Spurs' Julian Champagnie on Carter Bryant's viral mid-game restroom break: 'We should stop recording people in the bathroom'
A fan filmed Bryant in a Paycom Center restroom during the Thunder's Western Conference finals Game 2 win in Oklahoma City.
After making an impact in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, particularly as a defender with a plus-minus of +10, San Antonio Spurs rookie Carter Bryant was notably put on skates by two-time NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in a Game 2, series-tying defeat to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. Then the 20-year-old Bryant went viral … for a mid-game restroom break a fan documented on their phone. While players typically use locker-room restrooms on gameday, the one Bryant was filmed in was accessible to fans at Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center.
The bizarre video spread like wildfire online. Among other accounts, Legion Hoops aggregated it with a post on X that, as of Friday evening, had 4. 4 million views.
A “DEFENSE! ” chant can be heard as Bryant is washing his hands in the clip. Carter Bryant using the public bathroom mid game 💀 (via keithhillary / TT) pic.
twitter. com/MEiKp3y4ic — Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) May 21, 2026 Bryant’s Spurs teammate Julian Champagnie was asked about the video on Friday ahead of Game 3 in San Antonio. “Personally, I wouldn’t want to be recorded in the bathroom,” Champagnie said, via The Athletic’s Jared Weiss .