Victor Wembanyama is making his first NBA postseason look like something he was built to dominate from the start. The Spurs star delivered 28 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks as San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 118-91 last Thursday night to force Game 7.
Coming off a tough Game 5 loss against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Spurs returned home down 3-2 with their backs against the wall. Game 6 got off to a blazing start for the Spurs, as they outscored OKC 35-22 in the first quarter.
Victor Wembanyama was the headline act as the San Antonio Spurs kept their season alive against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The French star scored 28 points in a dominant 118-91 Game 6 win, forcing a decisive Game 7 back in Oklahoma City.
The Spurs are not supposed to be in control of this series. The Thunder are the No. 1 seed, the defending champions, and the team with home-court advantage in Game 7.
What a roller coaster this series has been. San Antonio and OKC have been taking turns winning over the last four games in blowout (or at least blowout-adjacent) fashion, which makes it really difficult to judge which team holds the edge at any point in time.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
The Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs are going to play a Game Seven. A fitting ending to what has been a war in the Western Conference this year.
Victor Wembanyama passed Mitch Johnson’s Game 6 threshold early, and the nature of his scoring set the tone right away. Three first-quarter threes turned San Antonio’s 118-91 win into a spacing problem before it ever became a scoreboard one.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
The San Antonio Spurs were one loss away from going home. Trailing 3-2 in the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Game 6 on Thursday night was about as high-stakes as it gets for a young team still figuring out what it's capable of in the playoffs.
As the San Antonio Spurs forced Game 7, Victor Wembanyama once again showed that he knows how to step up when the time demands. Wemby and the Spurs took Game 6 agaisnt the OKC Thunder, and Spurs HC Mitch Johnson commended the big man on his mindset The Spurs used their Game 3 and 4 approach and attacked the Thunder from the opening quarter.
Mike Brown says the New York Knicks do not care who they face in the NBA Finals, but playing the San Antonio Spurs would at least save him some family travel money.
There were some people online who thought Victor Wembanyama had put the hit out on some Oklahoma City Thunder players during Game 5 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night.
With each passing game, the Western Conference Finals are getting interesting. After drawing level in Game 4, the San Antonio Spurs replicated a similar feat when they took hold of Game 6.
Stephon Castle and the San Antonio Spurs just added a Game 7 NBA Playoffs treat for the nation. San Antonio looked unscathed and dominant in the 118-91 blowout of the Oklahoma City Thunder Thursday night.
In leading the Spurs to a 118-91 victory over the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, Wembanyama made franchise history in the first playoff run of his career.
Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals was a tough loss for the San Antonio Spurs, as the club fell 127-114 to the Oklahoma City Thunder. With San Antonio facing elimination in Thursday’s Game 6 matchup, rookie Dylan Harper revealed the motivating text he received from former head coach Gregg Popovich.