Alex Caruso took on an impossible challenge for the Thunder. He almost succeeded

OKLAHOMA CITY — Hours after Victor Wembanyama stunned the building, the sounds of the once-deafening Paycom Center were finally comprehensible. Janitors murmured across the lower bowl as they rigorously swept the crumbs left from the pandemonium. The streaks of the sneakers that played an iconic Western Conference finals Game 1 were prominent on the hardwood. So, too, was the spot: Where Wembanyama unabashedly launched from to earn the San Antonio Spurs a second overtime and a 122-115 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.Five paces from the scorer’s table, 28 feet from the rim. It feels impossibly distant.Advertisement