[Lowlight] Victor Wembanyama Misses The Two Biggest Free Throws Of His Career
he was in Mitch’s head and saw all the missed free throws
Those FTs are going to haunt this man. Brother is going to need reddit cares after this series.
At least it will make him forget passing into a player’s back.
and dribbling off his foot
Jesus, he’s really choked all 3 losses hasn’t he?
Almost like he’s not the best player in the world three years into his career
This is going to be his Lebron choke vs Mavs series but only 3 years in. He’s gonna be oppressive
We’ll see. Everyone thought the thunder would win one after 2012. Obviously these spurs won’t be trading away one of their big young stars as we did with harden, but the thunder were still contenders and had the Russ / Beverley incident in 13 in which Russ’ season ended, ibaka injury vs spurs in 14 that altered the series, KD injury in 15 which caused them to miss the playoffs entirely, then the 3-1 blown lead vs the dubs in 16.
Nothing is guaranteed.
Lebron got his “unclutch” label at about the same time as Wemby so it lines up.
Yep
Basketball gods always punish arrogance
ball don’t lie always wins
And hitting the top of the backboard late in the 4th quarter
There’s a bunch of shit this series that’s gonna haunt him
This the funniest shit I’ve read all night 🤣🤣🤣
Got too far into Mitch’s head
Dudes gonna get himself lifted trucks
This may be the best thing that comes out of this series, bravo
The spurs gotta learn a word humility lol
This is a hall of fame comment for real
That’s actually crazy lol🤣🤣
I’m crying lmaooo
This is so fucking funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣
goddamn this finals making me appreciate thunder fans lmaooooo
you absolutely cooked with this one
only time I’ll upvote a Thunder fan. Bros a comic out in the cornfields. hilarious
This took me way too fucking long to get as I thought you meant Mitch Johnson
Oh my god bro 😭😭😭
hes gonna remember these
This is his Kawhi missed FTs vs the Heatles moment
Chet missed 2 last year into an Aaron Gordon game winner.
“Aaron Gordon game winner” makes me itch
I was there for that shit, still doesn’t make sense to me
Not nearly the same. That was game 1 of a second round series that the Thunder won. This just likely sealed a finals loss for the Spurs
George Hill missed ft led to the JR Smith wrong way
“I’m in your head”
Must’ve picked up Mitch’s free throw skills while he was rummaging around in there.
he usually closes his eyes and takes longer before each free throw and i noticed he didnt do that. When i saw that i just had a feeling that he’d miss
Same, also dude looked gassed out
44 minutes in the Finals, gotta feel rough
I don’t get why Johnson kept him in so much of the third
The Spurs were badly losing the Kornet minutes and needed Wemby back in ASAP. Knicks would’ve cut the lead down even sooner if Wemby takes a longer rest in the 3rd.
They were losing all the minutes lol.
But it could have been worse. They lost by 1 point. They were that close to his minutes being the right decision.
maybe instead as a coach tell your players to stop being dumbasses by continually chucking threes 8 seconds into the shot clock
They seemed to have two options: that, or have Fox dribble it for 10-15 seconds, leading to somebody taking a contested three or turning it over. Unbelievable coaching and offense by us
You would have won with more of option 2. Knicks needed every single possession to get back into it, milking the clock for an extra 10 seconds every possession would have closed them out.
The Spurs were -2 in the Kornet’s 4 minutes. Seems like they should have given Wemby some rest when they were up a million points in the first half.
It was more of a momentum swing when Kornet was in. Knicks started to find their rhythm on offense after being horrible in the 1st half. You are definitely right by saying Wemby should’ve had more rest in the 1st half with the massive lead.
Mitch Johnson was asleep at the wheel the entire half
The camera cut to him when the Knicks cut the lead to single digits and that man legitimately look shook. I’ve never seen a coach look like that in a game.
That’s how he always looks
Like he just pissed down his leg?
