New Delhi, June 10 -- For 45 days and 13 consecutive wins, the New York Knicks had an answer for everything the NBA playoffs threw at them. Game 4 on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden is the first time they will have to find one after a loss.

Jalen Brunson's efficiency has cratered on the Finals stage, and Karl-Anthony Towns has become a fourth-quarter ghost. The Spurs saw both clearly. They will arrive Wednesday night having mapped the architecture of a series-turning game.

"We have, what, 13 games in a row and 50 days of film to show what it looks like when we're at our best," Towns said Tuesday. "We'll get back to our fundamentals - what makes us great, what made us great - and get back to work." The problem is that San Antoni...