15 months.

After signing a one-year, $14 million contract in March 2025 and then beating out Richardson for the starting job last summer, Jones seemed poised to cash in after leading the Colts to a 7-2 mark behind a historic nine-game run for the offense. Jones was so good, he entered the MVP debate almost exactly one year after the New York Giants released their former starter who was drafted No. 6 overall in 2019.

But Jones wasn’t the same following Indy’s bye as he tried to play through a broken bone in his left leg. Then came the season-ending Achilles tendon injury, the long losing streak and a lengthy road back.

Still, the Colts went all-in, signing him to a two-year deal worth up to $100 million in March — a move that cemented his place ahead of Richardson on the depth chart. Richardson was the No. 4 overall pick in 2023.

The question now is the same as it was back in March when Jones returned to the Colts: How far along is his rehab?

“It’s slow to start, but then once you reach certain points, it ramps up pretty quickly,” Jones said as he enters what he hopes are the last steps in rehab. “I feel good about a lot of movements, but really, hitting top, top speed I think that’s where your last step is, which I think makes sense.”

The Chicago Bears boasted a top-10 offense in Ben Johnson’s first season. It should be even better in Year 2.

Johnson became known as a play-calling guru for the Detroit Lions, able to scheme and script plays that befuddled defenses and led to a trove of explosive gains. That carried over to Chicago, even as he adjusted his scheme.

The Bears coach said Tuesday that he feels he’s changed “fairly significantly” as a play-caller in his short time in Chicago.

“I’d like to think I’m better in situations than I’ve been in the past,” Johnson told reporters. “You continue to grow, and you learn from your own mistakes or things that have gone well for you. You look to tailor it to the guys that are available, and we have different guys this year than we had last year and certainly anywhere else I’ve been. The challenge is making sure that we’re all coordinated, on the same page, and putting them all in a spot to succeed.”

The Bears boast an ascending quarterback in Caleb Williams and a stockpile of weapons to go along with a good offensive line.

“I love the challenge of looking at Luther Burden and how do we get him the ball and maximize what he does best, along with Rome (Odunze), along with Colston (Loveland) and Cole (Kmet),” Johnson said. “We have this whole slew of weapons that we’re looking to maximize. I think that’s the fun part. The plays don’t matter so much to me. It’s more so, how do we get these guys the ball with a little bit of space to do what they do so well?”

Burden came on strong down the stretch of the season as he became more comfortable in the offense. The shifty wideout, who generated 25 catches and 357 yards in his final five games of the regular season, is poised for a breakout campaign. Odunze, when healthy, provides a big-bodied wideout who can win on the boundary and stretch the field. And Loveland, who led the Bears in yards and receptions last season, continues to grow as a mismatch weapon.

Williams is the key to Johnson’s offense making another leap. The Madden NFL 27 cover athlete made significant strides last season, and taking another step forward could push the Bears offense from a top-10 unit into the very upper echelon. Johnson noted that Williams’ comfort in the offense is growing, but it always helps to have his improvisational skills in the back pocket when things break down.

“There is a lot of unpredictability that comes along with it,” Johnson said. “As he continues to grow and develop, if the structure of the play is there for him, then he’ll take it. But what he can do out of structure is really unique, and I think it makes us even more difficult to defend.”

SEATTLE — Outside of signing a record-setting contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks in March, plenty has gone right for Jaxon Smith-Njigba in 2026.

A month before Smith-Njigba signed a four-year, $168.8 million deal, with $120 million guaranteed, which makes the 24-year-old the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL, he was a key cog on the Seahawks’ Super Bowl-winning team.

Shortly before Super Bowl LX, Smith-Njigba was named AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year after setting the team record for yards receiving (1,793) and receptions (119) in a season. Following the Seahawks’ first day of minicamp practices on Tuesday, Smith-Njigba said he considers both the personal and team-wide accolades he has benefitted from a “blessing.”

“This year has been great,” Smith-Njigba said. “It’s brought me a lot of great things, and things to learn and overcome and trophies and parades and stuff like that. So, it’s been a blessing. It’s been an amazing year.

“And, we’re six months into the year, and I’m looking forward to the rest of it.”

Plenty of time remains until the Seahawks open the season with a Super Bowl rematch against the New England Patriots on Sept. 9 in Seattle, which will give Smith-Njigba a chance to head home to Texas to train this offseason. But when Smith-Njigba returns to Seattle later this summer, he looks forward to picking up where he and the Seahawks left off.

Smith-Njigba, quarterback Sam Darnold and the rest of Seattle’s offense is in the early stages of learning the system that first-year offense coordinator Brian Fleury is instituting. The offensive scheme is expected to be similar to that of former offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak, who is now coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.