Why is it some players get the “aw he was tired” treatment and others don’t
Yeah just wasn’t clutch. Whether it’s adrenaline, nerves, and being gassed. Part of being clutch is calming yourself down in heart rate, focus, and routine.
yep, impact on a basketball court isn’t only about the stuff that gets put on a box score….fitness and conditioning are also a big factor. Guys like MJ & Steph just had that extra gear late in games because of their incredible stamina and it’s why their careers are littered with great late game moments. If you are gassed and can barely run up a court then what good are you in big time, pressure situations?
Fr in all three Knicks wins Wemby had a play in crucial time where he choked. Off the back pass, dribble off his own foot, and missing these FTs.
Fuck being gassed nobody else gets that lee way. This arrogant mfer is a choker.
Gassed and rattled. The Garden was pure chaos.
Actually a solid point. Routine is everything with these guys, and maybe this was a sight of the moment getting to him
100 percent the moment got to him.
Yeah he usually takes a deep breath and closes his eyes.. he was rattled he knew the game was slipping away
I mean I can’t even imagine what it sounded like in the garden. The adrenaline + fatigue combo was probably crazy
I think he did, here it looks edited
Misses the two biggest free throws of his career so far. He’s only 22, plenty of choke left in this young legend
Some are saying he’s a legendary choker
I’d love to test that out
ayo what
Happy pride month
Lebron was 2-6 on free throws and 10-30 FGs in a 1 pt loss against the spurs in his first finals at 22
Yeah but his supporting cast was ass. The Spurs already have a pretty good team around Wemby
Very talented supporting cast. Also very young.
No one should be comparing this dude to LeBron lol. He’s got bricks for feet and will never have a quick enough first step. He can score on jump shots and lobs consistently. That’s it.. LeBron was a freight train coming downhill
They’re 2 different people. Should we start comparing Lebron’s shooting to Steph too? Ridiculous comment.
Absolutely incredible. Despite the adversity, the doubters, the noise, the Spurs just REFUSED to win today.
How the fuck do you lose a 29 point lead by the 4th quarter
Somewhere victor is imagining Chet laughing at him.
Chet watching like dillon brooks at the Lakers game
I need Chet to be courtside at game 5 now
Chet’s big ass is gonna block like four people sitting courtsidd
Just tell him to turn to the side and he won’t block anyone’s view.
Man I hope Chet is hate watching these finals and something awakens inside of him.
Come to NY and train with the Knicks, the team will make you a certified dawg.
I’d love that for him. I mean, I would want him back after lol
Ok who’s next for potential GOAT
Ogugua
Its pronounced Ogugua
No, not like that.
no no no it’s Ogugua
OG
League has been a rotating door of potential men this decade lmao
Kinda like your mom’s house
I know this is a joke but this series from him is not as bad as Lebron in 2011 right?
No, not nearly IMO.
2011 finals is the only time I’ve ever seen LeBron completely irrelevant.
Specific moment is bad but as a series nah
No where close tbh, this is wemby’s first playoff
lebron/jordan they didn’t win their first try lol
Honestly, even if it was, he has his whole career ahead of him.
I get that MJ went undefeated in the Finals, but if Wemby fucks around and wins 6, why would we reward Jordan for failing to get past the Pistons?
It is objectively better to lose in the Finals than it is to lose in the ECF/WCF.
To be clear, I’m not saying that Jordan is the GOAT. I think it’s a tossup between him and Bron. But one Finals appearance doesn’t make or break a legacy, no matter how bad. Dude’s probably got at least 10 years ahead of him to go out and win more.
Risacher
Gotta be Risacher, easily a better French first overall pick than Wembumyama
Moment got to your head.
He’s just too ethical and pure to make his free throws bro
Ha too ethical and too pure tell that to naz Reid
Or Jose Alvarado, or Jalen Brunson
Didn’t he elbow Kat tonight & got the flagrant too?
