[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama is called for the foul, as he is entangled with Isaiah Hartenstein. The Spurs successfully challenge the call, and Hartenstein receives his early 2nd foul
With a replay.
I will never understand how this isn’t an easy flop tech
NBA is worried about bruising fragile egos by officially confirming flopper status.
Too scared to offend someone who is trying to cheat the game, so the game becomes unwatchable. Adam Silvers NBA.
That’d why everyone is so annoyed: it IS an easy flop tech
They don’t call anyone for flopping. They sure as fuck aren’t calling it on their golden boys.
They have called wemby for flopping twice this season i think, both times were not really flops. Im not sayign he never flops but those 2 were clear that he just lost balance/tripped on his own.
Saying the Thunder, one of the smallest markets in the league, is the NBA’s “golden child” is hilarious.
It is indeed weird that the NBA would choose such a small market as their golden child yet here we are. The discourse surrounding OKC cannot have gone unnoticed by the league yet here we are in the playoffs with the refs continuing to miss obvious dirty plays by the Thunder. Them being a small market doesn’t mean they can’t be the golden child, just that it’s odd the NBA would go down this route.
Thunder fans will act like every player does this shit every play
They already are in the comments. They think anytime anyone has anyone has anything bad to say about them that everyone is out to get them it’s actually crazy. During the Lakers series they would accuse you of being a Lakers fan and being petty if you said you didn’t like watching their brand of basketball.
It’s the persecution complex because they come from a backwater bumfuck state with a poor ass education.
Direct correlation with their way of viewing politics
Yep, “never take accountability for your actions and blame everyone else instead” is the hallmark of these Gaslight Obstruct Project supporters.
And assume everyone else is doing worse so you justify whatever you do
Children typically don’t do well with criticism
I was gonna say, what Oklahoman under 25 knows what a Reddit is.
Lmao yeah like i have no problem with taking Ls on my team but these Thunder fans are a whole new level of awkward like 10 year olds who just started their basketball adventure.
They think everyones out there trying to bully them because they’re the new champs when in reality most people are just upset that they’re watching players do the dumbest shit.
Most people absolutely hated prime James Harden when he foul baited, same with Luka and AR. OKC are no different except half of their roster does it.
Doing everything they can to confirm the “Israeli energy” allegations
I mean. You all are out to get them. Sometimes you’re right but lmao
Not really, I don’t really care if they win. People dunked on the Pistons the last 2 playoff series, criticizing something does not mean people are out to get you.
It’s a cycle. Thunder need to break it.
They chalk it up to this subreddit being a “HiVeMiNd” where everyone is wrong but them
r/NBA hates us!
They are the most active fanbase on this subreddit by a country mile and most of this subreddit still hates their team. You’d think they’d take the hint by now.
This is the ref’s fault, not OKC’s.
The Thunder used Hartenstein the way they should have, send him out to tire Wemby out and be a dirty fuck. It’s not something new nor something OKC invented and it’s exactly how a deep team should go at Wemby in a series with the highest of stakes, especially after he lost his shit vs. the Wolves. It was a good tactical decision.
The issue is there is no way he should have survived this game let alone with only 4 fouls. That is unbelievably fucked. I think a lot of the criticism of the referees is generally a bit too much but a night like tonight is indefensible.
You’re right about where the blame lies. But it’s also genuinely absurd that this whole team is coached to play anti basketball.
It seems a bit unnecessary given the talent but considering where it got them last year and where it could get them this year I don’t think it’s absurd at all. It works and their fans don’t seem to give a single shit and their star is winning MVP. Who exactly is complaining?
What’s absurd is they seem to have a clean reputation with the refs whereas basically everybody else in basketball sees them as violent diving fucks
I get what you’re saying, but it’s such a cynical way to play basketball and that’s why I used the word absurd. Also violent diving fucks is so on the nose haha.
Its going to get realy bad, rember when every team all the sudden whent for three pointers.
Every team will know play dirty and flop.
Every okc player does. So they are used to it. But lets turn Jaylen Brown into a demon for saying it on the wrong day before his official losing mourning period is expired.
Most of their responses to this sort of thing are almost verbatim from the Narcissist’s Prayer. The lack of self awareness is pretty amazing.
