{"id":448953,"date":"2026-05-19T06:41:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/448953\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T06:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T06:41:09","slug":"nba-world-reacts-to-spurs-victor-wembanyamas-monster-game-1-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/448953\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA World Reacts to Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama\u2019s Monster Game 1 vs Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NBA World Reacts to Victor Wembanyama\u2019s Unreal Performance vs Thunder<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama turned Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals into a statement night, powering the Spurs through a double-overtime war in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n

The 7-foot-4 phenom piled up 41 points and 24 rebounds while making the biggest plays when the pressure peaked, including a deep tying three that sent the game to a second overtime and stunned everyone there.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama\u2019s impact was everywhere. In 49 minutes, he finished with 41 points on 14-of-25 shooting, plus 24 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks, and the kind of late-game confidence that can swing an entire playoff series.<\/p>\n

He controlled the paint, punished switches, and kept finding answers whenever OKC tried to speed him up or crowd his space.<\/p>\n

NBA World Explodes Over Victor Wembanyama\u2019s Game 1 Masterclass vs Thunder\"Victor<\/p>\n

GettyNBA Players and Fans Lose Their Minds Over Victor Wembanyama\u2019s OT Takeover<\/p>\n

NBA(Official page)<\/a>: \u201cIT WAS WEMBY\u2019S NIGHT.\u201d<\/p>\n

Damichael Cole<\/a>: \u201cI have no words. He\u2019s 22 years of age \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\u201d<\/p>\n

MR_PROPagiorgio<\/a>: \u201cHoly shit what a fu**g game\u2026\u2026all season and every s**y series and game to get to the two best teams! Whoever wins this series is the real champion \ud83d\udd25 what a game 1 between spurs and thunder! WEMBANYAMA\u201d<\/p>\n

tukusworld<\/a>: \u201cWemby just hit a DEEP dagger in DOUBLE OT \ud83d\ude2d Spurs-Thunder Game 1 is pure chaos. Western Conference Finals are OFFICIALLY lit! #Wembanyama #Spurs #Thunder\u201d<\/p>\n

One Sports: \u201cWEMBY WOW \ud83e\udd2f Victor Wembanyama came through in the clutch for the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>, knocking down a huge game-tying three-pointer to force double overtime against the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the 2025-26 NBA Western Conference Finals!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mon Anthony Valmoria (MorvalNBA)<\/a>: \u201cAn 8 footer with a near halfcourt shot to tie the game in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals\u2026 The audacity to even attempt that. My goodness Wemby. This is really some alien stuff from Victor Wembanyama\u201d<\/p>\n

MacMallyMMA<\/a>: \u201cVictor Wembanyama and the OKC Thunder in game 1:\u201d<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama and the OKC Thunder in game 1: <\/p>\n

Josue Pav\u00f3n (Joe Sway)<\/a>: \u201cWembanyama converts the alley oop to extend the Spurs\u2019 lead to six (120-114) with 22.0 seconds left in Game 1. Looks like San Antonio is on the verge of taking a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference Finals, snapping the Thunder\u2019s perfect 8-0 postseason record\u201d<\/p>\n

The Thunder still got major production from Alex Caruso (31 points) and Jalen Williams (26), even as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was slowed early in the double-OT loss. Game 2 is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. ET in Oklahoma City, with the Spurs now up 1-0 in the series.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tJayesh Pagar<\/a> Jayesh Pagar is a writer at Heavy Sports, covering the New York Knicks and other NBA teams. He brings four years of experience across digital sports media, including NBA, WNBA, college basketball, and college football. He covered as the Knicks beat writer for ONSI and has written for PFSN, Sporting News, and ClutchPoints. More about Jayesh Pagar<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NBA World Reacts to Victor Wembanyama\u2019s Unreal Performance vs Thunder Victor Wembanyama turned Game 1 of the Western…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-448953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}