[Highlight] Stephon Castle misses the clutch free throw, gets the rebound and scores- Spurs win! Victor Wembanyama gets emotional Spurs/ESPN/Clippers commentaries
Dude Castle is fucking scary lol. Man will lock up your best perimeter player and then win the game.
Absolute beast. I love that dude. He is the fucking castle.
Kinda player to be legitimately awful all game (cut him some slack after the performance on Cade yesterday) and somehow still come up with the game winning play, just such a dawg
Him and Vic were exhausted but he always finds a way to do something right
Man couldn’t hit a bucket yet still had an absolutely massive impact.
You have two of those. It’s rude.
not this game sadly. kawhi was kinda cooking him and stole some of his cookies too, but glad Castle got the last laugh
Castle is not the right build to guard kawhi tbf to him
kawhi and cade are comparable size wise so it’s not the build really but more like kawhi’s massive skill and experience advantage right now
Also, Castle was coming off a night where he just had to do the same thing to Cade. He was probably exhausted
Kawhi is much stronger than cade he can move castle like a kid whenever he wants and get to his spots
Kawhi is muuuch stronger.
He can match Cade’s speed/ size but Kawhi is built different.
Kawhi’s also built like a brick shithouse
Kawhi is way bigger, stronger and lengthier than Cade. Castle is not built to guard this type of player. Castle can only counter lengthier player with strength, say against Durant. But when that’s not available - as in the case in Kawhi, there’s not much Castle can do.
Castle is too small to really bother Kawhi and his huge hands that can palm the ball at will.
Castle and Kawhi are almost the exact same size, Kawhi’s just a little heavier. Castle was guarding the older, stronger, far more experienced version of himself.
“little” heavier I’m not too sure about when kawhi can push him around not to mention kawhi is a very different player to castle also you seem to be implying castle ceiling is kawhi which I also completely disagree with because 1-different players 2-he won’t be that good
Since the beginning of the season it was just super obvious castle was just built different. This team from top to bottom is just so refreshing
Yo Wemby really loves this game man
Media would destroy this by making fun of Wemby, same way they laughed at PatBev and Jalen Suggs fortunately Wemby will be the face of the league and some will defend him more.
I’ll be here to defend all 3. Well at least 2⁄3. I’m not familiar with the Suggs part
I think it was his first time in the playoffs, when they lost the first round. He wept into the coach’s shoulder.
Love how much this guy loves the game and wants to win
Can’t wait until 2 years when everyone decides to turn in Wemby for not fucking reason.
He’s arrogant so as soon as he starts winning they will absolutely abhor him
And then in 10 years they’ll pull a Kobe and act like they loved his mentality the whole time when they were shitting on him
As is the life cycle of the average casual player hater
It’s only going to get worse, Adam silver actively wanting this sport to be reduced to cherry picked clips rather then full games is the clearest sign of it
Ik people will say “it’s always been this way” but nah not really, people get their ball knoweldge from agenda drive ig Twitter and Reddit accounts more then ever, it’s not relegated to radio tv and YouTube like a decade ago
So basically we no longer have a hand full of SASs and skip baylesses, we have thousands of dumb fuck influencers that even dumber people are too stupid to research the validity of’s takes
Like if you think this sub is bad bro go to ig, holy fuck the amount of brain damage is unreal, we’re talking thousands of people in the comments all regurgitating objectively false and easily discernible bullshit with maybe a few comments asking if it’s true
This of course isn’t relegated to sports discourse, we are in the post information era at this point, every has access to all the info they could want on their phones at all times, and they consciously choose to avoid finding it, choosing instead to stay comfortable in the positions and mindsets they’re currently invested in
Curiosity was replaced with FOMO and cortisol spikes, people are getting stupider and more belligerent everyday
Sorry for the rant I’m taking a late night shit
he’ll get a dumb foul call vs Dybantsa and become worse than Hitler
Unfortunately foreigners also just have a gigantic eject button on them for nba fan love, ant gets away with so much bullshit from the fans for example because he sounds like a cool cat from Atlanta
Meanwhile Shai Jokic and luka regularly get stupidly polarized takes made about them
People don’t question their prejudice when it’s programmed into their default
They already do.
