It didn’t take long to recognize San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama was considerably more upset than usual after his team’s loss in Tuesday night’s NBA Cup final.
At the postgame news conference on Dec. 16, after falling to the New York Knicks 124-113, Wembanyama couldn’t even answer the first question before he began to cry.
“Sorry,’ he said. ‘I just lost somebody today.”
Wembanyama answered one more question before cutting the interview short.
Even though he knew about her death before the game, Wembanyama still played against the Knicks. He did not start and finished with 18 points, six rebounds and two blocked shots in 25 minutes of action.
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