Anthony Edwards went airborne with both hands – and shoved. With 10:58 left in the second quarter, Wembanyama caught a perfect outlet pass from De’Aaron Fox and was already rising for the dunk when Antman, trailing the play, launched a two-handed push into the Spurs center mid-air. The refs called it. Wemby calmly stepped to the line, converted the and-one, and San Antonio’s lead ballooned to 41–27 – their largest of the night. Fans erupted. The BBall Breakdown account on X flagged it immediately, reminding everyone just how dangerous a shove on an airborne seven-footer can be.

“I don’t think what Edwards did here was okay. You really can’t two-hand shove a guy in the back as he’s getting into the air; it’s simply dangerous. And it was weird that he’d argue the call.”

It wasn’t a one-off moment – it was a pattern. Since his Game 4 ejection, Wembanyama has been absorbing punishment on nearly every possession, calling the Minnesota physicality “rage baiting.” But the Timberwolves kept coming. And in Game 6, with a 30-point lead sealed and the series put away, the Spurs didn’t just win – they answered every shove, hold, and missed whistle with the only currency that matters: points. As the game moved on, the BBall Breakdown page on X reminded everyone why this was a dangerous play.

With over 150k followers, the page is famous for a pointed basketball analysis. In the comment section, some fans defended Ant and said it was minimal contact. But the BBALLBREAKDOWN account was having none of it and replied,

“Do yourself a favor and sprint as fast as you can, then jump in the air and have someone push you in the back the moment you leave the floor. I’ll wait.”

With the French center still airborne, a push from behind could have led to an awkward landing. This time, however, Victor Wembanyama managed to land on his feet before stumbling backward in disbelief. Fouls against Wembanyama have been a recurring issue throughout this series. In the first quarter, Julius Randle pushed the league’s first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year while grabbing a rebound; Wembanyama fell onto his stomach but avoided serious injury.

Later, in the second quarter, T. Shannon Jr. attempted to challenge Wembanyama for a rebound and shoved him with his elbow. These types of fouls have persisted throughout the series and have become even more frequent since Wembanyama’s ejection in Game 4. Notably, Edwards’ foul could have caused significant harm to the Spurs center, as many comments have rightly pointed out.

Fans support Victor Wembanyama over Timberwolves’ antics

Even in Game 5, from the beginning, Wemby had to endure a lot of fouls. Ayo Dosunmu got in his face in the first quarter. Rudy Gobert stepped into his landing zone. Naz Reid physically shoved him out of bounds. But the 22-year-old stayed calm.

That’s why a fan commented, “Wolves are dirty probably about the 20th time Wemby has been two hand shoved in the back this series”. Speaking about the treatment, Victor Wembanyama did not express any shock.

“Yeah, I feel like the rage baiting would have been maybe one of the strategies. So, I feel like we need to stay composed as a team”. He stayed calm in Game 5 and dropped 27 points and 17 rebounds.

The unnecessary shoving and pulling continued tonight in Target Center, and another netizen commented, “Every time he goes up or gathers, they are shoving him in the back. Every single time.”

After the ejection in Game 4, the NBA did not impose harsher punishment for the French phenom. But the Wolves remembered the elbow and wanted to take revenge, setting the tone early.

It was Rudy Gobert who entered his landing space, thus disrupting his footing. It was called for flagrant 1, but not flagrant 2. Even then, the Spurs fans wondered, and today they had the same conundrum.

“Was wondering why it wasn’t reviewed for flagrant”. There were multiple attempts made, even in the last game, to rile up Wemby.

Ayo Dosunmu tried to get a reaction in Game 4. “You’re still talking s—t?” he asked the 22-year-old. Victor Wembanyama’s first response was a smile.

Then, still smiling, he replied, “Get your hands off me.” Edwards tried to interject and ask for a tech, but Wemby still smiled and said the same thing: “Get your hands off me.”

It didn’t work. Ant even pushed him once again, trying to get a reaction. But there was none. So a fan called, “He also had a very similar two-handed shove on Wemby in an earlier game. Complained about that one too.”

Another one clearly blamed Edwards. “It is an obvious foul but he’s arguing because the refs have been letting them get away with this all series against Wemby. Same thing happened with the Cade push off in the pistons game, obvious foul but they haven’t been calling it all series.”

While it’s been Victor Wembanyama’s playoff debut season, he has experienced it all. A concussion ruled him out of a game against the Blazers. Then his first flagrant 2 of his career, but he has faced it all and now has led the Spurs to their first conference finals since 16-17.