{"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":"

With a 17-foot fadeaway<\/strong> and 1.1 seconds<\/strong> left, Victor Wembanyama<\/strong> lifted the San Antonio Spurs<\/strong> to a 101-100<\/strong> win over the 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

VIDEO<\/a><\/p>\n

The French star finished with 34 points, 12 rebounds and 3 steals<\/strong>, while 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

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":"

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"],"yoast_head":"\nVictor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought - Sportando<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought - Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Victor Wembanyama delivered the decisive shot against Phoenix to send the Spurs back to the playoffs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-20T07:38:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alessandro Maggi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sportando\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Sportando\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alessandro Maggi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alessandro Maggi\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56\"},\"headline\":\"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-20T07:38:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"NBA\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/\",\"name\":\"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought - Sportando\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-20T07:38:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"San Antonio Spurs\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"description\":\"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Sportando\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/logo-pink.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/logo-pink.png\",\"width\":70,\"height\":70,\"caption\":\"Sportando\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Sportando\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Sportando\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/sportando\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56\",\"name\":\"Alessandro Maggi\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alessandro Maggi\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sportando.basketball\\\/en\\\/author\\\/alessandromaggi\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought - Sportando","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought - Sportando","og_description":"Victor Wembanyama delivered the decisive shot against Phoenix to send the Spurs back to the playoffs","og_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/","og_site_name":"Sportando","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando","article_published_time":"2026-03-20T07:38:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alessandro Maggi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Sportando","twitter_site":"@Sportando","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alessandro Maggi","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/"},"author":{"name":"Alessandro Maggi","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56"},"headline":"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought","datePublished":"2026-03-20T07:38:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/"},"wordCount":152,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg","articleSection":["NBA"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/","name":"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought - Sportando","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-20T07:38:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/03\/San-Antonio-Spurs.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"San Antonio Spurs"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-hits-game-winner-as-spurs-end-six-year-playoff-drought\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Victor Wembanyama hits game winner as Spurs end six-year playoff drought"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","name":"Sportando","description":"Risultati di basket, notizie di pallacanestro, classifiche, Basket mercato, statistiche, roster, rumors NBA e tanto altro sul mondo della Pallacanestro","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#organization","name":"Sportando","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/logo-pink.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/07\/logo-pink.png","width":70,"height":70,"caption":"Sportando"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sportando","https:\/\/x.com\/Sportando","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sportando"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/#\/schema\/person\/98de9c06eb3fd90db33619209ce5bc56","name":"Alessandro Maggi","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a036130f3f94fe0780db108feaf25d4dccbf2f06884d876df411a2100abb6bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Alessandro Maggi"},"url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/author\/alessandromaggi\/"}]}},"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}]}}