After a handful of meetings and practices with Fleury, Smith-Njigba has found him to be a fairly straight-forward coach.

“All the guys, we’re excited to be back and learn together and be together and figure this thing out,” Smith-Njigba said. “It’s been awesome.”

On a personal level, the fourth-year wideout thinks he can improve in Fleury’s offense in his second consecutive season alongside Darnold and wide receivers Cooper Kupp and Rashid Shaheed. The 6-foot, 202-pound Smith-Njigba said he thinks he can get bigger, faster and stronger ahead of the 2026 season.

He has plenty of disposable income to work with to make strides in those areas, but Smith-Njigba has yet to make any drastic changes on a personal level since signing his extension.

Even as he finds himself on lists like TIME magazine’s “The Top 100 Most Influential People in Sports 2026,” the cool and collected Smith-Njigba has sought to keep a low profile. Though the accomplishments and milestones keep piling up, Smith-Njigba is committed to staying hungry on the field, and taking it easy off it.

“I’m a simple man, that’s what I’m really trying to say,” Smith-Njigba said. “I love to play ball, I love to be here, I love to go home and chill.”

The arrival of the 2026 season means it’s also time for Jonathan Taylor to negotiate another contract extension.

It might seem as if it was just yesterday that running back was locked in a standoff with the Colts over finances, but three years after (finally) agreeing to an extension with Indianapolis, Taylor is entering another contract year and is due for a fresh deal. This time around, he’s applying the lessons he learned from the last negotiation with the hopes of preventing the process from becoming an ugly, public feud.

“Oh yeah, definitely. Last time, just understanding that, hey, some people are gonna run with some of the media narratives, some people won’t,” Taylor told reporters on Wednesday. “But just know that the true Indianapolis fans, they’ll be able to see through the weeds and understand exactly what’s going on and not just believe everything that they read.”

Plenty of parallels exist between Taylor’s last negotiation window and his current standing. In his first two seasons, Taylor piled up 2,980 rushing yards, 29 rushing touchdowns, 659 receiving yards and three receiving scores. In his most recent two, he’s posted nearly identical numbers: 3,016 rushing yards, 29 rushing scores, 514 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.

Taylor is clearly an essential part of Indianapolis’ offense, and much like they were in 2023, the Colts are maintaining cautious optimism regarding their quarterback situation, increasing Taylor’s importance.

That’s where the similarities end. Back in 2023, Taylor was dealing with a persistent ankle injury and had requested a trade after

In 2026, a wiser Taylor is on good terms with the Colts. Ideally, instead of devolving into a situation that includes a trade request and constant questions, the 27-year-old running back arrives at a new deal before long, especially with his health no longer being a concern following consecutive 300-plus-carry seasons.

“Hopefully so. Hopefully so,” Taylor said when asked if there was momentum building toward an agreement. “But at this time, we are in minicamp, trying to work on getting better, obviously still preparing with the body, gotta hit the training hard. Like I said, I’ve already expressed that I want to be a Colt for life, even throughout the years. So hopefully they feel the same, Indianapolis, not only, like, the team but the city, is a special place.”

Under his current contract, Taylor ranks seventh in average annual salary ($14 million per year). He was only recently surpassed by Super Bowl LX MVP Kenneth Walker III ($14.35 million per year), Breece Hall ($14.5 million) and De’Von Achane ($16 million per year), signaling it’s time for Taylor to climb back up the salary ranks.

Judging by his comments and the current state of the Colts, it’s fair to expect Taylor will receive an extension before long. Thankfully, it shouldn’t be nearly as dramatic, either.

Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs have once again collaborated on a historic contract extension.

Kansas City is adding two years to Mahomes’ reworked contract, with the new money being worth $239.05 million and the total value coming out to $504.75 million, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Wednesday. The Chiefs announced the extension shortly after it was reported.

Schefter added that all $504.75 million becomes guaranteed through contract mechanisms, and that Mahomes can earn up to $522.25 million through incentives and escalators. The $64 million annual average value of the deal, beginning in 2027, is a new NFL record.

The years tacked on is a reworking of Mahomes’ previous extension with the Chiefs, a 10-year deal that he signed in 2020.

With the new money included, Mahomes’ average annual value will reach $64 million beginning in 2027, a $19 million-per-year raise that will push him past Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott ($60 million per year) and set a new record for the highest average salary per year in NFL history.