Dude’s a psycho, in the best way possible
That last FT miss was so lucky bounced right back to him lol
And it’s because they were so focused on boxing out Wemby that no one put a body on Castle
Wemby did the same thing to the Wolves about 6 weeks ago that he did after Champagnie’s second FT tonight, Clippers were determined not to let him do it a 3rd time
I don’t think the second offensive rebound had anything to do with wemby it just went back straight to him
Watch the replay, Mathurin and Lopez were 100% selling out on blocking out Wemby and it took them out of position for the board
The point is the guy that was supposed to box out castle was too focused on Wemby that’s why castle was able to get the board
You can see Kris Dunn saying “I got Castle”. They 100% were committing 2 to Wemby, relying on Dunn to close the gap to the shooter. He didn’t make it in time after hesitating. You can even see Kawhi visibly frustrated at Dunn after the fact.
Two clippers were holding onto Wemby, leaving Dunn to be the designated blocker to Castle but was too slow.
Kawhi had great position but yeah the bounce luckily was straight forward down.
I have a hunch it might have been intentional.
Bounce was clean and it made sense to intentionally miss one there.
There is no reality where a coach would tell their player to do that in this situation lmao come on
I questioned it when it was live, because Castle is a pretty good free throw shooter in the clutch, and it put the game up by 4, but he holds the pose for a second before getting it. I think he just immediately knew it was short, but because it looked good to everyone else he had a head start.
I honestly hope it wasnt because if that was the plan just bad decision making there. Even with no timeout 6.1 seconds is enough time to go down the court and put up a shot to tie or win.
Plus shorting the arc on a FT gotta be one of the worst ways to try to intentionally miss because theres little wiggle room before an air ball and guarantee no rebound. Castle didnt even look to enter paint early on.
Took my 10 and 9yo nephews to their first game tonight. What an experience! Think I got them hooked for life. GSG!!!
I fucking love that guy
Incredible ending and 4th quarter. Proud of this team.
Why was this such an emotional win?
25 point comeback
fuck kawhi
thats enough for me
25 point comeback, and Spurs hate Leonard
Gotcha. I should have watched this game instead of the Nuggets v Knicks game smh
Didn’t they lose by 40? lol.
Sure did! Idk I was expecting the game to be more exciting, after Murray got injured it was just sad to watch
Come back from a 25 points deficit
Clinched a playoff berth too with this win
Second night of a back to back after a slugfest with the Pistons. Wemby was exhausted (39 minutes, huge numbers last night). They knew he couldn’t go a lot of minutes so Mitch was managing hard. That’s why he was on the tunnel bike so much. The team picked him up, Juju, Fox, CB, even Dev and Luke hit some timely shots to get them in striking distance for when he checked back in. It was a huge win for the team, rallying from 25 down mostly without Vic.
clinched playoff spot. it was a foregone conclusion at this point, but after what he went through last season it’s probably a never take things for granted perspective.
Other than comeback at home + against Kawhi, this is also a win for Chris Paul. This young Spurs team loved him as a veteran that has led them. They must be incensed someone they respect get humiliated like that. Both Wemby, and esp. Castle, are close to CP.
Spurs fans just get blessed eternal happiness
Such a Castle play
Chris Paul sends his regards
Mannn the world gifted this talent to the right man. Wemby’s a true competitor and every team needs a guy with his passion. Also, shoutout to Stephon!
I fucking hate the Kings for not trying to get this guy in that Fox trade. Idiots.
They tried. Spurs were never trading him.
Yeah I know lol then we should have just sat foxes ass and he could have dealt with it lol. Sorry I’m just fucking frustrated with this organization. Vivek is the worst
I get it, friend. I feel for you. Had a lot of fun watching the Beam Team, can’t imagine how it feels as an actual fan seeing what’s changed so quick.
Yeah that feels like something that would happen to the Clippers
Why does Brook Lopez need help BOXING OUT on Wemby? Second man on the free throw line is supposed to box the shooter!! Castle walked right into the rebound and bucket
I love Wemby, man
Can someone explain to me why every team in the nba only puts three guys in to defensive rebound on free throws? I truly do not understand it.
It’s a rule that only a maximum of 3 defensive players can be there to rebound