Spurs fans – After the San Antonio Spurs fell 105-104 in Game 2 of the 2026 NBA Finals, fans pushed back on the criticism aimed at Victor Wembanyama. With the Spurs now trailing 0-2 and heading to Madison Square Garden, supporters leaned hard on one message: “He’s 22,” poi
On the night the San Antonio Spurs had a chance to turn the NBA Finals conversation their way, Victor Wembanyama delivered a second-half explosion, then left the final seconds with the kind of sequence that lives in highlight reels and bar-stool debates.
San Antonio lost Game 2 at home 105-104 and sits in a giant 0-2 hole as the Finals shift to Madison Square Garden. For Spurs fans. that scoreline matters—but so does what Wembanyama did and didn’t do in the closing moments: he committed a potentially series-defining turnover in the final 10 seconds. followed it with a costly foul. and then missed the possible game-winner at the end.
Criticism came fast, especially once Wembanyama’s preseason-to-podium story became postseason scrutiny in real time. Despite the praise for his postseason heroics. the French 7-foot-4 star has looked. at times in this run. outmatched against Karl-Anthony Towns and the New York Knicks. Yet the backlash didn’t land the same way with everyone watching.
“He’s 22, he’ll be fine, Same thing happened with {Jayson} Tatum,” @mothafokcharlie wrote on X, comparing Wembanyama’s NBA Finals inconsistencies to the Boston Celtics forward’s path before championship success in 2024.
@mynameisfrank91 added: “He’s 22 in year 3.” That same post frames the criticism as something fans can’t treat as a finished-product verdict. “By no means a finished product. this series has exposed some flaws, but he is still the guy every team chooses to build their franchise around.”
Others leaned into the age argument even harder as the timeline filled with the toughest takes. “Too much Wemby hate on the timeline,” @JwacReactions posted. “He’s 22. He carried that team back last night to even out them in a position to get a game winning shot. He’s gotta be more aggressive but let’s stop this narrative. “He’s 22 in his first playoff run ever and they are talking like he been trying for 10 years,” @RyanHatesLitter wrote.
The Spurs entered the 2026 NBA Finals as odds-on favorites. and the season behind that run already carried the weight of a major success—especially for a group that many had viewed as a fringe playoff contender before the campaign began. Wembanyama led San Antonio to Western Conference glory in his third year. and the magnitude of that accomplishment hasn’t disappeared just because the Finals are moving in the wrong direction.
After a clear step forward in his second NBA Finals contest. Wembanyama’s numbers on Friday night stood out: 29 points on 11-of-21 shooting. along with nine rebounds. four blocks. two steals. and four turnovers. The final stat line doesn’t erase the turnover, the foul, or the missed potential winner. But it does show why so many Spurs supporters see the story as larger than one sequence at the end of Game 2.
There’s also a contrast at the center of the fan reaction. The same star who’s being questioned for postseason shortcomings is also the one many believe is still absorbing what it means to be the MVP-level centerpiece of a franchise, right in the harshest setting the NBA can offer.
Monday’s next chapter is set for a notoriously intense environment—Madison Square Garden—with Wembanyama expected to put forth what should be a historically rowdy effort as San Antonio tries to reverse a 0-2 deficit.
If the Spurs have to survive one more night of scrutiny, Spurs fans are already drawing a line in the sand. They don’t dispute the mistakes. They’re betting the bigger truth is this: at 22, Wembanyama is still learning what greatness costs when the series hinges on the last 10 seconds.
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