“This is a huge day for the Chiefs, Patrick, and really all of Chiefs Kingdom,” general manager Brett Veach said, in part, in a statement. “This is a
landmark deal for a once-in-a-lifetime player. Patrick has grown into one of the most prolific quarterbacks to ever play the game, and to add to that, he’s changed the culture of our building and has led us in the most successful era in our franchise’s history. Beyond the game, he’s an incredible person who puts his team and winning above everything else.”

Mahomes’ reworked deal answers questions that were expected to arrive at some point regarding his long-term financial security with the team, a matter than would never flirt with becoming serious and has historically been addressed by Chiefs general manager Brett Veach well ahead of time. The timing of this agreement is mildly interesting, however, because it arrives while Mahomes is still working his way back from a season-ending knee injury that required surgery and has placed him on an uncertain timetable for return in the 2026 season.

By the time Mahomes returns to full strength and capability, the Chiefs will be happy to have already handled his contract, which will keep him in red and gold through his age-38 season. The three-time Super Bowl champion has long been invested in Kansas City, co-owning the city’s National Women’s Soccer League team (KC Current) and owning a minority share of MLB’s Kansas City Royals, and as proven by the exorbitant value of his contract, Mahomes’ future with the Chiefs has never been in doubt.

Now, the Chiefs are reaffirming their investment in him ahead of an important 2026 campaign.

The Ravens ended their mandatory minicamp on Wednesday in the same fashion they ended their 2025 season: a Tyler Loop field goal.

More than five months after Loop’s missed 44-yarder extinguished their playoff hopes in Week 18, the ball found its way through the uprights this time from 40 yards out, sending Baltimore’s players into summer vacation as winners. It was also a good reason to ask Loop how he has handled the fallout from his wide right attempt in early January.

“I would say the biggest thing that I did was acknowledge and accept it,” Loop explained on Wednesday. “It took a day or two. I would say moving on from the kick itself was pretty easy. Just because I know you’ve got to be ready for the next kick. You’ve got to be able to put it behind you. Confident in the process that I’ve developed. The biggest part in moving on was just letting the people I care about and the people that care about me know that I’m good.

“Nothing’s changed for me. I’m still feel confident in my abilities. Once I let the people who care about me and love me know that hey I’m good, then it was easy to move on.”

Loop’s miss in the final seconds of Baltimore’s Week 18 loss to Pittsburgh cost the Ravens the AFC North title and a playoff berth, resulting in a brutal conclusion to Loop’s first NFL season.

Following Loop’s miss and Baltimore’s loss, the Ravens parted with longtime coach John Harbaugh, replaced him with former Ravens assistance and Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, and spent the offseason resupplying the roster. Loop’s job was never in doubt, though. After a 30 for 34 season, the Ravens were pleased with what they received from their sixth-round pick in his first professional campaign.

Now comes the test of Loop’s resilience. After ending 2025 with a heartbreaking miss, his first attempt of 2026 will draw extra attention, a moment for which Loop can only prepare by converting practice kicks like the one he drilled on Wednesday.

“I think any time that’s your position as you go through high school, college, all the way up, you realize that you have to live through some good times and bad times,” Minter said on Wednesday. “It’s a process-driven position. You have to just be able to flush out bad things that happen. Trust your process. I thought he had a really good rookie year overall, but of course we’re judged by some of our biggest moments. We want to create opportunities for him to have these moments in front of people – in front of the team. To continue to have those opportunities, and certainly glad he knocked that one through.”

Baltimore’s fanbase has long lived in a world of privilege as far as kicking is concerned. The Ravens spent 13 years trusting Justin Tucker to convert, and save for an underwhelming final season in 2024, he never finished below a conversion rate of 82.5% in any of his first 12 years.

That’s a high bar for Loop to reach. Although his most memorable kick of his rookie season was a miss, he largely stabilized the position at a time in which the situation easily could have descended into revolving door territory.

Year 2 will be about building on his successes — and moving on from that one failure.

“No one wishes they had that kick back more than me, but gotta move on,” Loop said.

One of the top pivots in the NFL is getting handsomely rewarded.

Center Aaron Brewer, one of the finalists for the inaugural Protector of the Year, and the Miami Dolphins have agreed to terms on a three-year, $52.5 million extension with $37 million guaranteed, ESPN reported Wednesday.

Brewer was heading into the final season of his current deal with the Dolphins, due a tidy $1.22 million base salary despite having emerged as one of the best at his position. Now, Brewer is set to make $17.5 million per year on the new deal, which places him third among the league’s highest-paid centers, below the Las Vegas Raiders’ Tyler Linderbaum and the Kansas City Chiefs’ Creed Humphrey.

