[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama retains control of the ball and makes the clutch fadeaway jumper over Alex Caruso to give the Spurs the lead (with replays).
He also point on Caruso afterward
Genuinely what the hell is that ref looking at? Buddy must just be enjoying his free court side seats because he definitely ain’t reffing shit just watching Caruso hack the shit outta Wemby.
Caruso and the Thunder get to do whatever they want defensively and it makes no sense.
That’s how refs are when OKC use Caruso on bigs. Everyone makes fun of Jokic struggling in the playoffs last year against Caruso but its because they allowed him to just foul Jokic a ton due to him being smaller. Insane Wemby can just do stuff like this though and all that free fouling still isnt paid off.
Yep he did it all playoffs last year and refs didn’t call shit. The big just needs to destroy him for their first foul and that shit will stop.
It’s like the refs are insecure high school teachers holding the popular boy to a different standard than the rest of the students
This is a thing at every level
You can’t call every foul, smaller bigs learn this early
Can’t reward someone for not knowing how to finish strong
You could call some of them though. Not an all or nothing type situation.
They do, but not enough to make the defender adjust. Offensive player usually has to.
Yeah, we should just reward defenders for fouling the shit out of people, I guess
Yeah but Caruso was fouled on the last play of the game don’t you know, thunder fans should riot. Such biased and unfair /s
My favorite part of that replay is when hartenstein is literally hugging kornet to deny him a chance to get the rebound.
he definitely swiped wemby’s arm. crazy
It’s basketball ‘erritage as Jose Mourinho would say.
If you have a “good defender” rep you can do whatever the fuck you want apparently lol.
This fucker is allowed to just foul the shit out of centers and not get called for it
It’s so obnoxious. Truly don’t understand why he gets away with it so much
yeah it’s starting to get tired the way the nba wants to push him as some scrappy rough as nails defender when really he just hacks the shit out of bigger players without punishment
I mean… Caruso is a great defender regardless. Plus he’d be stupid if he didn’t try to get away with as much as he can
i see no defense in this clip man just fouls lol
Don’t watch this video in 0.5X if you have high blood pressure, you will get so mad your heart will pop like a balloon. I think he fouls wemby three separate fucking times.
Too small … respectfully
About as good a play as Caruso could make but Wemby is basically an anime protagonist, just adjusts and still makes it. Gonna get a “what?!? how did he do that???” voiceover from AC.
Thats not good defense. Thats a foul
If the refs give you the green light to do that shit regularly, then you gotta do it. If it’s effective, then it’s still good defense. Just sucks for opposing teams and for OKC haters like me lol
Caruso was smacking his arms. That was t good defense, he’s just allowed to foul with no penalty
Yea, idk what else he can do
that was sum kobe shit
The guys behind Kugoro no Basketball couldn’t conceive of a guy like Wemby for the generation of miracles.
Murasakibara is pretty much Wemby. He’s fucking gigantic and the greatest defensive player alive and when he focuses on offense he never misses either.
Yeah but Wemby is still better with handles and grace in movement. Hes basically the ace, the center, and the point guard in the same player. I’m getting a little too into comparing a real person to anime basketball players though.
Wemby is a taller Murasakibara with Kise perfect copy on top.
Caruso fouled him twice in this possession. Until all those reach-ins and slaps are not called according to the rule book, OKC will basically be impossible to beat in a 7-game series.
Nah just gotta hire 2 James Johnson types. Have them uppercut the fuck out of one guy for aggression flopping or fouling. He gets thrown out then you have the threat of a second player getting KTFO.
lmao
get him to guard isaiah steward
This is what I’ve been saying
If you’re gonna foul someone, get your money’s worth and foul the shit out of the them
NBA so boring to watch if this is the future. They play with a different rule book. Sports are not interesting when it’s not level playing field
Don’t know why Somehow Wemby learned how to taunt after his injury, but I love it
i love it too wemby is such a great guy andi rmr his quote abt basketball in the nba, “they’re coming to kill me so i gotta kill them first”, i think this is a glimpse of that mindset in game
CP3’s influence was a good thing for him
I’m not used to a Spurs player dropping this much heat lol
This might be my favourite “non-playoff” game I’ve watched since the Steph vs OKC double bang game. Such a great contest.
This game is a snapshot of the future of the NBA. Wemby and the spurs vs OKC potential Dynasty
SGA would do a back flip if he gets push like this.
Sad but so true
Caruso getting all arm as usual aka “playing the refs efficiently”
if SGA shoots into a defenders stationary arm, it’s a foul. If Caruso slaps the shit out of someone’s arm it’s clean. ???????????
What’s wrong with calling it fair
Refs: “Arm is part of the ball…”
Caruso fouls doesn’t get called 90% of the time lol
How are you gonna be a great defender and just let some dude point on you
i mean he fouled him three times, wasnt for lack of effort
Do you see who he’s guarding?
He’s literally a whole foot smaller lol
How are you gonna let a Fr*nch score on you. Gross stuff
1, 2, 3, don’t mind me just counting the fouls in that possession
Bruh how is this not called for a foul
Bro. Thats just unstoppable. Someone that tall with charming soft touch like that goddamn enough to make a man hard and pumped
unstoppable until the defender pushes Wemby out of balance
Gonna bust
Excuse me, what the fuck
It is fucking insane how often Alex Caruso is allowed to get away with fouling other players
refs see an old bald looking dude and feel a kinship
caruso and smacking centers in the arm. name a better duo
OKC fans and get offended when you tell them their players get away with hacking
And 1
Two hacks in a row. The Caruso special.
Should of been an and 1
He swiped his wrist twice
This game is probably what pure cocaine feels like
Ice Cold
He’s got the clutch genes
When healthy he’s the best player in the league
Are we all just forgetting the Jonkler?
He’s absolutely not lol. There not a metric in the world we use that suggests he’s anywhere near Jokic or Shai.
His defense is so far ahead of Jokic that it’s almost embarrassing
No
dw your guy still the goat at complaining
Lmao wtf is this? 🤣
Hand on the shooters hip while he’s shooting. That’s a foul, no?
Yep, fouled Wemby multiple times here
AC fouled twice. He swiped so fast, but a pause from this and a different angle show he swiped his hand. Then on the jumper, he puts both hands on Wemby. 99% of the league gets that call.
Caruso should be banned for life for this sort of behavior.
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He’s been good, but he also gets to foul on every play.
He gets away with fouls that’s why
Anyone can defend anyone if they’re allowed to foul 3 times per possession.
Dude is SO different
You got pointed on!
And 1 if FtA
is this was sga he would’ve gotten 7 free throws
this is a great example of needing genetic height to be successful in the nba. pretty soon there will be more 7 footers than 6’0 players.
show this in middle school,high school, and college. if you aren’t getting to 6’4 it is time to pick a lucrative major.
Alex Caruso is 6’5 on a good day. *
Wemby is a foot taller than everyone on the court….
Off topic a bit; super happy to hear Michael Grady on a bigger stage but man do I miss hearing him call every Wolves game.
He shouted “HA! YOU BALD!”
Got hacked / fouled twice but that’s OKC’s entire game just fouls all game non stop and they can’t call it every play.
Clearly Wemby got fouled here should have been and 1? If that was SGA you know thats a foul
Victor about to be humbled soon
i miss carushow, man. the only guard who can force wemby shoot a fadeaway