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SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Victor Wembanyama looked ready to take the crown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year became the unanimous Western Conference Finals MVP after ousting back-to-back MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the reigning champion Thunder in Game 7 in Oklahoma City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wembanyama, 22, was widely hailed as the best player in the world. <\/p>\n

But through his first two games in the NBA Finals, he hasn\u2019t even been the best big man.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite respectable numbers (27.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.5 blocks), Wembanyama has struggled to find easy looks against Karl-Anthony Towns, while shooting 40.5 percent from the field and 26.7 percent on 3-pointers. <\/p>\n

On the other end, Towns (19.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 55.6 percent shooting, 42.9 percent on 3-pointers) has repeatedly dragged the Spurs star away from the rim and blown past him off the dribble.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very different from [the] previous series,\u201d Wembanyama said after the 105-104 loss in Game 2. \u201cIt\u2019s bringing us into difficult areas because they\u2019re good players. [Towns is] a good player.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to put ourselves in better [positions]. We\u2019re digging ourselves a hole. That\u2019s been the theme so far.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Game 1, the Spurs blew a 14-point second-half lead, as Wembanyama was 6-for-21 shooting. <\/p>\n

In Game 2, the 7-foot-4 phenom led an incredible fourth-quarter comeback and scored 22 of his 29 points in the second half, but he finished with two misses in the final 30 seconds \u2014 including the potential game-winner before the buzzer \u2014 and an inexcusable turnover and foul that set Jalen Brunson up for the go-ahead free throw with 9.5 seconds remaining.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the most frustrating thing, to throw it away after putting in all this work,\u201d said Wembanyama, who admitted to feeling \u201cblurry\u201d in the final minute. \u201cAm I going to regret it? Yes, of course. Am I going to use that to fuel me and to fuel us next game? Absolutely.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Wembanyama\u2019s chance for redemption comes Monday in the most anticipated game at Madison Square Garden this century. <\/p>\n

He needs a win to avoid the death sentence of a 3-0 series deficit, which no team has recovered from in NBA history. <\/p>\n

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The 1995 Magic were the last team to lose the first two games of the NBA Finals at home, led by a generational 23-year-old center who would eventually earn four rings and three Finals MVP awards. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI mean, here we are,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cWe can\u2019t change the past now. We\u2019re already focused on Game 3.\u201d<\/p>\n

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