The rivalry between Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren started years before the NBA at the 2021 FIBA U19 World Cup, when Team USA barely defeated France 83-81 in the championship game and Holmgren won tournament MVP over Wemby. Even after Victor put up 22 points, 8 rebounds, and a tournament-record 8 blocks in the final, he still had to watch Chet celebrate the gold medal and MVP trophy, with Wembanyama later calling it one of the toughest moments of his basketball career. Ever since then, fans have constantly compared the two future superstars as the next generation of NBA greatness, and today Wemby finally got his revenge against Holmgren and the Oklahoma City Thunder on the biggest stage possible. In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Victor Wembanyama delivered an all-time playoff performance with 41 points, 24 rebounds, clutch blocks, a huge game-tying three, and a vicious dunk over Holmgren to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 122-115 double-overtime win over OKC. Meanwhile, Holmgren struggled with just 8 points and 8 rebounds as Wemby completely took over the game and stole the spotlight from his longtime rival. From losing MVP to Chet as a teenager to dominating him years later in the NBA playoffs, this matchup officially feels like the beginning of basketball’s next legendary rivalry. Credits: ESPN 🏀 NBA 🏀 Podcast P with Paul George 🏀 Oklahoma City Thunder 🏀 San Antonio Spurs 🏀 JxmyHighroller 🏀 Song: Kendrick Lamar - Euphoria Copyright & Fair Use Notice: This video is created for transformative purposes, including commentary, storytelling, and educational discussion. This video is for entertainment purposes only. All footage, audio, and images belong to their respective copyright holders. No copyright infringement is intended. Content is edited and recontextualized to add original narrative value. If you are a rights holder and believe this material has been used incorrectly, please reach out and the content will be addressed promptly in accordance with platform guidelines
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It's as if Wemby hates Chet's very existence 🙏😭.
When chet got that block to put the game in OT Wemby just chose destruction
40pts and 24 boards is insane 😳
“IS THIS YOUR MVP”
Nothing would make me happier than watching the spurs pull out the brooms in this series
Wemby's been going crazy, especially against Chet.
wemby beating OKC in 5
Well you know him now😂
Not adding his logo shot in the edit to go to double ot is crazy
I feel like we would all like Chet a lot more if he wasn’t sharing a team with SGA
Wemby is a future top 7 at least,player of all time
What has Chet even done to Wemby to deserve this? 😭🙏
This like some Broly backstory towards Goku 😭
I like the fact that Wemby holds garages.🎉🎉🎉
Wemby gets a 100% boost on all stats when he's against chet 😂😂
“Yall got beef” “Nah I’m vegan”
This feels like a anime story
Wemby lost 2 mvps and they were both to thunder players
Get ready folks, wemby the ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
chet bouta get dog walked by his proud daddy victor wembanyama