All eyes were on the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 132-118 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. Despite it not being on national television, it was the best of the three matchups between the two teams this season.
Wembanyama — the probable Rookie of the Year winner — finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds, seven assists and five blocks. He is the first player in NBA history with 10 rebounds, five assists, five blocks, and five 3-pointers in a game.
The rookie phenom single-handily closed out the Spurs’ 12th win with a pair of deep 3-pointers and blocking Holmgren’s jumper.
Holmgren had 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting, seven rebounds, five assists and one block. Both players squared off on several possessions throughout the game.
Let’s look at some of the best tweets reacting to this round of Chet vs. Wemby as the Spurs pulled off the upset over the Thunder.
WEMBY BLOCKS CHET 😤
CLUTCH DEFENSE. pic.twitter.com/wZBh9Cqxoq
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 1, 2024
If there is a single Wemby/Chet game not nationally-televised next year, NBA has failed us. They have an *anthology* of battles already, dating back to the Summer. And they’re only rookies. They also match their mutual respect with desire to whoop ass and be king of the monsters.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 1, 2024
Rookie bigs tonight:
Chet — Wemby —
23 PTS 28 PTS
7 REB 13 REB
5 AST 7 AST
8-12 FG 7 STOCKFreaks. pic.twitter.com/fCOlqXAumD
— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 1, 2024
Chet gets the board & hits the pull up 3 with Wemby contesting pic.twitter.com/JNCY3vehgn
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) March 1, 2024
Wemby was the star tonight, but man, Chet was really awesome, too. Showcased a ton offensively: A pull-up 3, plenty of slippery drives, skyscraper lob finishes, versatile playmaking.
23 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 77% TS. pic.twitter.com/HXTMG1hrmc
— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) March 1, 2024
Chet post fader.
he’s feeling it so far tonight. 11 points already & hasn’t missed a shot. pic.twitter.com/Uflwywbfb3
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) March 1, 2024
Chet hitting a 3 over "the defender." https://t.co/J1YXv9kYXJ
— Brandon Rahbar (@BrandonRahbar) March 1, 2024
Chet is going to be a top-ten player someday. I truly believe that.
Victor might be a top-ten player right now.
— Brett Usher (@UsherNBA) March 1, 2024
Chet Holmgren is the fastest Thunder player to reach 1,000 career points (59 games). Russell Westbrook did it in 64 games.
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) March 1, 2024
Chet Holmgren pull up 3 over Wembanyama. 🔥
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) March 1, 2024
Chet with the tough bucket on Wemby on the iso. pic.twitter.com/AoKWwInswc
— Thunder Film Room (@ThunderFilmRoom) March 1, 2024
ESPN seeing the Chet Wemby matchup they always wanted on league pass pic.twitter.com/r8TkzBSUt2
— Stan Him Boomer Sooner (Hunter Harjo) (@hunterharjo7) March 1, 2024
this was maybe the third place craziest sequence of that 4Q for wemby pic.twitter.com/q7XckWUZZE
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) March 1, 2024
"I missed this s–t."
Wemby after Spurs W 🗣 pic.twitter.com/KENj5vxY9n
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 1, 2024
Wemby tonight:
28 PTS
13 REB
7 AST
5 BLKGot the W vs. OKC 😤 pic.twitter.com/Q3ZDbvv2tH
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 1, 2024
Wemby has three 25/10/5/5b games this month.
The most in a month since Hakeem in 1993. pic.twitter.com/9dPXwNhS8o
— StatMuse (@statmuse) March 1, 2024
