How the Spurs Beat the NBA’s Best Team With Wemby Off the Bench
In this video, I break down the chess match between the Thunder and the Spurs — and how Oklahoma City’s game plan worked perfectly until Victor Wembanyama checked in. We’ll look at how OKC defended San Antonio early, the matchups and coverages they tried to exploit, and why everything changed once Wemby entered the game off the bench. From spacing adjustments to rim deterrence to how his presence forced the Thunder to completely rethink their defensive approach, Wemby didn’t just score — he changed the geometry of the floor. This is a deep-dive into how one substitution flipped the strategy, the momentum, and ultimately the outcome of the game.
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29 Comments
Spurs beating OKC on a neutral site, on the road, and at home is diabolical
Adjustments & counters really helped against OKC, now i see it, it's obv that while Kornet is a good backup C, he clogged the paint and overall made drives borderline a negative to attempt, but with Wemby, you can do all levels of the offense without worry
OKC not as far ahead of pack as people like to believe
Shai should never be compared to MJ.
3:30 this is my favorite part about being a Spurs fan rn, even if Wemby is playing mid he's still warping the game in some way. Always ends up with the best +/-.
The nba cup is actually awesome. Teams are playing like it matters to them. I don’t care how, I don’t care who profits, I don’t have to wait until a playoff matchup start forming to watch high-level athletes at the top of their profession try
1ST WIN SWEET,
2ND WIN SWEETER,
3RD.WIN SWEETEST, this is a Nightmare on Christmas 😂
The Wemby-Chet beef is just Wemby owning Chet and Thunder fans not liking the fact that Chet is never going to be close to Wemby (also Chet is afraid of anyone who will bump him and Wemby is willing to rag doll him)
Spurs be using Wemby like a secret super weapon.
The closest thing to Jordan we’ll witness like Kobe didn’t exist
I think they learned from game two to game three to include Kornet more into the offence if the Thunder were going to leave him like they did. Make them pay for not paying attention to him.
We might rlly go 60-22 after going 22-60 for two seasons straight 🥲🤧
I watched the game… everytime wemby get sub in it throw off OKC… people keep saying its not wemby alone its the team… but watch the games.. if not for wemby coming in off the bench.. spurs lose all 3 games…
1:10 this was tuff asf 🤣 WEMBYYY
Vas$ELL is for sale. He is healthy this season BUT HE IS STILL INCONSISTENT!!! How stupid does a front office have to be to pay $27mill for that? At best Vassell is a 4th option. $27mill for a forth option? He needs to be traded for a star PF. And Bitch Johnson (BJ) runs an 8-man rotation. Team is going to be exhausted by the playoffs. BJ doesn't know how to run a 10-man rotation b/c he isn't playing Sochan and Bryant, two defensive players who can ball. "Defense wins championships." That used to be the Spurs calling card under Pop.
Wemby even on off nights is the epitome of the Patrick Star "he's just standing there… MENACINGLY" meme. You can't leave him on offense because he could catch fire at any moment, you can't let him rebound 1 on 1 because he'll just little bro his match up, and you can't even approach the paint if he's anywhere below FT line extended on defense. Your only choice is to literally maul him and hope the refs don't call fouls and even that might not work.
Seeing OKC step on his leg so many times in the game was gross. Wish the refs would look at thay.
SPURS were 3rd seed without WEMBY playing…
Wait wtf did this moron just say about foul baiting shay in the league with zero defense?? And he said it like Kobe never existed. Who is this clown.
Immediate thumbs down for the disrespect of putting shay name anywhere near Jordan.
Shout out to Mitch Johnson
Im a Rockets fan, and I believe we can win the chip this season, but the team I'm most afraid of is the Spurs. They have enough with the way they are currently built to beat anyone.😮
Ah man saying Sga is the closest thing to mj? Gotta stop watching right there
Spurs have proven they are a very good team even without Wemby. Add Victor to the mix and they become great.
Salopi
SGA needs a new category for him to be FLOP KING
Dort plays disgusting basketball – damn, it makes me want the Spurs to have Brooks for him to have a dose of his own medicine
Wemby played ASS but was a pain in the ass to defend and he also brought the ENERGY for his teammates even though he played bad, that is ELITE leader mentality
Fox, Castle, Johnson, Harper, Vassell, Kornet, Barnes, Champagnie showering 3s – this team has DEPTH
Can we stop calling Him the alien and just start calling him Wembanaki
Best regular season team of all-time?! 😂
tunder will never make it out of the west as long as Wemby is alive. Give that title back to Indiana, who would have won if not for their best player going down