{"id":683705,"date":"2026-06-04T10:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/683705\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:28:09","slug":"victor-wembanyama-left-stunned-by-shocking-finals-court-crasher-says-it-rivaled-infamous-bat-incident-from-16-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/683705\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama Left Stunned by Shocking Finals Court Crasher, Says It Rivaled Infamous Bat Incident From 16 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victor Wembanyama<\/a>\u2018s San Antonio Spurs<\/a> vs. Jalen Brunson<\/a>\u2018s New York Knicks<\/a> NBA Finals matchup was an event that many fans had waited for. However, one fan took it to the next level and crashed into the court during the game on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The incident happened with 6:28 remaining in the fourth quarter of Game 1. A fan ran from the stands and into the court to get a selfie with Wembanyama. Security quickly grabbed him and dragged him away from the game. Due to what happened, the game had to be stopped for a while.<\/p>\n

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After the Spurs\u2019 105-95 defeat, Wembanyama was asked about his experience of a fan running onto the court.<\/p>\n

Many people were curious to know if it was Victor Wembanyama\u2019s first time experiencing something like that. When it happened, fans saw Wembanyama smiling at the situation as security dragged the fan out of the court.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never been in that situation,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know how to act. It really surprised me almost as much as that time where a bat crashed the court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vicotr Wembanyama referred to what happened with the Spurs in 2009 during Halloween against the Sacramento Kings<\/a>. NBA legend Manu Ginobili<\/a> swatted a bat that was flying inside the arena with his hand. Since he took out the bat with his hand, he had to be vaccinated<\/a> against rabies.<\/p>\n

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The Spurs\u2019 mascot, The Coyote, put on a Batman costume when the bat incident happened and tried to catch the creature with a giant net.<\/p>\n

Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson was asked about his thoughts on the fan crashing the court. He did not think much of it and brushed it off.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it was an event at all,\u201d he said<\/a>. \u201cI thought security got him out of there. I think everybody moved on to the next play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama Isn\u2019t Panicking After the Game 1 Loss\"San<\/p>\n

Jun 3, 2026; San Antonio, Texas, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama speaks to the media after game one of the 2026 NBA Finals at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama doesn\u2019t think that it should be right for the Spurs to panic after losing the first game of the series. Some fans expected them to win the game, but they came up short, and they started to overreact.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been down in a series before, never in the Finals, obviously, but I\u2019m not kicking myself about anything really. I mean, I\u2019m not worried the slightest,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Spurs are down 1-0 in the series, while the Knicks have kept their postseason win streak alive. Wembanyama remains composed and knows that a team needs to win four games to win the best-of-seven series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama\u2018s San Antonio Spurs vs. Jalen Brunson\u2018s New York Knicks NBA Finals matchup was an event that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[36783,31191,355,361,6404,2116,99,60950,32090],"class_list":["post-683705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-manu-ginobili","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-sacramento-kings","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\/683705","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=683705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}