An undrafted free agent out of Texas State who began his career with the Tennessee Titans in 2020, Brewer, 28, has become a stalwart for the Dolphins over the last two seasons, starting 33 of a possible 34 games. As Miami is reconstructing its roster, it’s tabbed running back De’Von Achane, who scored an extension earlier this spring, and Brewer as pillars the team is looking to build around.

Next up could be linebacker Jordyn Brooks.

For now, one of the Dolphins’ biggest agenda items can be checked off ahead of training camp.

Brewer garnered an 87.4 overall grade from PFF last season, second among centers behind only Humphrey.

Though he received second-team All-Pro recognition, he was a notable Pro Bowl snub, allowing just one sack and one QB hit.

His worth hasn’t been overlooked in Miami, though.

For the first time in nearly two years, Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson spoke with media members Wednesday in Berea, Ohio.

There’s plenty to ask about regarding Watson, the high-priced addition who became the center of potentially the worst trade and most ill-advised contract in NFL history — a move Browns owner Jimmy Haslam described last offseason as a “big swing and miss.”

One year is left on that contract, and with Watson healthy enough to return to the field at full strength, he’s armed with new wisdom and aiming to reclaim the starting job that was supposed to be his for many years to come.

“It was a lot of ups and downs. I learned a lot about myself,” Watson said. “Learned that you’ve just got to be patient. Keep working and keep pushing forward. I’ve always kind of had that mentality since I was a kid growing up. It wasn’t anything new for me. The situation and environment was probably new just being with the type of injures that I had. But outside of that, just keep pushing forward. That’s how life goes. … It’s been tough but at the same time I was able to grow and learn.”

Watson returns to a QB room that looks vastly different than the one he last inhabited. Last year’s draft picks Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel return, while rookie Taylen Green arrives as a developmental project for new coach Todd Monken.

With virtually zero evidence to fuel any sense of entitlement, Watson knows he has to earn whatever opportunity remains for him in Cleveland.

“I just show up every day,” Watson said of a QB competition with Sanders. “I can’t control coach’s … He’s the head coach he’s the one calling the plays. He gotta decide who he wants out there on the field. At the end of the day, I’ve just got to show up each and every day and be ready and wait for my number (to be called).”

The last time Watson took the field in brown and orange, he appeared overmatched by the speed of the game and responsibilities assigned to him in former coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense. An Achilles injury ended that campaign after seven starts, and complications related to the Achilles ailment prevented him from playing at all in 2025.

By many accounts and estimations, Watson’s time in Cleveland was essentially finished.

Then Monken arrived, clearing the slate with his new team, including Watson, who said Wednesday he is fully healthy for the first time since Week 3 of the 2023 season. That was seven weeks before Watson produced his most encouraging performance in his Browns career in a 33-31 comeback win over the Ravens.

That second half outburst — 14-for-14 passing for 134 yards and a touchdown — inspired an entire offseason of belief for Browns fans, but they soon learned Watson wasn’t the same quarterback after suffering a glenoid fracture in his throwing shoulder, which ended his 2023 season following that Week 10 victory in Baltimore.

“I’m trying to play a full season,” Watson, 30, said when asked if he’s thought about what could happen in 2027. “I’m just trying to be healthy so I can play all 17-plus games. I don’t know. What happens is going to happen at that time.”

If staying healthy is priority No. 1 for Watson, winning the job over Sanders is 1B. Throughout the 2026 offseason, the Browns have willingly opened the door for Watson to return to the lineup, provided he earns it. Monken hasn’t given either an edge in June, but if Watson can find some semblance of the form that saw him lead the NFL in passing in 2020 while with the Houston Texans, the job should be his by August.

“It’s very important,” Watson, a three-time Pro Bowler, said of receiving a chance to start again. “I think each and every person that walks into the locker room should have that mindset that you want to start in this league. That’s why I show up each and every day, to be able to go out there and perform on Sundays, whatever day that is. It’s definitely the main focus of why I work hard to be able to come back.”

Still, Watson cautioned against setting expectations too high. The 2020 season was a long time ago.

“I’m not trying to replicate the 2020 (season),” he said. “I’m a different person. I’m older. I’m more wise. I think at the same time, everyone wants to rewind the clock back, but we can’t do that. At the end of the I just got to focus on being the best product and player I can for Deshaun Watson as a Cleveland Brown player. That’s all I’m focused on.”

If Watson can fulfill that goal, he could find himself back in the lineup with one last chance to prove he’s worth employing in the NFL. That will require beating out Sanders, a 2025 fifth-round selection who found himself in the lineup as a last resort for Stefanski and managed to hang on to the job for the remainder of the season amid the highs and lows typical of a Day 3 pick.

