Jeremy Lin Calls Out Spurs' Offense After Loss to Knicks in New Video, 'Too Much Wemby ISO'

New York Knicks legend Jeremy Lin feels the San Antonio Spurs need to stop relying so much on Victor Wembanyama to drive offense in order to beat Lin's former team in Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals.

The Spurs held a 14-point lead in the third quarter of Wednesday night's Game 1 of the Finals before getting outscored down the stretch by Jalen Brunson and the visiting Knicks.

"In the fourth quarter, I didn't love the late-game offensive game plan," Lin said around the 5:50 mark of a Wednesday night appearance on ESPN's SportsCenter. "It was too much Wemby ISO. It just seemed like everything was difficult, everything was hard, everything was contested.

"Can we get him in more spontaneous, impulsive actions? Can we get him in some pin-downs? Can he set more screens? Can guards come set screens for him?"

Lin posited adding this kind of variance could help the Spurs find an answer to Karl-Anthony Towns, against whom Wembanyama shot just 2-for-11 from the field.

"It felt like every time down the floor, they were giving him the ball, and KAT was doing a great job of playing defense, and Wemby was tired," Lin said. "So, how are they able to create different actions so that the Knicks aren't seeing the same thing every single time?"

Lin also questioned why the Spurs gave NBA Sixth Man of the Year Keldon Johnson just eight minutes in the loss, while Harrison Barnes played twelve minutes off the bench.

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When asked after the loss what the Spurs needed to change, Wembanyama said he felt playing "normal" would be enough to lift his team past the Knicks.

Wembanyama recorded 26 points but short just 6-for-21 from the field in the Spurs' loss.

"It's almost not like I have anything to figure out. It's almost like I have to play normal, not even good," Wembanyama said. "It's like just doing the right things is enough. When we play bad, when I play, is when we shoot ourselves in the foot."

Should Towns continue finding ways to contain Wembanyama in Game 2, however, the Spurs could use some more offense from Johnson and Barnes. The two combined for just three points as Dylan Harper led the Spurs' reserves with 16 points in Game 2.

The Spurs will look to bounce back from the Game 1 loss, and end a streak of 12 straight playoff wins for the Knicks, when Game 2 tips off Friday night at 8:30 p.m. ET in San Antonio.