Yeah it’s a missed call, a flagrant 1 and all that. But every Wemby incident from the Naz elbow, to the Dort shove, to this has been Wemby letting opponents know if you try to play him too physically you might get hit with the Shaolin fists of fury and I honestly gotta respect it
I was in awe of Victor Wembanyama’s performance tonight - not only did he score 32 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, he also became the 2nd youngest player to have 30, 5 and 5 in the victory over the Knicks on their home court (behind some kid who played for the Lakers) 😂
The entire Spurs team deserves a lot of credit for believing they could win and coming out and executing their game plan. They couldn’t have won without help from Castle, who stepped up tonight with 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists - and four other Spurs ended in double figures: Harper scored 13 points, Champagnie and Fox had 12 points, and Vassell finished with 11.
Wait, lionsgate has never grossed this much from a movie before?? The studio that gave us hunger games, twilight, John wick, saw, etc?? Michael really is that fucking guy.
This the quintessential story of how sports reflects the state of the world. Thousands of fans have waited for Game 3 their whole lives and now they’re priced out of entering the game and can’t even celebrate outside because one billionaire gets to attend the game for free.
The Warriors only lost at home three times for the entirety of the 2016 season, playoffs included, prior to the Finals. 2016 Kyrie and Bron had to beat them on their floor twice in three games to win the title and they did, both dropping 41 in one of them.
I don’t think there’s anything stopping them here.
LeBron James at 22:
• Finished Top 5 in MVP voting
• All-NBA First Team
• Arguably best player in the world
• Made his first Finals
• Franchise player
Victor Wembanyama at 22:
• Finished Top 5 in MVP voting
• All-NBA First Team
• Arguably best player in the world
• Made his first Finals
• Franchise player
Youngest players to lead their team to the NBA Finals:
• Magic Johnson (1980): 20 yrs, 264 days.
• Victor Wembanyama (2026): 22 yrs, 146 days.
• LeBron James (2007): 22 yrs, 169 days.
• Shaquille O’Neal (1995): 23 yrs old, 94 days.
• Tim Duncan (1999): 23 yrs, 61 days.
Wemby becomes the SECOND youngest ever to reach it.