Trailing by three points with just under 27 seconds left, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama hit a three-point shot reminiscent of Steph Curry, a 28-foot bomb that knotted the game at 108 points apiece.
“I knew that was going in,” Stephon Castle, who made the pass to Wembanyama said after the game. The bucket sent the game into double overtime and earned Wembanyama high praise from Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson.
“His level of physicality and execution through physicality was tremendous,” Johnson said. “His rebounding obviously showed in the box score, but what was off the charts was defensively, he was in his stance almost all night. That’s 49 big minutes, and it was high level for the majority of those.”
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San Antonio took over the second overtime period, outscoring Oklahoma City 14-7 en route to a 122-115 double overtime victory in the Thunder’s home court.
The Spurs moved to 5-1 against the Thunder this season. They’re the fifth team in NBA history to win five of their first six games against the team that owned the best record in the NBA that season.
The previous four all won a playoff series against the team that had the best record.
Game 2 between San Antonio and Oklahoma City is set for Wednesday, May 20 at 8:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on NBC and can be seen streaming on Peacock.
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