Wemby’s historic Game 1
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Victor Wembanyama was dominant in his Western Conference Finals debut as the Spurs defeat the Thunder 122-115 in double overtime. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita give their instant reactions to the Spurs double overtime win of the Thunder. Then, Dave, Andrew Schlecht, and Jared Weiss sit courtside and discuss the ways the Spurs disrupted the Thunder offense, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s poor performance, and the Dylan Harper-Victor Wembanyama combo.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita, Andrew Schlect, and Jared Weiss
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio/Video Producer: Alex Oliver
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for May 19th, 2026. |
| 0:04.9 | I'm Dave Dufour here with Zena Kada coming up. |
| 0:07.6 | You know what happened last night, double overtime, game one, Western Conference |
| 0:11.6 | Finals. |
| 0:12.3 | We got everything, and I'm in OKC. |
| 0:20.7 | Good morning, everybody. |
| 0:22.1 | What is up? |
| 0:23.6 | Zina. |
| 0:24.5 | Wow. |
| 0:25.8 | What a game we just watched that I was spoiling for you along the way while we were working on the show. |
| 0:33.9 | I cannot believe you got to see that in person. |
| 0:37.3 | That was an insane game. I'm believe you got to see that in person. That was an insane game. |
| 0:41.0 | I'm telling you, Adam, Adam Silver, if you're listening, cancel the finals. |
| 0:45.4 | They're happening right now. |
| 0:47.0 | Just cancel them because this was an insane matchup. |
| 0:50.4 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:50.8 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:51.9 | Double overtime game, 122, 115. |
| 0:55.4 | The Spurs win, game one. |
| 0:58.6 | They steal home court advantage from the Thunder. |
| 1:02.3 | Victor Wemanniama, 41 points, 24 rebounds, |
| 1:05.8 | nine offensive rebounds. |
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