The Majestic Arrival of Playoff Wemby

In a cosmic stalemate between the NBA’s two best teams and in one of the most compelling games of basketball you’ll ever see, 22-year-old Victor Wembanyama dictated the final scenes of a hard-fought, double-overtime instant classic against the Oklahoma City Thunder with an awe-inducing resolve. Coming into the postseason, the San Antonio Spurs star faced legitimate questions about how his conditioning and endurance would hold up against the kind of pressure he faced on Monday night. He answered those questions by approaching perfection across two overtime periods. He ended the game by breaking it.