{"id":640208,"date":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/640208\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:13:09","slug":"victor-wembanyama-responds-to-verbal-tension-with-ayo-dosunmu-after-spurs-game-5-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/640208\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama Responds to Verbal Tension with Ayo Dosunmu After Spurs’ Game 5 Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, San Antonio Spurs<\/a> star Victor Wembanyama<\/a> had a bounce-back performance in Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>. In Game 4, Wembanyama was limited to 12 minutes after he elbowed Timberwolves big man Naz Reid<\/a> in the face.<\/p>\n

The physicality and intensity of the postseason have been at an all-time high between the Spurs and Timberwolves. Early in Game 5, things got chippy between Wembanyama and guard Ayo Dosunmu<\/a>. At 8:08 in the first quarter, the broadcast showed the two players in the middle of a verbal exchange. Wembanyama also pushed Dosunmu away from him before star guard Anthony Edwards<\/a> got in between them.<\/p>\n

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The two-time All-Star was asked about what happened between him and Dosunmu early in the game. However, Wembanyama shrugged it off during his interview after the Spurs’ 126-97 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I feel like rage baiting would have been maybe one of their strategies,” Wembanyama said.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama led the Spurs with 27 points, 17 rebounds and five assists. He took over the game to give the team a 3-2 lead in the series. He had help from 2026 Sixth Man of the Year Keldon Johnson<\/a>, who had 21 points off the bench. Johnson had an intelligent shot selection and made 72.7% of his shots.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama (1)Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Rookie guard Dylan Harper<\/a> also played an important role off the bench. He had 12 points and 10 rebounds (five offensive). He joined a historic list of David Robinson, Tim Duncan<\/a>, Kawhi Leonard<\/a> and Dejounte Murray<\/a> as the only Spurs rookies to record a double-double in the playoffs.<\/p>\n

Spurs’ Mitch Johnson Praises Victor Wembanyama’s Maturity<\/p>\n

Wembanyama scored from everywhere on the floor for San Antonio<\/a>. Like Johnson, he was smart with his shots, and he was commended by head coach Mitch Johnson for the way he played. According to Johnson, he saw a mature version of the NBA<\/a> star because of his production.<\/p>\n

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“The one word I would like to use is mature,” Johnson said. “I think there was a lot that has happened in the last 48 hours in the last game. I think the way that young man came out tonight and played in a variety of ways, in a variety of situations, not just in terms of his production, was extremely mature.”<\/p>\n

Wembanyama has matched the Timberwolves’ physicality in the playoffs. With the lead, the Spurs are looking to end the series on Friday<\/a> at Target Center in Minnesota.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 13, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama had a bounce-back performance in Game 5 of the Western…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[31513,19804,111213,49952,11653,72267,11951,132928,78366,355,6999,2116,99,60950,9752,32090,269964],"class_list":["post-640208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-ayo-dosunmu","tag-dejounte-murray","tag-dylan-harper","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-keldon-johnson","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-mitch-johnson","tag-naz-reid","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-the-spurs","tag-tim-duncan","tag-victor-wembanyama","tag-western-conference-semifinals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}