{"id":1971203,"date":"2026-06-04T03:11:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1971203"},"modified":"2026-06-04T03:11:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T00:11:04","slug":"fan-at-spurs-knicks-attempts-selfie-with-victor-wembanyama-after-running-onto-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1971203","title":{"rendered":"Fan at Spurs-Knicks attempts selfie with Victor Wembanyama after running onto court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With over six minutes remaining in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, a fan in San Antonio couldn\u2019t contain his excitement.<\/p>\n

Spurs center Victor Wembanyama had just checked back into the game for the final stretch when a fan ran onto the court to take a selfie<\/a> with the Defensive Player of the Year before being detained and escorted away by security. The act earned a brief pose and a wry smile from the Spurs star.<\/p>\n

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At that point, Wembanyama was facing a 92-86 deficit against the New York Knicks. His highly anticipated NBA Finals debut had not gone according to plan. The 22-year-old had struggled to that point, shooting 5 of 15 from the field and 1 of 6 from 3-point range while scoring 18 points.<\/p>\n

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Although his superstardom was magnetic enough to draw a fan from the crowd onto the court, it wasn\u2019t enough to give the Spurs a lead heading into the final stretch. Wembanyama promptly scored six points, including a stepback 3, over the next three minutes to pull San Antonio within one. He finished the game with 26 points on 6-of-21 shooting in 38 minutes.<\/p>\n

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He didn\u2019t exactly pose for any mid-game pictures. His focus remained fixed on the Knicks and trying to get the Spurs back into position to win Game 1 as they struggled to keep pace with the Knicks, who eventually pulled away for the 105-95 victory.<\/a><\/p>\n

That fan, meanwhile, will have to live with the selfie he managed to capture during the precious seconds he spent on an NBA Finals court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With over six minutes remaining in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, a fan in San Antonio couldn\u2019t contain his excitement. Spurs center Victor Wembanyama had just checked back into the game for the final stretch when a fan ran onto the court to take a selfie with the Defensive Player of the Year before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1971203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1971203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1971203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1971203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1971203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}