{"id":93413,"date":"2026-05-19T03:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-throws-down-wild-dunk-through-both-shai-gilgeous-alexander-and-chet-holmgren-early-in-game-1\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T03:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T03:23:08","slug":"spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-throws-down-wild-dunk-through-both-shai-gilgeous-alexander-and-chet-holmgren-early-in-game-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-throws-down-wild-dunk-through-both-shai-gilgeous-alexander-and-chet-holmgren-early-in-game-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs star Victor Wembanyama throws down wild dunk through both Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren early in Game 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/87188e57-451f-311e-955e-bb158b46dff1\/spurs-thunder-preview-the-first-series-in-what-feels-like-an-upcoming-decade-long-rivalry-190051354.html?format=embed&amp;region=US&amp;lang=en-US&amp;site=sports\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts\" data-yom-embed-source=\"{media_id_1:fa33c231-9999-42a5-90a8-2f868b71a43b}\" data-yahoo-uuid=\"fa33c231-9999-42a5-90a8-2f868b71a43b\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s too early to call this the \u201cDunk of the Series,\u201d right? <\/p>\n<p>Either way, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will have an incredible still shot of a dunk he threw down between two-time league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren. <\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama, in the second quarter of the Spurs\u2019 Game 1 matchup with the Thunder on Monday night at the Paycom Center, caught a lob in the middle of the lane. While barely even leaving the ground, Wembanyama managed to grab it, move the to his left and throw down the one-handed dunk between Gilgeous-Alexander and Holmgren with ease. Just watch:<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"width:488px;height:783px;width:640px;height:783px;width:640px;height:821px;width:640px;height:821px;width:640px;height:821px;width:640px;height:821px;\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wemby with the LEFT \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>He&#39;s got a double-double in the 2Q (10 PTS, 10 REB)! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oIoMNRH0Cf\">pic.twitter.com\/oIoMNRH0Cf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/2056546421067653244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The slow-motion angle from underneath the rim, which included Wembanyama\u2019s celebration, was even better.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"width:488px;height:735px;width:640px;height:735px;width:640px;height:773px;width:640px;height:360px;width:640px;height:773px;width:640px;height:773px;width:640px;height:773px;\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">POETRY IN MOTION FOR VICTOR WEMBANYAMA. \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svVlxdhaWq\">pic.twitter.com\/svVlxdhaWq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on NBC and Peacock (@NBAonNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonNBC\/status\/2056549002405920970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the photos that came out from the dunk, including one that Getty Images\u2019 Zach Beeker took from under the rim, may have been the best part. <\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"width:488px;height:711px;width:640px;height:711px;width:640px;height:773px;width:640px;height:773px;width:640px;height:773px;\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WEMBY POSTERIZED CHET AND SHAI \ud83e\udee3\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I2xqzM09gx\">pic.twitter.com\/I2xqzM09gx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/2056548871128465450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" style=\"width:640px;height:773px;width:640px;height:773px;width:640px;height:773px;\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SHEEEESH \ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDQkkYSp0w\">pic.twitter.com\/SDQkkYSp0w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spurs\/status\/2056547313305129332?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wembanyama entered the locker room at halftime with a double-double already secured. He had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first 24 minutes and shot 6 of 11 from the field. <\/p>\n<p><core-module type=\"curatedLinks\" title=\"More NBA news\" headerlink=\"\" subheadline=\"Keep up with the 2026 NBA playoffs with Yahoo Sports\" listid=\"eb86ae4b-e092-459b-a90f-9848764a50fb\"><\/core-module><\/p>\n<p>The Spurs carried a 51-44 lead into the break after holding Oklahoma City to just 17 points in the second quarter. That marked the Thunder\u2019s lowest-scoring half of the playoffs so far. They shot just 37% from the field, which was also their worst shooting percentage in a half in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>That dunk won\u2019t be the only one that Wembanyama claims this series. He threw down a similar poster through Jalen Williams later in the quarter that was just as dominant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how the series turns out, Wembanyama clearly came to play.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nba\/breaking-news\/article\/spurs-star-victor-wembanyama-throws-down-wild-dunk-through-both-shai-gilgeous-alexander-and-chet-holmgren-early-in-game-1-015342272.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s too early to call this the \u201cDunk of the Series,\u201d right? Either way, San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama will have an incredible still shot of a dunk he threw down between two-time league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Oklahoma City Thunder big man Chet Holmgren. Wembanyama, in the second quarter of the Spurs\u2019 Game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[430,29180,946,16107,612,327,29179,29181,29178,964,1082,2588,18320,7389,27377,5133],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fallsurfing.net\/firstnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}