Victor Wembanyama has called out the excessive physicality some defenses have employed against him.<\/p>\n
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\u2019t leave the game unscathed.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Desmond Bane with a dirty cheap shot to the body of Victor Wembanyama, off the ball (with replays).<\/p>\n
It was upgraded to a flagrant-1 upon review pic.twitter.com\/8Z8CXf4Itk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) February 2, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think I was frustrated. I know they do that because they don\u2019t want to play a basketball game,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cOur job on offense is to make it a basketball game, \u2026 It\u2019s just the game, it\u2019s like this every night.\u201d<\/p>\n “They do that because they don’t want to play a basketball game. -Wemby to @RealTomPetrini<\/a> on Desmond Bane’s physicality in W v Orl. Bane, a flagrant for elbow at Vic late in 3rd#Spurs<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7Q1lQGXE4f<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) February 2, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n In all fairness to Bane, the Magic guard doesn\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n In early November, Bane got ejected for slamming the ball<\/a> on Atlanta Hawks big man Onyeka Okongwu. He did something similar to New York Knicks wing OG Anunoby<\/a> a month later.<\/p>\n Wembanyama was simply his latest victim.<\/p>\n
Our job on offense is to make it a basketball game. That’s how we’re going to beat them\u2026”\u2b07\ufe0f<\/p>\n