{"id":655821,"date":"2026-05-21T05:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655821\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:10:11","slug":"stephon-castle-throws-down-the-dunk-of-the-playoffs-in-game-2-of-spurs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/655821\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephon Castle throws down the dunk of the playoffs in Game 2 of Spurs-Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

For all that\u2019s made about Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, it\u2019s worth remembering he isn\u2019t the only physical freak on the San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Spurs guard Stephon Castle<\/a> whipped out the dunk of the playoffs in the second quarter of the Oklahoma City Thunder\u2019s Game 2 win on Wednesday<\/a>, entering an occupied paint and taking flight over multiple defenders.<\/p>\n

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Thunder big man Isaiah Hartenstein<\/a> might remember this one for a while. Especially if he checks social media after the game.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t get any less ridiculous from the above-rim angle.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s this photo of Castle showing four Thunder defenders in frame, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a>\u2019s reaction in the top right providing the highlight inside the highlight.<\/p>\n

\"OKLAHOMA<\/p>\n

Four defenders for the Thunder, two points for the Spurs.<\/p>\n

(William Purnell via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

If that dunk has any competition, it might be the poster from Orlando Magic forward Jamal Cain in the first round<\/a>. However, given the context of Castle\u2019s in a clash between perhaps the two best teams in the NBA, we\u2019re going to give the title to this one.<\/p>\n

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The former No. 4 pick has looked like the perfect co-star alongside Wembanyama in their first playoffs together, averaging 19.7 points, 6.5 assists and 5 rebounds in 12 postseason games. He\u2019s been the team\u2019s best perimeter defender as well.<\/p>\n

Castle was a big factor in Game 2, but not entirely for good reasons.<\/p>\n

He finished the game with 25 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 9 turnovers in a losing effort. Between that and his 11 turnovers in Game 1, he committed the most turnovers in a two-game span in NBA playoff history<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For all that\u2019s made about Victor Wembanyama, it\u2019s worth remembering he isn\u2019t the only physical freak on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[21976,217879,355,6402,11950,2116,6407,99,40552,32090],"class_list":["post-655821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-isaiah-hartenstein","tag-jamal-cain","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-orlando-magic","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-sports","tag-stephon-castle","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655821","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=655821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}