“It’s been good,” Watson said of their relationship. “I’ve known the Sanders family. I’ve known his brother all the way back when he was at SMU. … I used to hang out with the team and his brother was one of the players. Me and his family have got a good relationship. We always just try to pull for each other.

“We both have the opportunity to go out there and put out the best product for the team and let Monk and the organization choose who goes out there, and we’ll support each other.”

It’s important to note it’s only June. The true test of Watson’s remaining abilities and proficiency will begin when the Browns take the field for preseason action in August. But for the first time since the start of the 2024 season, Watson has reason to be optimistic.

We’ll see if that optimism survives long enough to reach September.

The 2026 NBA Finals are in full swing as only two teams remain in the playoff field, vying for a chance to raise the Larry O’ Brien Trophy.

The New York Knicks stole home-court advantage in Game 1, defeating the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 before taking a decisive 2-0 lead with a 105-104 win in Game 2 on Friday. The Spurs bounced back in Game 3 with a 115-111 win at Madison Square Garden, while New York completed the greatest comeback in NBA playoff history, coming back from a 29-point halftime deficit Wednesday to take Game 4 107-106.

The Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals to reach the championship round for the first time since 1999. They are looking to end a decades-long drought, as they haven’t won an NBA Finals series since 1973.

The Spurs, in the Finals for the first time since 2014, are led by their rising superstar Victor Wembanyama and a cast of young players. They’re coming off a contentious seven-game series in the Western Conference finals against the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

After each game, our NBA insiders will break down the matchup from both sides, giving takeaways from the arena, judging overreactions to the performances and looking ahead to the rest of the series.

NEW YORK — The New York Knicks completed a record comeback from 29 points down and moved to the brink of their first championship since 1973 by beating the San Antonio Spurs 107-106 on Wednesday night.

OG Anunoby tipped in Jalen Brunson’s miss on a long 3-point attempt with 1.2 seconds left to complete the rally, giving the Knicks a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals and three chances to win the title.

It looked impossible early, when the Spurs rolled to a 27-point halftime lead. But Brunson helped bring the Knicks back with 36 points, and Anunoby finished with 33.

Game 5 is Saturday night in San Antonio.

No team had come back from more than 24 points down in a Finals game, when Boston did it against the Lakers in 2008, since the NBA began keeping detailed play-by-play for all four quarters in 1997. The Spurs led 81-52 with 9:40 left in the third quarter.

The only bigger comeback on record in any playoff game was 31 points by the Clippers against Golden State in Game 2 of a first-round series in 2019.

The Knicks had their 13-game winning streak snapped in Game 3 and seemed headed for a second straight defeat throughout the first half, when Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs opened the biggest halftime lead by a visiting team in the Finals.

But the young Spurs, who made 11 of their first 16 3-pointers, went cold in the second half, going 3-for-17 from beyond the arc as the Knicks outscored them 58-30.

“We got on our heels — we missed some shots,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “It’s disappointing, to say the least.”

Delirious fans inside Madison Square Garden sang along to Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” a few minutes after watching something that seemed almost impossible.

Wembanyama had 24 points and 13 rebounds but shot just 9-for-25 from the field.

Road teams had won the first three games, only the second time that had happened in the Finals. San Antonio was well on its way to making it four in a row.

President Donald Trump wasn’t at this game — Taylor Swift was — but the same restrictions remained around Madison Square Garden as when he attended Game 3. That angered the Knicks’ organization, which decided not to go forward with plans to hold a watch party outside the arena.

Inside the building in the first half, there wasn’t much for the hosts to be happy about, either.

But the Knicks gave themselves a chance by limiting the Spurs to 14 points on 4-for-20 shooting in the third quarter, using a 13-0 run to get back in it and cutting it to 90-75 heading to the fourth.

These Knicks, who erased a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter against Cleveland in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, just don’t seem to quit. Even when the comeback seemed for naught when Stephon Castle was fouled after the Knicks had taken the lead and made two free throws to put San Antonio back ahead with 30 seconds left, the Knicks had one more rally in them.

Dylan Harper scored 21 points and De’Aaron Fox and Devin Vassell each had 18 for the Spurs, who will try to regroup and send the series back to New York for Game 6 on Tuesday.

Fans booed Wembanyama when he came on to the court to warm up about an hour before the game and the Knicks tried to get rough with him, with Mitchell Robinson called for a flagrant foul for hitting him above the shoulders and Jose Alvarado reviewed for one after going below the belt.

Wembanyama — who was also called for a flagrant foul — stood up OK against the Knicks but will regret the two free throws he missed with 1:47 left and San Antonio leading 104-103.

The Knicks were as long as 22-1 on the live moneyline before coming back to beat the Spurs in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, according to DraftKings odds.