{"id":689,"date":"2026-05-19T08:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=689"},"modified":"2026-05-19T08:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T08:33:20","slug":"victor-wembanyama-has-41-points-24-rebounds-and-spurs-top-thunder-double-ot-to-open-west-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=689","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama has 41 points, 24 rebounds and Spurs top Thunder double OT to open West finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 Victor Wembanyama had 41 points and 24 rebounds, Dylan Harper finished with 24 points and a team playoff-record seven steals, and the Spurs beat the Thunder, 122-115, in a double-overtime classic to open the Western Conference finals Monday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=687\">Eastern Mass girls\u2019 lacrosse: Players of the Week, May 4-10<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Wembanyama sealed it with a pair of dunks in the final minute, one of them leading to a 3-point play as the Spurs stole home-court advantage and beat the Thunder for the fifth time in six meetings this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stephon Castle had 17 points, Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson each scored 13, and Julian Champagnie added 11 for the Spurs, who were without De\u2019Aaron Fox because of ankle stiffness.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A HISTORIC WEMBY PERFORMANCE!!!<\/p>\n<p>41 PTS<br \/>24 REB<br \/>3 BLK pic.twitter.com\/tk15wbNu6K<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on NBC and Peacock (@NBAonNBC) May 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cA great effort \u2014 from everybody,\u201d said Wembanyama, who, at 22 years, 134 days, became the youngest player with at least 40 points and 20 rebounds in a playoff game. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was 22 years, 343 days when he had a 40\/20 game in the 1970 NBA Finals.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Alex Caruso scored 31 points, the second-highest scoring game of his career, off the bench for the Thunder \u2014 whose nine-game playoff winning streak dating to Game 7 of last season\u2019s Finals was snapped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jalen Williams returned from a six-game absence caused by a hamstring strain and scored 26 points for the Thunder, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander \u2014 on the night he got his second straight Most Valuable Player trophy \u2014 had 24 points and 12 assists but shot 7 for 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was the sixth Game 1 in NBA playoff history to go into double overtime \u2014 the first since a Spurs-Warriors game in 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=685\">In girls\u2019 lacrosse, Division 1 is loaded with legitimate state title contenders<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>And as the clock ticked toward midnight, Wembanyama decided enough was enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Game 2 is Wednesday at Oklahoma City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was a war of wills,\u201d Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. \u201cThe levels of mental toughness exuded by both teams . . . we needed every second from everybody that played.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Spurs were up by 10 with 9:10 left in regulation, wasted it all, then survived a frantic final stretch where the lead changed hands twice and the game was tied three times in a span of less than two minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Wembanyama had an off-balance chance to win it on the last play of regulation, but Chet Holmgren swatted it away. In overtime, Wembanyama more than atoned \u2014 connecting on a tying 3-pointer from well behind the arc with 28 seconds left to tie the game and send it to a second OT.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>R U KIDDING ME?!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa@NBAonNBC pic.twitter.com\/G29cWHfBfw<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) May 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cWe have to get better from this game,\u201d Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gilgeous-Alexander had his worst first half, shooting-wise, in nearly three years \u2014 1 for 5 from the field, 4 points. It was the first time since Oct. 29, 2023, a span of 270 appearances including playoffs, that he didn\u2019t have at least two field goals before halftime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, Wembanyama was doing whatever he wanted \u2014 dunking over trios of defenders, flexing at times, finishing the half with 14 points and 10 rebounds, looking perfectly comfortable in his debut on this stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And the Spurs\u2019 lead was only seven at the break, 51-44.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gilgeous-Alexander got a couple shots to fall in the third, and the Thunder even briefly reclaimed the lead. But the Spurs were unfazed and the margin was still seven. San Antonio was ahead, 80-73, going into the fourth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=683\">Roman Anthony suffers setback, feels soreness in wrist during first time swinging a bat<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only Wilt Chamberlain (eight times), Hakeem Olajuwon (twice), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Charles Barkley had fashioned games with at least 41 points and 24 rebounds in NBA postseason history before Wembanyama&#8217;s Game 1 performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Victor Wembanyama has 41 points, 24 rebounds and Spurs top Thunder double OT to open West finals - 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