If you listen to Thunder fans you could only conclude that every single NBA team is favored by the refs EXCEPT for the Thunder. The average Thunder fan more delusional than the worst Warriors fan.
at least 50% of the player for games they watch
eVeRY pLaY lmao coming from someone who obviously during watch the game
“During watch the game” we see this over and over from one team.
ihart has done this on every possession
He has six fouls and he’s gonna use all of them.
With the way OKC gets reffed, he has 18 to give
Classic hartenstein lol
You can’t take them home
He used all of them (and then-some), but the refs refused to call them.
Ended with 4 lol never was even in foul trouble
Spurs win: what a great game by both teams. Great officiating.
Okc win: fuck this I’m not watching the nba
Everyone is grabbing….
Clip it mf
Should be a flop too
Thunder need to chill with the antics, and just play ball, always putting on a performance every possession
If they did, they would have never gotten to where they are.
Exactly, you want them to give up plans A, B and C!?!?
Asking them to stop with flops is like asking Celtics to stop with 3 pointers. It’s a core part of their strategy.
Except for the part where the Thunder strategy has worked to this point
Celtics won a championship with their strategy too.
Hey Siri who won in 2024
Did you just start watching basketball last year? That explains a lot, actually.
This is what they do best. Act and act. It’s sad because they’re so good that they do not have to do it in order to win.
You really think they can do that at this point?
They can’t they’ll get beaten if they don’t do these BS antics
It’s effective when it’s not called. No more challenges
That’s their plan C or maybe even D
And Thunder fans wonder why no one respects their team
They ain’t wondering. They just ignoring.
Yep, and in denial thinking it’s just because they won, ignoring that none of the last 7 champs have gotten hate like that
People hated OKC before they even won one
LALALALA CHAMPS LALALALA CANT HEAR YOU LALALALA SGA 2ND COMING OF CHRIST LALALAALALALA
But can’t you see, we’re the *victims* here
Such an unwatchable team
They are awfully quiet today for some reason lol
Learning the flop from FTA and Chetanyahu
I think it’s clear at this point that Daigneault coaches this stuff if everyone who goes there all of a sudden starts doing it.
That’s that winning culture
Yep, McCain too now that he’s there
Absolutely
Remember, Thunder fans will gaslight you and say its not a foul. Thank god for low IQ fans lol
I am not thankful for low IQ fans
By low IQ fans I mean Thunder fans and I am. They took the crown as worst fanbase in the league from the Lakers LOL
I’m not. They made me root for your team last series, I never thought I would get to that point and I never wanna go there again. Fuck OKC
I genuinely would root for every single other franchise other than the thunder
OKC about to go down into the trash bin of history, right where they belong.
The thunder are going down too
As someone from Oklahoma, this was a good burn.
And no, not a thunder fan. At all.
Why does he go down ? The foul is already called even
Natural flopping motion
And Spurs are still penalized and lose a timeout even know challenging correctly? Did I hear that correct?
Yeah I didn’t understand that either. They are still penalized somehow?
they lost two timeouts to remove two wemby fouls from terrible calls. seems like a tony brothers game
The ref with the highest over turned calls should get fired tbh
I like this idea. At the end of every year, take a tally and fire that ref.
Just gives the refs more opportunities to blow calls on purpose and coach can’t do shit about it
I heard the word “mandatory,” so I think that was about the Spurs getting charged with a timeout because they were due to get charged with one automatically for TV if they hadn’t used it yet. It just happened to come at the replay stoppage; it wasn’t a penalty from the replay stoppage.
Time outs are not removed if the Challenge is successful
Knicks have a chance if they play an exhausted WC champ. This is going to go to 7 and every game will be a slugfest
Neither east team has a chance against either of these teams
Knicks already beaten spurs wdym
GSW beat the spurs twice too, regular season means nothing. Saying that, I do think the Knicks have a small chance if they play like they did late last night.
Eh i don’t think we’re winning if we’re playing like last night. Cavs might be giving up 20 point leads, Spurs and OKC definitely will torch us.
Ain’t no coach in the league leaving Harden out on an island like that other than maybe prime Byron Scott or Darvin Hamas lmao
I did say small chance tbf
Before their last game, the Knicks were like 50/40/78 in the playoffs. Yeah they’ll be up against better competition but lets not ignore that they’ve had a hot hand in the last month.
