NBA Twitter reacts to Wemby vs. KD’s matchup: ‘Lived up to the hype’
Victor Wembanyama (18 points, eight rebounds) and the San Antonio Spurs won a 115-114 thriller against Kevin Durant’s Phoenix Suns.
Phoenix was up four points with a few seconds remaining, but a Wemby putback slam and a KD turnover resulted in a wild San Antonio comeback.
Here’s how NBA Twitter reacted to this crazy ending, plus KD’s matchup against the No. 1 overall pick.
The Suns led the Spurs for 47 minutes, 58.8 seconds. But this is the definition of stealing the win: pic.twitter.com/uL1P9fBXMi
— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) November 1, 2023
Victor Wembanyama was ECSTATIC after the Spurs comeback win over the Suns🔥
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 1, 2023
How the Spurs stole the win from the Suns pic.twitter.com/fZzabiRZZF
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) November 1, 2023
Seriously, San Antonio, I implore you: play a real PG for a large majority of your minutes. Tre Jones is good. He defends and works like crazy plus can legitimately distribute. The Spurs look SO MUCH BETTER with Jones on the court.
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) November 1, 2023
This shot of Kevin Durant’s bucket over Victor Wembanyama 📸🔥
(via @Suns) pic.twitter.com/y0YQWFR9KV
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 1, 2023
THESE KD AND WEMBY BACK-TO-BACK PLAYS 😱 pic.twitter.com/la6pAf4RYs
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 1, 2023
first kd vs. wemby game pic.twitter.com/GcU50eXDeZ
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) November 1, 2023
Wemby tonight:
18 PTS
8 REB
4 BLK
2 3P1-0 against KD. https://t.co/8K37fvqRJ3
— StatMuse (@statmuse) November 1, 2023
Charles Barkley: "Victor, I got one final question for you. How do you say 'Churro' in French?"
Victor Wembanyama: "Churro? What is that?"
Charles: "You've been in San Antonio long enough. It's a dessert."
Wemby: "What?" 🤣
(via @NBAonTNT)pic.twitter.com/loqu32WD94
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) November 1, 2023
In their rookie seasons:
Wemby — Bol Bol —
65 PTS 40 PTS
30 REB 19 REB
9 BLK 6 BLK
5 3P 4 3PWemby has played 4 games. pic.twitter.com/sAOjCvwXfH
— StatMuse (@statmuse) November 1, 2023
Media attention to Wemby
vs.
Media attention to Keldon Johnson (27 points, game-winning plays) pic.twitter.com/T3qOwS4o7A
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) November 1, 2023
Watching Wemby and KD in a thrilling game pic.twitter.com/clFZAvuYpV
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) November 1, 2023
Wemby at the 5 to end the game was also pic.twitter.com/F6i5H0atqi
— Collin Reid (@CollinReidPS) November 1, 2023
Wemby & Vassell are fckin beasts
— Brandon Awadis (@brawadis) November 1, 2023
I’ve watched Wemby have like three insane fourth quarters on national TV already
— Kazeem Famuyide 🇳🇬 🍎 (@Kazeem) November 1, 2023
WEMBY BEAT KD IN HIS FIRST GAME. pic.twitter.com/ccTLcaOZk7
— Raps gen⛈️ (@RaptorsGen) November 1, 2023
So it's best to play Wemby as a center apparently!
— Ty Jäger (@TheTyJager) November 1, 2023
*Kevin Durant getting ready to celebrate the 27000 pt mark with a W.
*Wemby and the Spurs:pic.twitter.com/SQZIxEiNTI
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) November 1, 2023
I'm pretty sure I just heard Wemby say "Clan told y'all I'm him!"
— CLAN the SPURS fan (@ClanTheSpursFan) November 1, 2023