Victor Wembanyama delivered when the San Antonio Spurs needed him most, helping his team steal home-court advantage from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Wembanyama had 41 points and 24 rebounds as the Spurs outlasted the Thunder 122-115 in double-overtime in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Monday.

In the final 61 seconds, Wembanyama had a pair of dunks - one on a violent two-handed slam over Chet Holgren while being fouled and the other on an alley-oop - and then sealed the victory with a block on a Jalen Williams layup attempt with 16 seconds to play.

The French superstar sent the game into a second OT when he pulled up from just inside half-court and drained a 3-pointer from 32 feet out to tie the score at 108 with 26.3 seconds remaining in the first extra session.

 

WEMBY WAS UNBELIEVABLE IN HIS WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS DEBUT

41 PTS (20 combined in 4Q, OT, and 2OT)
24 REB (new postseason career-high)

He becomes the youngest player in NBA history with 40+ PTS and 20+ REB in a postseason game, previously done by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar… pic.twitter.com/PFuPNxsrL6

— NBA (@NBA) May 19, 2026

The Spurs beat the Thunder for the fifth time in six meetings this season, and ended Oklahoma City's nine-game play-off winning streak dating to Game 7 of last season's Finals.

Game 2 of the West finals will be Wednesday at Oklahoma City.

San Antonio rookie Dylan Harper stepped up in place of De'Aaron Fox, who sat out because of ankle stiffness, finishing with 24 points, six assists and a team play-off record seven steals. Stephon Castle added 17 points and 11 assists but also turned the ball over 10 times.

Alex Caruso led the Thunder with a play-off career-high 31 points, helping to pick up the slack with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander struggling with his shot.

On the night he received his second straight MVP trophy, Gilgeous-Alexander made just 7 of 23 shots, finishing with 24 points, though he did add 12 assists. He had only four points at half-time.

Caruso scored Oklahoma City's first seven points and 10 of the team's first 12, and finished with eight 3-pointers.

Williams returned for the first time since Game 2 of the Thunder's first-round series after missing six games with a left hamstring strain, and finished with 26 points and seven rebounds.

Holmgren sent the game to overtime by blocking Wembanyama as he had a hard time controlling the ball and had to put up an awkward shot attempt from close range just before the buzzer in the fourth quarter.

This came after Gilgeous-Alexander drove in for a left-handed layup with 3.1 to play to tie the score at 101 to answer Wembanyama's floater from just inside the free throw line with 11.5 seconds remaining.