SAN ANTONIO -- It was never about Victor Wembanyama ducking reporters. When the San Antonio Spurs big man chose to walk away from the cameras and microphones after his terrible Game 5 showing on Tuesday night, with his teammates left to discuss how they'd blown a chance to take the lead against the Oklahoma City Thunder at home in these Western Conference finals, the widespread criticism that came his way was about the message he sent by choosing silence.

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