Ironically the only one that was legitimately an accident, which is why its was only a Flagrant 1.
That being a flagrant 1 really shows you why they didnt want to talk about the G3 play. It would’ve been a suspension.
MSG added +10 stress to an already stressful situation for Wemby.
I feel like crowd volume at this level makes a bigger deal than the moment honestly.
The arena was rumbling. Gotta credit those construction workers man
The Garden has great sound. Its an electric venue. What did The Iron Sheik say when he beat Hulk Hogan? “IN THE MOST FAMOUS ARENA IN THE WORLD, MADISON SQUARE GARDEN”.
It’s a classic sound clip.
The way Sheik says Madison Square Garden is ICONIC
Bro all time fraud. Lost game 2 almost single-handedly then talks shit up 30 only to collapse by taking 5 30 footers for the memes.
Yes I’m salty
Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person.
This is why if you cant only talk shit when youre up
Everybody tough when they’re up
Halliburton effect
Dude I said it in the game thread when he was talking shit. Playing a dangerous game because you’re gonna get flamed if you lose. I meant the series, thought the game was over lol
Spurs fans going to blame Fox for this too
Fox was too slow on the encouragement high five after the first miss, totally ruined Wemby’s confidence for the 2nd FT.
Never really should blame 1 person in a team game anyway but… Fox did literally just have to hold the ball and the team probably wins
In a 29 point choke job, there’s no way to pin the blame on one guy. That’s a level of choking that requires teamwork.
Oh you can definitely blame one guy. His name is Mitch Johnson.
Or don’t choke a 29 pt lead
Blame everyone, but yeah as a Blazers fan I thought Fox blew this game for the Spurs most of all.
The whole team started taking 3s when they didn’t need to and kept missing, he just happened to do the last one
But that’s fair because he went for a layup instead of just dribbling out the clock. Dumbass move
Wemby missed these fts. Harper threw away the ball on the last play
How could De’Aaron Fox do this
Fox still deserves plenty of blame.
Literally had the game won if he doesn’t shoot a contested layup. Just double out, let them foul you, shoot the free throws, win the game. But naw.
shoot the free throws, win the game
yeah, about that….
Worst turnover I think I’ve seen. Brain dead costly mistake in crunch time. I have a love/hate going with Fox. Wemby choked too but he’s still a child. Fox is grown and still making dumb mistakes.
9-25 FG STINKER.
2-13 in the second half
Ran out of gas…again
His conditioning is a real problem and with how much they need him to stay on the floor, it’s damned if ya do damned if ya don’t
kawhi gave up defense after injuries and for offense, clear as day
even lebron started to coast on defense especially when he had to carry the offense more for the cavs and for energy as he got older
it’s not easy to do on both ends even for one of the greatest athletes of all time at least in the nba
luka barely tried on defense most of the time and gets hidden and even he’s gassed when he takes 25+ shots, granted his athleticism is sketchy AF but yeah
Once Wemby starts giving less effort on defense he will be viewed as the GOAT since players who do that (like lebron and kawhi you mentioned) still get to maintain their defensive reputation for some reason
tbf lebron still shows up in the playoffs without fail on defense for the most part, but he definitely coasts most of the regular season
i think kawhi just fell off after some point, he’s not “bad” but he’s not nearly the same as he was, that’s more on injuries probably than anything
kawhi coasted for like 5-6 years with multiple bed shittings on the clippers off that one playoff run
Can guys his height have conditioning comparable to mere NBA mortals? I thought I read their hearts have to work way harder than normal.
3-14 in the second half.
And he’s 7’5 or what the fuck ever, just pathetic
But I thought he got in Mitchell Robinson‘s head. Spoke too soon, guy.
He was showing Mitch how missing fts is done lol
See Mitch if you put more arc on it the Clanks sound better.
I don’t think Mitch needs any coaching on that front
He got into Mitchell’s head so powerfully he accidentally inherited his free throw %
spurs fan schadenfraude is so delicious
He got too deep in Mitch’s head and picked up his FT shooting ability
Thank you Knicks for a successful hate watch.
