SAN ANTONIO – Victor Wembanyama enjoys the towering stature of a redwood tree, possesses the nimble feet of a man half his size, owns a wingspan wider than Texas and the skillset of the game’s best guards.

It’s a fantastical combination of traits and talents that the visiting Warriors knew was impossible to stop.

But that was all right. The Warriors were not concerned with shutting down San Antonio’s transcendent talent on Wednesday night.

They only needed to make him sweat, to expend energy against men with – at least by the NBA’s outlandish standards – more reasonable proportions.

And that’s exactly what they did in Golden State’s 125-120 victory in the heart of Texas. They hurled body after body at him, invaded his space and made sure to bump him at every opportunity.

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