{"id":488907,"date":"2026-03-20T08:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=488907"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T07:38:15","slug":"victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"4427\" data-end=\"4762\">With a <strong data-start=\"4434\" data-end=\"4454\">17-foot fadeaway<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"4459\" data-end=\"4474\">1.1 seconds<\/strong> left, <strong data-start=\"4481\" data-end=\"4502\">Victor Wembanyama<\/strong> lifted the <strong data-start=\"4514\" data-end=\"4535\">San Antonio Spurs<\/strong> to a <strong data-start=\"4541\" data-end=\"4552\">101-100<\/strong> win over the <strong data-start=\"4566\" data-end=\"4582\">Phoenix Suns<\/strong>, sealing the franchise\u2019s first playoff appearance in six years. It was also the first go-ahead make in the final five seconds of regulation or overtime in Wembanyama\u2019s NBA career.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4427\" data-end=\"4762\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/2034824707128926433?s=20\">VIDEO<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4764\" data-end=\"5050\">The French star finished with <strong data-start=\"4794\" data-end=\"4833\">34 points, 12 rebounds and 3 steals<\/strong>, while <strong data-start=\"4841\" data-end=\"4857\">De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/strong> added 23 points and helped orchestrate the final possession. San Antonio became the second NBA team to clinch a postseason berth, capping a major turnaround after years away from the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5052\" data-end=\"5314\">The ending also featured a memorable scene, as a courtside fan spilled red wine on Wembanyama\u2019s shorts during the celebration moments before the buzzer. After the win, teammates and fans erupted, with San Antonio even breaking into MVP chants for the young star.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Wembanyama delivered the decisive shot against Phoenix to send the Spurs back to the playoffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":375602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-488907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488907"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=488907"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=488907"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=488907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}