Michael C. Wright, reporting for ESPN;
Victor Wembanyama rocked the rim with a reverse jam off a lob tossed by Stephon Castle on Friday night and quickly fired off a four-punch combination into the padded stanchion underneath the basket.
Clearly, the beatdown was on against the Golden State Warriors.
This was a beatdown indeed!
But this was the first test for Rookie Yaxel Lendeborg if he can be the future of the Warriors, incase Steph Curry decided to retire in the not so distant future.
In another ESPN article, Lendeborg admitted that he was “flustered the entire game,” and was intimidated by Wembanyama’s length and presence in the paint.
“Nobody wanted to go into the paint,” Lendeborg said. “Nobody wanted to get their shot blocked by him. So we were all just doing some weak-ass floaters. I don’t know how many of us work on those. Especially me. I shot like seven of them. I never work on floaters since like [junior college].”
King of the Castle 🏰
32 PTS, 6 AST, 5 REB, 5 3PM for @StephonCastle tonight! https://t.co/yyQVlyEmjh
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) November 14, 2026
Lendeborg and the rest of the Warriors should be able to recover from this lost, since their next game will be against the Pelicans.
