{"id":640798,"date":"2026-05-13T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/640798\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:20:10","slug":"anthony-edwards-praises-victor-wembanyamas-dominant-27-point-game-5-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/640798\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Edwards Praises Victor Wembanyama’s Dominant 27-Point Game 5 Performance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a> superstar Anthony Edwards<\/a> felt Victor Wembanyama<\/a> delivered an otherworldly performance Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

The Game 5 matchup of the 2026 Western Conference semifinals became a one-sided affair after four competitive games. Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> decimated the Timberwolves in a 126-97 victory<\/a> at Frost Bank Center. The Spurs now hold a 3-2 series lead.<\/p>\n

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Wembanyama could do no wrong as he recorded 27 points and 17 rebounds in 33 minutes of play. The 22-year-old superstar shot 9-of-16 from the field and 2-of-5 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

Edwards spoke to reporters after the game and got real about the loss. He noted the team felt helpless to stop the 7-foot-4 center.<\/p>\n

“I mean, tonight, some of the stuff that Wemby was doing, you can’t \u2014 you don’t really have too much of an answer for it,\u201d he said. \u201cJust kind of hope he misses.”<\/p>\n

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Apart from scoring, Wembanyama did it all for head coach Mitch Johnson. The two-time All-Star tallied five assists and three blocks to anchor the Spurs on both ends of the floor.<\/p>\n

There were serious concerns about his availability for Game 5. Wembanyama was ejected in Game 4<\/a> after striking Timberwolves center Naz Reid<\/a> in the neck with an elbow. The league reviewed the Flagrant 2 foul on Monday and deemed the contact unnecessary but not worthy of a suspension.<\/p>\n

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His impact remained evident as the Spurs moved just one win away from the Western Conference finals. Wembanyama also received ample support from his teammates during the blowout.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama.Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

2026 NBA<\/a> Sixth Man of the Year Keldon Johnson<\/a> paced the bench with 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting. De’Aaron Fox added 18 points, five assists and four rebounds despite dealing with ankle soreness.<\/p>\n

Edwards did his part for the Timberwolves by scoring 20 points on 6-of-13 shooting from the field. The Timberwolves must find a way to contain Wembanyama in Game 6 on Friday to stay alive.<\/p>\n

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Related: Anthony Edwards Admits It Was ‘Harder’ After Victor Wembanyama’s Ejection<\/a><\/p>\n

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":"Minnesota Timberwolves superstar Anthony Edwards felt Victor Wembanyama delivered an otherworldly performance Tuesday night. The Game 5 matchup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636763,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[31513,171151,72267,11951,78366,355,2116,99,60950,32090],"class_list":["post-640798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-anthony-edwards","tag-de39aaron-fox","tag-keldon-johnson","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-naz-reid","tag-nba","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640798","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=640798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}