Thinking the Knicks have a chance against one of these Western teams 🤣
Yeah just like the pacers last season, right?
We are much better than the knicks, come on now
Pretty much, we don’t know till we know.
People act like the games are played on paper and not the court.
Knicks beat the Spurs 2-1 this year. To say they wouldn’t have at least a chance vs them is insanely idiotic. Like I know there’s some really dumb people out there, but are you at an undiscovered level?
Shades of people saying the Thunder would stomp SA even though SA went 4-1 in H2H during the regular season.
It’s clear after tonight the the Spurs are the better team out of the two and OKC can only keep up by playing dirty and getting a free pass from the league/officiating.
NYK have been on an absolute tear lately and have a good deep squad, it’s a bit crazy to count them out regardless of how good SA looks versus OKC.
No one is talking about the Linkin Park music break?
Best part of the whole clip.
An OKC player being lame as fuck?!? Whoa, really unexpected
Spurs had to use both challenges in the first half for two bad foul calls on Wemby. Its just a bad look for the league
It’s OKC.. it’s normal to flop.
Lock arms, go limp, profit
Can they just eject Hartenstein already? he’s not there to play basketball
I usually don’t agree with these types of comments but he’s really not.
COWARD THUNDER FLOPEPERS
I hate the way they play so much
Please god let that wrist be okay
wemby gets no calls for off ball contact lmao. every time it’s a hold
Floklahoma Pity Thunders
2nd foul doesn’t matter. He’s going to sit most of the game anyway because he’s unable to go toe to toe with wemby and is mostly just good in this series for dominating the Spurs bench.
The spurs having to burn a challenge for this bullshit is insane.
Had to burn both for bad foul calls on Wemby
Not even 3 minutes in and burning a challenge because Brothers is that incompetent.
Lmao look; they finally called a foul on Hart 😂
Holdenstein was grabbing and holding Victor on every. Single. Play. Not called once. Apparently that’s how you slow him down.
Pathetic flop. I could legitimately see the foul going either way on this one, but after the flop at the end I’m happy they reversed it.
But we lost possible challenge that can be used for overturning that non existence half court violation.
hope this continues. It’s better to nip it in the bud to force them not to foul out on this bs
entire team flops like bitches
Imagine being above 7 feet tall and a professional basketball player, only to have a role of wrapping around an alien. What a massive W!
OKC are the Houston Astros of the Real Madrids
The refs needed them to waste their challenges. Thats why they called Wemby so SA WOULD challenge. This way they didn’t have any later when they were continuing to call random bs and flops.
JKJK… this is sarcasm… I think?
This league is a complete joke
Justice always wins, cry more Thunders
Nba needs to get rid of this garbage. Wtf is this
dude i cant wait for the spurs to knock them out of the playoffs. maybe next year when theyre not the nba poster boys they wont get the same bullshit calls they always get. watch them struggle to 50 wins. most of their players are obviously good so why the fuck play like soft ass bitches all the time
can we grab a rebound bro. where is castle?
100% see these jokers trying to injure wemby
Dirty ass flopper
Hartenbitch
Now that’s a 2 player swing!
Player Bryant more. Dude is crazy clamps.
most ethical ihart play
How is that even called wrong?
So spurs get penalized for being right? Wtf are these rules? They lose the timeout and have no more challenges. What a fucking joke
And then he got away with dozens of additional fouls but only got called for 2 more
Refs fucked up, admitted they fucked up, and Spurs got punished by losing a challenge. That rule is so fucked up.
So much flopping in this game that got rewarded
Hartenstein’s and Chet’s only job this series is to foul wemby and draw fouls on him. They can’t do anything else. It’s the ole throwing centers at shaq strategy
Bitch ass Thunder
If the Thunder like acting so much stick to those awesome matching commercials they’re so genius and hilarious with the chemistry their acting chops really show. /s
They should just allow to infinitely challenge calls after every succesful challenges. You’d love to play against OKC everytime lol.
Someone tell the Refs that the NBA has a flopping rule
At least this one was overturned.
Honestly, the Thunder remind me of one team in particular in the EPL. They don’t want an edge. They want every and all edges they can get to win. And refs won’t pull them up on it. Great. They are embolden. And OKC like said EPL side I eluded to will do anything to defend it now.
Hartenstein is trash.
