Chris Finch Bluntly Calls Out Victor Wembanyama for Goaltending on Spurs Superstar’s Record-Breaking Night

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In the final game of the Round 1 series against the Blazers, Victor Wembanyama had 6 blocks. The unanimous DPOY picked right where he left off and created playoff history with 12 blocks against the Minnesota Timberwolves. But fans remained vocal about missed foul calls, and even the Wolves’ head coach pointed out the same issue against the 22-year-old Frenchman.

“A little bit, yeah, better spacing a little bit, better ball movement,” Chris Finch spoke about containing Wemby for just 11 points. Then shared his thoughts on some of the blocks that robbed the Timberwolves of crucial points. “He had a lot of blocks. He had a couple uncalled goaltendings too. So, those are valuable points we’d like to have back. I thought there was smarter offense to be had in the second half, and I think we did a better job of finding that.”

Victor Wembanyama had 3 blocks in 3.5 minutes at the start of Game 1, but not all were legal.

Long-time NBA writer and reporter, Tom Azarly, tweeted out the glaring mistakes. “– A good block – An uncalled goaltend – An uncalled foul”. He made another tweet, “Another missed goaltend on Wemby on this Randle drive to the basket.” But the officials did not make one goaltending call against the Spurs center. Within the first half, his blocks tally reached seven. By the end of the third quarter, he reached 10, breaking Tim Duncan’s record for most blocks in a playoff game in Spurs history.

Two more rejections later, Victor Wembanyama made history for the most blocks recorded in a playoff game period. While on the court, he was heating up, and the netizens on social media had similar raging reactions. The referees did appear to miss a few obvious calls against the French Phenom.