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Victor Wembanyama takes shot at defender who had a dirty hit on him

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Renzo Pocholo Salao | Last updated Feb 2, 2026 11:06 PM ET

Victor Wembanyama has called out the excessive physicality some defenses have employed against him.

The San Antonio Spurs star led his team with 25 points and 5 blocks in a 112-103 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas. But he didn’t leave the game unscathed.

Wemby took a shot to the midsection from Desmond Bane late in the third quarter, which sent the Spurs center to the ground. The Magic guard was assessed a flagrant 1 foul for the infraction.

Desmond Bane with a dirty cheap shot to the body of Victor Wembanyama, off the ball (with replays).

It was upgraded to a flagrant-1 upon review pic.twitter.com/8Z8CXf4Itk
— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) February 2, 2026

Wembanyama was asked about the play during his postgame press conference. The Frenchman called the play an example of a team playing contact football rather than basketball.

“I don’t think I was frustrated. I know they do that because they don’t want to play a basketball game,” Wembanyama said. “Our job on offense is to make it a basketball game, … It’s just the game, it’s like this every night.”

"They do that because they don't want to play a basketball game.
Our job on offense is to make it a basketball game. That's how we're going to beat them…"⬇️

-Wemby to @RealTomPetrini on Desmond Bane's physicality in W v Orl. Bane, a flagrant for elbow at Vic late in 3rd#Spurs pic.twitter.com/7Q1lQGXE4f
— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) February 2, 2026

In all fairness to Bane, the Magic guard doesn’t really discriminate when it comes to who he doles out flagrant fouls to. The TCU product has been charged with some of the most unhinged flagrant fouls this season.

In early November, Bane got ejected for slamming the ball on Atlanta Hawks big man Onyeka Okongwu. He did something similar to New York Knicks wing OG Anunoby a month later.

Wembanyama was simply his latest victim.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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