3-time NBA All-Star rips Spurs for not using Victor Wembanyama like Thunder use Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
The Spurs’ inability to consistently lean on Victor Wembanyama late in games has earned them jabs from an NBA legend.
3-time NBA All-Star rips Spurs for not using Victor Wembanyama like Thunder use Shai Gilgeous-Alexander originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The San Antonio Spurs entered Game 3 hoping their home-court advantage would help them regain control of the series against the Oklahoma City Thunder , but they lost the game.
Three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas believes the Spurs’ inability to consistently lean on Victor Wembanyama late in games has become their biggest issue in the loss. “You can't have a guy go out from 41 and 24 then barely get the ball in the last game and barely gets the ball this game,” Arenas said . “He's the biggest force in the game, but you only see him once in a blue moon because the rest of the team thinks that they move this ship when it's him who's unstoppable.
The elite of the OKC defense is their guard play. “The only person that has an advantage here is Wimby. Because he doesn't actually have to play man-to-man defense just help defense so he gets to save a lot of energy, but it seems like he's saving all of his energy on offense because he gets the ball once every four or five minutes.
And he can't will his dominance on this game if he's not getting. ” Game 1 showed exactly how dangerous Wembanyama can be when the offense revolves around him. He exploded for 41 points, 24 rebounds, and three blocks in 49 minutes while repeatedly attacking the paint and knocking down a clutch three-pointer to force overtime.