{"id":671858,"date":"2026-05-29T09:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671858\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:40:10","slug":"victor-wembanyama-explains-his-unique-outfit-for-game-6-celebrating-eid-al-adha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/671858\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama Explains His Unique Outfit for Game 6 Celebrating Eid al-Adha"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Antonio Spurs<\/a> took down the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals on Thursday night, 118-91, to force a win-or-go-home Game 7 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Spurs center Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, after going just 4-of-15 from the floor in Game 5, took over on Thursday, leading all scorers with 28 points on 10-of-21 shooting from the field, including 4-of-9 from beyond the arc. He also hauled in 10 rebounds, recorded two steals and blocked three shots in the victory.<\/p>\n

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While Wembanyama’s play on the court was phenomenal, leading his team to a Game 7, his outfit before the game caught the attention of fans.<\/p>\n

\"SanSan Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) against the Oklahoma City<\/a> Thunder.Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The 7-foot-4 French native arrived at Frost Bank Center on Thursday wearing a unique dark green robe with grey pants and a pair of slides that matched the robe.<\/p>\n

He was asked about the outfit after the game, and Wembanyama said that he wore the robe for a religious purpose.<\/p>\n

“Victor Wembanyama, in French, said in his postgame news conference that the robe he wore to the game tonight wasn’t because of the monks — but to celebrate Eid al-Adha, an Islamic holiday,” said The Associated Press reporter Tim Reynolds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Many thought Wembanyama’s robe was an ode to the Shaolin monastery of monks, which he went to and trained at before the 2025-26 season began. He spent nearly two weeks in China preparing for a comeback year after he was limited to just 46 games last season.<\/p>\n

His training with the monks paid off during the regular season, as Wembanyama averaged career-highs in points (25.0) and rebounds (11.5), to go along with 3.1 blocks per contest en route to an NBA<\/a> Defensive Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n

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As for the holiday that he was celebrating with his pregame outfit on Thursday, Eid al-Adha is the most significant holiday on the Islamic calendar.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama and the Spurs will look to clinch their berth in the NBA Finals on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET in Game 7 against the Thunder. The game will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n

Related: Victor Wembanyama Shares What Drove Spurs in Game 6 Win Over Thunder<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 29, 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":"The San Antonio Spurs took down the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,12205,6402,2116,99,32090,69310],"class_list":["post-671858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-victor-wembanyama","tag-western-conference-finals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671858","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=671858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}