In any Game 7 throughout sports history, it’s often the unheralded who become heroes. On Saturday night, that hero for the Spurs as they took down the defending champion Thunder, 111–103? None other than journeyman Luke Kornet.
The backup San Antonio center has been a popular target for criticism this series due to the team’s struggles with Kornet on the floor instead of Victor Wembanyama. Granted, nobody on the planet is capable of replicating what Wemby brings to the court, of course, but Kornet was signed to a rich free agent contract to make sure the wheels don’t completely come off when the superstar needs a breather. Against a Thunder team inhumanly quick at identifying then attacking opposing weaknesses, Kornet failed in that effort—sometimes dramatically.