Yes this sucks, only delusional fans will say otherwise, but genuine question, where are these OKC fans everyone’s referring in this thread?
Same ref that was staring at Hartenstein yank Castle down by the hair. Time to check his Kalshi.
This is the adjustment okc made to win?! So lame
Okc’s defensive game plan
Foul hard even at a level of a flagrant, if that does not work
Flop and wait for our friend’s whistle
Lose the timeout because the refs are garbage. What a shit system.
Not a single thunder flair in this entire thread 😂
They must be in hiding
Is a hook and hold not a flagrant in the NBA like it is in college?
If you got to keep challenging until you lose we could have fouled him out with challenges before halftime
I feel compelled to shame Hartenstein. He’s playing like a bitch.
I have never seen an entire team not be able to stay on their feet during a game. Grown men that we are told are big and athletic can’t jump or move without flailing to the ground.
Is it just me, or is it missing sound?
just you
That’s why teams need more replays. Replays can be performed quickly and bring fairness back into the game.
Wemby showing his best Jada Smith impression
I agree that this is a foul and a flop on IHart but it’s kinda funny how IHart’s first foul this game was from Wemby drawing the foul and still flopping and it has only 7 upvotes compared to this one that was released minutes later and has like 500 upvotes
I’m not even saying that Thunder arent bigger flopper. But damn bro, yall gotta be consistent on here lol.
Wemby hooking 👀
this is gamesmanship. i don’t have a problem with this.
Dirty plays trying to be rebranded as “gamesmanship” is a new one.
I guess we’re retiring integrity permanently.
u a dummy if u think this isn’t gamesmanship. if the refs don’t call it, it’s not the player’s fault; it’s the refs’ fault. people always look for an edge.
u like that boy in the commercial where he admitted that the turnover was on him instead of the opponent that was wrongly called. foh with your integrity bullshit. integrity been long gone, since the days of wilt/russell. call the game correctly, that’s the integrity. if not, then play on.
u a bum and everybody u no thinks so. U think cheating is gud.
lol! no, that’s not it. i just find it funny that u think all this time, the game was all clean, wonderful, and respectful, until these dirty ass okc thunder came along and ruined the game u have always loved and adored.
gtfoh, bro 😂
I haven’t said anything about the Thunder and their playstyle.
Can you read?
oh i’m sorry. i thought we were talking about the thunder in the this very topic we were all replying to. i just assumed. my bad. but go on how with how integrity is permanently retired or some fantasy shit like that u were alluding to. i’m done here anyway.
oh I’m sorry I thought we were talking about a specific dirty play where Ihart hooked the shit out of Wemby and then flopped that you called “gamesmanship.”
Well at least you proved that assuming makes an ass out of you.
Just some life advice since you’re leaving. Just because you have zero integrity doesn’t mean nobody else has it. Cheat first is a shit attitude.
integrity has literally never existed in competitive sports, get off your high horse
Lol It’s like guys like Tim Duncan never existed.
Sure pal. “Gamesmanship” he says.
I call it being a jackass and playing dirty.
Sure you can find individual players who never do anything wrong ever but they’re few and far between. You act like you’ve never played a sport in your life
You said “literally never existed.”
I act like I value integrity over shit behavior. Unlike you. Calling a dirty play “gamesmanship” tells everyone everything they need to know about your character.
Schmuck. You act like you’ve never played a sport without cheating.
tim effin duncan and his hundreds of uncalled moving screens? that guy? ok, man.
There’s no way you’re old enough to have watched Duncan play lol.
U type worse than my 5 year old.
and theres no way, after allegedly watching duncan all those years, u think those screens were 100% legal. not to mention his teammates flopping ginobili and dirty ass bruce bowen. games wasn’t clean then, never was, never will be. go ahead cry some more, meanwhile the game will keep on going.
if u claim u watched games for as long as u did, u should know that its all gamesmanship. this shit ain’t new. unless u were blind or a liar.
Yall post more about fouls than ball. Grow up
Not much ball happening in an OKC game outside of free throws.
I would expect someone thats only NBA content consumption comes from reels. Like I said, grow up
Grown up enough to know what real ball is, not this soccer dive bullshit.
Who dove? Lol grow up
Oh I’m sorry, I thought you actually watched the replay before you posted. My bad.