Victor Wembanyama came out like a man possessed in Game 5 and his energy carried the Spurs to victory. The superstar center recorded 27 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and three blocks as San Antonio ran away with the victory to go up 3–2 on the Timberwolves. It was another outstanding postseason performance from the young center—and one that definitely qualified as a bounceback showing after he got tossed in Game 4.
The last time the Spurs took the court, Wembanyama elbowed Minnesota center Naz Reid hard enough to earn himself a flagrant-2 foul and an ejection. While his teammates did their best they couldn’t pull out the win sans their best player and the Wolves won to even the series at 2–2. It was Wemby’s first career ejection and, obviously, couldn’t have come at a worse time.