People love to throw around the phrase generational hate watch, but this is actually the best hate watch of all fucking time
And back to back generational hate watches at that.
It is genuinely hilarious when people claimed OKC is dirty and flops only to see Spurs do the exact same thing times two.
“Perhaps I was too harsh to you SGA”
I am very much re-evaluating how I felt about that series lol
I’d say the spurs are easily worse than OKC this year, especially in the playoffs
I get down voted every time I say this lol. I guess I’m not allowed to speak on such matters
Yep, their star also isn’t pathetically thin-skinned and soft enough to elbow someone.
so damn glad i didn’t turn this off at halftime. going to bed with a big ass smile on my face
as a NYer and OU alumni, you are most certainly welcome…👊
edit: Online M.S. but my time (virtually) at the university has been great all the years I was there, especially the faculty
The Spurs were broken mentally at this point after the 30 point collapse.
This is not getting nearly enough attention
It’s all Fox’s fault apparently like this big ass kid isn’t 7’5 spamming threes all game and missing FT
They both choked but holding a ball and doing nothing is easier than hitting a free throw
You are completely right and I would also be livid watching Fox do that. I just think the blame has to go around a bit more, most of the comments I saw were about Fox.
I wonder which uncalled flagrant he’ll do next game to take his anger out
He’s gonna sweep the leg on OG
I’ll kill him
I’m predicting a German suplex on Brunson that a ref will stare directly at then not call it.
“I’m built for this”
I said he’s going to get clowned relentlessly online for all the antics and talk he does and spurs fans said I’m just a hater.
They really aren’t ready for the backlash he’s going to get for all the monk shit and “I’m that guy” talk. If you proclaim to want to be the goat at 20, you better be ready for the slander every time you falter
Aura farming only works when people think you have aura
Otherwise it makes you look like an idiot
Wemby has been focussed more on his quotes and corny marketing than his game lol. I’m so glad people finally caught up to that. I understand he’s young but damn he makes me cringe. Always so extra. Talks the most shit about everyone but when it’s time to show up he chokes. He’s so ethical he has been one of the dirtiest players this post season lmao
If he was quiet like Duncan people would like him more.
I knew it was going too far when his teammates say he’s walks around in blue light canceling glasses after every game lol
Like okay man now you’re entering late career Kobe levels of corny without the 5 titles
knicks forever good wit me he was chirping all yearlong
I guess Robinson got in his head AHAHAHA!!
Bricktor Wembanyama
This may be the textbook definition of a choke
As compared to dribbling off his own foot to lose game 1 and passing into a team mates back and then fouling to lose game 2? This man is a choke machine.
The Wemby PR machine really tried to blame Castle for that one LMAO
Shades of kawhi in 2014
‘13
Kawhi only missed 1 of 2
Watched it earlier today
Shook ones pt2
Front runner bitch. Ez to talk shit up 30
He was talking shit early lol
To quote the late great Victor Wembanyama: “Some people are built for this moment and some aren’t”
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If Fox didn’t pull off an all time idiotic move at the very end this would have been a much bigger issue
You mean it would’ve been a NON issue cause they would’ve won lmao
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy
The lights were in his head.
Somewhere the monks are sighing
Why would Fox do this!?!
Chokenyama
I’m sure he will use it as fuel or whatever bs he will say after.
As opposed to “I plan on letting this haunt me for the rest of my career”, which is obviously the right thing to say
Victor Whenareyougoingtomakeafreethrow.
this has been an incredible hate watch
Guy thinks he’s Kevin Durant shooting out there 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Spurs defence guy missing crucial free throws? Hey, hey, I’ve seen this one, I’ve seen this one - this is a classic!
lmao dude is bitchmade
Some people are built for the moment, some aren’t.
Pepe LeChoker
That shit will rightfully haunt him