Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs will open up the Western Conference Finals matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight. These have been the two best teams in the West all season, with each winning 62+ games, and the two young franchises will square off with a trip to the NBA Finals on the line.

Looking at the odds for Game 1, the Thunder enter as 6.5-point favorites and hold -245 odds of winning outright on DraftKings Sportsbook. The Spurs hold +200 odds of pulling off the outright upset, with the game total set at 221.5 points.

With the stage set, here are my favorite Victor Wembanyama prop bets ahead of the Western Conference Finals series opener.

Best Victor Wembanyama Prop Bets on DraftKings Sportsbook

Victor Wembanyama Over 24.5 Points (-109)

There is plenty to like about the entirety of this Spurs roster, but there is no question that Victor Wembanyama remains the head of the snake. This will especially be the case given the quality of the Thunder defense and the way they will match up. Oklahoma City finished the regular season ranked second in opponent points per game and first in defensive rating. The Thunder are loaded with high-level defenders, but this is most notable on the perimeter.

You cannot teach size, and the 7-foot-4 frame of Wembanyama is one that should be expected to be on display tonight and in this series. Across the regular season, the two-time All-Star posted averages of 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 3.5 blocks per game. He tallied over 24.5 points in 34 of the 64 regular-season games. Since the postseason kicked off, the 22-year-old is posting averages of 20.3 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.1 blocks per game. However, this includes a pair of early exits as he suffered a concussion in the opening series and was ejected in Game 4 of the previous round against the Timberwolves. Wembanyama left both games before playing 13 minutes. If you take away those matchups from his averages, he would be scoring 24.3 points per game this postseason.

It has been a tale of two Game 1’s from a scoring perspective for Wembanyama in these playoffs. In the opening series against the Trail Blazers, he erupted for 35 points, shooting 13-for-21 from the field and five-for-six from beyond the three-point arc. Against the Timberwolves, the Spurs star was limited to just 11 points in the Game 1 loss in which he shot 5-for-17 from the field and missed all eight of his long-range shots. Even with the pair of early exits in mind, Wembanyama has tallied over 24.5 points in four postseason games thus far.

This is a matchup that both sides have had circled every time they face off and has the early makings of one of the best rivalries of this era. San Antonio has gone 4-1 in the regular season against Oklahoma City, but the postseason experience will be on the side of the defending champions. Expect there to be some early series growing pains from the young guards under the bright lights, and for Wembanyama’s size advantage to be necessary. These are the types of games he is built for and expect a statement performance with over 24.5 points tonight.

Victor Wembanyama Over 3.5 Blocks (+116)

Without being disrespectful to his offensive ability, there is pretty much no world where Victor Wembanyama will ever be as impactful on that side of the floor as he is defensively. The Frenchman became the first-ever unanimous Defensive Player of the Year this season, and he likely had a clear path to the award last year if his season had not been forced to end early due to his blood clot issues. 

Wembanyama averaged an NBA-best 3.1 blocks per game across the regular season, which marks his career low in this category. As a rookie, he tallied 3.6 blocks per game, and he sent back 3.8 shots per game last year. This doesn’t even recognize all the times the opponent drives to the basket and avoids going up with a shot simply because of his presence. Since the playoffs have kicked off, Wembanyama is averaging a league-leading 4.1 blocks per game. He has tallied as many as 12 blocks in a game already this postseason, and 5+ blocks in four games.

The matchups will be a bit interesting as San Antonio will likely weigh its options of leaving Wembanyama in straight-up coverage with Chet Holmgren or sag off a lesser shooting threat as more of a roamer. Even with OKC doing a nice job of limiting his impact as a shot-blocker during the regular season, the bulk of its offense is dependent on getting to the rim and spots in the midrange. Expect San Antonio to have some clear schemes in place to put Wembanyama in a spot to maximize his impact as a shot-blocker. This is an extremely high bar by the standard of your average NBA player, but one that Wembanyama is comfortable clearing at a regular rate. Back the Defensive Player of the Year to live up to his title and make a statement by sending back over 3.5 shots tonight.