The Bounce Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s daily NBA newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Bounce directly in your inbox.Game 2 of the NBA Finals is tonight at 8:30 ET on ABC. This is the only game of the weekend. The finals won’t be back until Monday. I’m sure the Knicks fans will be happy with at least a split, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want the Spurs’ weekend ruined and full of panic.Bounce back?How the Spurs can even the seriesThe Spurs definitely don’t want to go down 0-2 heading to New York. Only five teams in history have gone down 0-2 in the NBA Finals and won the championship: the 1969 Celtics (beat the Lakers in seven), 1977 Blazers (beat the 76ers in six), 2006 Heat (beat the Mavericks in six), 2016 Cavaliers (beat the Warriors in seven) and 2021 Bucks (beat the Suns in six).But nobody has done it after going down 0-2 at home. This would be truly uncharted territory for the Spurs in their attempt to win their sixth title in franchise history. In fact, only five teams have come back after going down 0-2 at home in the playoffs, period: the 1969 Lakers, 1994 Rockets, 2005 Mavericks, 2017 Celtics and 2021 Clippers. This pretty much makes tonight’s game a must-win for San Antonio. So how can the Spurs accomplish this? Victor Wembanyama said after the Game 1 loss that he just has to play normal. He doesn’t even have to be good, and they’ll win. He said multiple times that he’s not worried about it. He was exuding confidence and maybe even some arrogance that could rub people the wrong way. But his confidence in himself and his team has paid off to this point. Let’s go over some of the ways the Spurs can fix things and go to Madison Square Garden with a split.The Wemby factor: His stat line of 26 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, three blocks and six turnovers while going 6-of-21 from the field, 2-of-9 from deep and 12-of-13 from the free-throw line was all over the place. Obviously, he shot horribly. You can tell by the shooting numbers! We rarely saw him put his imprint on the game, and that’s not something that’s happened a lot in the 22-year-old’s first postseason. The reason the Spurs were favored going into this season is that Wemby seems undeniable.The Knicks denied him in Game 1. He was 4-of-12 in and around the paint, with all four of those makes happening at the rim. He got some good shot locations, but the Knicks did a great job taking away his space and comfort. And at times, it forced him to rush shots he’d normally take his time to finish with quality.A lot of this is a testament to the Knicks’ game plan and execution. However, I believe Wemby can neutralize a lot of that defensive effort by making quicker decisions and attacks. Two dribbles to get to his spot, rather than continuing to work in a crowd for a better shot that doesn’t exist. It’s little stuff that applies to the entire team approach, but especially Wemby.Controlling the boards: You could look at the rebounding numbers for Game 1 and think the Spurs are doing just fine. And they almost were! They outrebounded the Knicks 54-49. They had more offensive rebounds (14-10). They had more rebounds in the fourth quarter (16-10 with a 7-2 offensive advantage). And yet, the Knicks won the second-chance points battle 23-14, and it felt like the Knicks were able to grab massive rebound after massive rebound in key parts of the game.