Victor Wembanyama 's poster dunk over Draymond Green , and the theatrics that ensued, came from bottled-up emotions.

After the Warriors' thrilling 109-108 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night, the young Spurs phenom explained to reporters why he got in Green's face after the monstrous slam.

“It's not trying to prove anything to anybody," Wembanyama said (h/t Mike Finger). "It's just, at some point, somebody speaks to you a certain way, you have to respond a certain way.”

After the dunk, which didn't actually count because officials ruled Green fouled Wembanyama before the slam, the 7-foot-4 Wembanyama hunched over Green as the two began to exchange words.

The Spurs bench -- and the entire Frost Bank Center crowd -- got out of their seats in awe of what they just witn

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