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NBA Hall of Famer jokes Thunder might ‘kill’ Victor Wembanyama as physicality debate heats up originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Victor Wembanyama and his San Antonio Spurs will now travel to Oklahoma City for Game 4, where winning is essentially mandatory if they want to avoid falling into a 3-1 deficit. Meanwhile, discussion about the Oklahoma City Thunder players being physical remains a hot topic of discussion heading to Game 4.
However, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has had enough with this narrative, as he called it out with a joke.
“I think we need to all pray for Wimby because he can't play too many minutes,” Barkley said. “They're going to kill him out there. I am damn sure joking because these people, man, they're pissing me off. I'm watching the whole games.
They ain't playing dirty. These are some of the softest files I've ever seen in my life.
“You got these clowns on TV talking about who they're gonna hurt poor Wimby. I was like, ‘Honey, are you kidding?’ It drives me crazy watching these shows.”
The Thunder are playing Wembanyama with the maximum allowable physical intensity because it's the only way to make him work for his points. It is aggressive, playoff-level basketball, but as Wembanyama himself knows it as he spoke about the physical style the Thunder have brought throughout the series.
"There's no place for frustration,” Wembanyama said following the Game 3 loss. “It's annoying, of course, but we gotta use that as energy... Being physical, the difference maybe with this team is their experience, they're maybe being more smart about it. But we just got to find the answers. "
As for Wembanyama's Game 3 performance, he finished with a team-high 26 points while shooting an efficient 8-for-15 from the field. However, questions remained about his overall impact throughout the game while he remains confident that the group can find answers in Game 4 from their errors in last games.
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