12h39 CEST
13/06/2026
Mitch Johnson is sure De'Aaron Fox will bounce back as the San Antonio Spurs aim to keep the NBA Finals alive.
The Spurs were on the wrong end of the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history in Game 4, as the New York Knicks overturned a 29-point deficit to win 107-106.
Fox laboured as the Knicks surged into a 3-1 lead in the series, meaning they are just one win away from their first championship since 1973.
He shot 1-of-5 in the fourth quarter and committed four turnovers.
Johnson, though, has full faith in Fox's ability to deliver.
"I don't get into social media," Johnson said.
"I think I've been fired 212 times, and we've traded Fox 72 times. People have their opinions. I don't care.
"I care what the people that matter in our building, our organization, in that locker room, that they know how I feel.
"De'Aaron Fox will have the basketball in his hands at the end of the game tomorrow, and I have the utmost confidence he's going to deliver like he's done countless times for us."
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For his part, Fox has shrugged off the criticism.
"It's not like people have my phone number and can call me," Fox quipped.
"I don't watch those shows. It doesn't matter. It is what it is. Can't change it now. It is what it is.
"We're trying to move on from that, continue to learn from the mistakes we made, how we lost the lead, finished the game poorly. We think about the next game."
Victor Wembanyama, meanwhile, is maintaining his belief in the Spurs' chances of victory.
To win the championship from here, they must become just the second team in history to rally back from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals, after the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers.
"Everybody thinks, everybody knows, we're going to do it," the Frenchman said.
"We need to isolate that one game and take it one game at a time. It would be a mistake to waste our energy on multiple games. It's one game at a time."