Anthony Edwards’ “Dangerous” Shove on Victor Wembanyama Reignites Debate Over Spurs Star’s Treatment

Fans support Victor Wembanyama over Timberwolves’ antics

Even in Game 5, from the beginning, Wemby had to endure a lot of fouls. Ayo Dosunmu got in his face in the first quarter. Rudy Gobert stepped into his landing zone. Naz Reid physically shoved him out of bounds. But the 22-year-old stayed calm. That’s why a fan commented, “Wolves are dirty probably about the 20th time Wemby has been two hand shoved in the back this series”. Speaking about the treatment, Victor Wembanyama did not express shock about it.

“Yeah, I feel like the rage baiting would have been maybe one of the strategies. So, I feel like we need to stay composed as a team”. He stayed calm in Game 5 and dropped 27 points and 17 rebounds. The unnecessary shoving and pulling continued tonight in Target Center, and another netizen commented, “Every time he goes up or gathers they are shoving him in the back. Every single time.”

After the ejection in Game 4, the NBA did not impose harsher punishment for the French phenom. But the Wolves remembered the elbow and wanted to take revenge and set the tone early. It was Rudy Gobert who entered his landing space, thus disrupting his footing. It was called for flagrant 1, but not flagrant 2. Even then, the Spurs fans wondered, and today they had the same conundrum. “Was wondering why it wasn’t reviewed for flagrant”. There were multiple attempts made, even in the last game, to rile up Wemby.

Ayo Dosunmu tried to get a reaction in Game 4. “You’re still talking s—t?” he asked the 22-year-old. Victor Wembanyama’s first response was a smile. Then, still smiling, he replied, “Get your hands off me.” Edwards tried interjecting and asking for a tech, but Wemby still smiled and said the same thing, “Get your hands off me.” It didn’t there, Ant even pushed him once again trying to get a reaction. But there was none. So a fan called, “He also had a very similar two-handed shove on Wemby in an earlier game. Complained about that one too.”

Another one clearly blamed Edwards. “It is an obvious foul but he’s arguing because the refs have been letting them get away with this all series against Wemby. Same thing happened with the Cade push off in the pistons game, obvious foul but they haven’t been calling it all series.” While it’s been Victor Wembanyama’s playoff debut season, he has experienced it all. A concussion ruled him out of a game against the Blazers. Then his first flagrant 2 of his career, but he has faced it all and now has led the Spurs to their first conference finals since 16-17.

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