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Victor Wembanyama atoned for his first career ejection with another big performance, finishing with 27 points, 17 rebounds and three blocks as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 126-97 to take a 3-2 lead in their Western Conference semifinals.
Keldon Johnson had 21 points, De’Aaron Fox had 18 and Stephon Cassel had 17 as San Antonio moved one game away from the finals. The Spurs can face Oklahoma City with a win in Game 6 on Friday in Minneapolis.
Anthony Edwards, who was limited to eight points in the first half, finished with 20 points for Minnesota. Julius Randle and Jaden McDaniels added 17 points.
Wembanyama returned after his ejection early in the second quarter of Minnesota’s 114-109 win during Game 4 on Sunday in Minneapolis. Wembaniama received a flagrant 2 foul after elbowing Naz Reed in the neck.
Both teams continued to hammer each other, with Reid getting a technical foul for pushing Wembaniama back on a Minnesota free throw with 2:24 left in the first half.
The foul fired Wembanyama, who needed no further persuasion.
Wembaniama scored 18 points on 6 for 8 from the field and 2 for 3-pointers in the first quarter.
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The moment Victor Wembanyama was knocked out for the first time in his career after elbowing Minnesota Timberwolves forward Naz Reed in the jaw in Game Four!
After getting tangled up with McDaniels in the first quarter on a pass to Minnesota’s Ayo Dosunmu, Wembaniama raced untouched to the rim for an emphatic windmill dunk.
After trailing by 18 points in the first half, the Timberwolves went on a 14-2 run to open the third quarter. Minnesota made three attempted alley-oop passes to Wembaniama before the 7-foot-4 reached the post.
The Spurs regained a double-digit lead in the third with Keldon Johnson’s block on Rudy Gobert’s attempt and his short jumper after bodying Edwards under the rim.
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