Overview
- The San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder in a Game 7 to clinch a spot in the NBA Finals and will face the New York Knicks when the series begins this week.
- After the clincher, Victor Wembanyama organized a team screening of the horror film Obsession to help teammates unwind, according to ESPN reporting cited by multiple outlets.
- Film at Lincoln Center publicly offered Wembanyama tickets to its June 7 screening of Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 in New York after news of the movie night spread.
- Obsession premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, was made on a roughly $750,000–$1 million budget, and has earned more than $150 million, making it a surprise box-office breakout for Focus Features.
- The episode shows how Wembanyama’s on-court rise is widening his cultural influence by drawing institutional attention to a small film and by shaping team bonding ahead of the Finals.