An Egg Nearly Hit Victor Wembanyama in New York — Here’s How the Spurs Star Responded

Victor Wembanyama has already dealt with more than most rookies ever will. Double-teams. Sky-high expectations. And now, a literal egg thrown at his head by a fan outside a New York hotel.

The incident happened after the San Antonio Spurs lost Game 4 of the NBA Finals — a brutal choke job that put them down 3-1 against the New York Knicks. As the team bus pulled up to their Manhattan hotel, a crowd of Knicks fans had gathered. When Wembanyama stepped off the bus, someone in the group launched an egg that missed his head by inches.

It was the latest in a series of questionable moments involving Knicks fans during the Finals. Another object nearly struck Wembanyama earlier in the series. But when asked about it during his media availability ahead of Game 5, the Spurs rookie gave a response that surprised a lot of people.

“I didn’t really think much of it,” Wembanyama said, according to SNY Knicks. “I just saw that one video of the eggs, I didn’t see any other ones. But it’s okay. I don’t dislike it. Obviously it’s not good at all but it doesn’t bother me.”

That kind of even-keel reaction isn’t what you’d expect from a 20-year-old facing elimination in his first Finals appearance. But Wembanyama has built a reputation for staying locked in, no matter what’s happening around him. And with the Spurs heading back to San Antonio for Game 5, that mindset matters.

San Antonio needs a win to keep their season alive. If they can force a Game 6, the series shifts back to Madison Square Garden, where the atmosphere will be every bit as hostile. Wembanyama knows that. The egg-throwing fan might have thought he was rattling the rookie, but if anything, it seems to have done the opposite.

“It doesn’t bother me,” Wembanyama repeated. And based on his play in Games 3 and 4 — where he bounced back after a slow start to the series — there’s reason to believe him.

The Spurs, down but not dead, will take the court in front of a home crowd that’s desperate for one more game. Wembanyama, meanwhile, will keep doing what he’s done all season: blocking out the noise — and the eggs.