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In their Game 5 loss in the Western Conference Finals, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama told bench players Mason Plumlee and Bismack Biyombo to commit “hard fouls on the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Spurs clearly carried that ethos into Game 6.
While it was already suspected that Victor Wembanyama “put a hit out” on Jared McCain in Game 5, during Game 6, NBC aired footage of him explicitly telling his teammates to commit “hard fouls” — and commit hard fouls they did.
The San Antonio Spurs roughed up the Oklahoma City Thunder after Victor Wembanyama told his teammates to commit “hard fouls”
Not only was McCain roughed up in Game 5, but virtually the entire OKC roster had the hammer brought down on them during the Spurs’ 27-point Game 6 victory, which represented the largest win in franchise history when facing elimination.
From two-time defending MVP and flop master Shai Gilgeous-Alexander...
Spurs sending a message to SGA 👀 pic.twitter.com/TVDpRsdKMy
— BrickCenter (@BrickCenter_) May 29, 2026
By the way, that was the SECOND time that Carter Bryant has head hunted SGA for a dirty tackle.
Deserves an ejection. pic.twitter.com/5wuB604Iie
— THE UNCONTESTED PODCAST (@The_Uncontested) May 29, 2026
To Lugentz Dort (while NBA Twitter seems to think Wemby pulled his hair, the video is inconclusive and could just be a jersey pull)…
Wemby PULLED Lu Dort’s hair while getting back on defense 😳 pic.twitter.com/OYrdYCckPI
— NBACentel (@TheNBACentel) May 29, 2026
To Chet Holmgren…
DEVIN VASSELL MEETS CHET HOLMGREN AT THE RIM AND HAS WORDS. 😤😤😤 pic.twitter.com/mEUEfcKj2j
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) May 29, 2026
The Spurs brought a level of physicality to the game that the Thunder clearly could not cope with. In the third quarter, for example, the Spurs seemed to break the Thunder’s will as they put up a 20-0 run, which represents the largest allowed by the Thunder in a postseason game since the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City.
Skip Bayless, who appears to have found his new LeBron James in Wemby, let his feelings be known on social media.
“These Spurs are a bunch of home front-running cheap-shotting fake tough guys led by Wembanyama who sent his goons after the Thunder when he got HIS ass kicked in OKC.”
In tandem with the physical player, SGA — who has now garnered an unshakeable reputation for being a shameless flopper — wasn’t getting the kind of calls he usually gets, and as a result, had just 15 points on 6-18 shooting in the 118-91 loss.
The decisive Game 7 of the WCF between the Thunder and Spurs will tip off from OKC on Saturday, May 30 at 8 p.m. EST. The Thunder enter as 3.5-point favorites with -155 odds to win on the moneyline.