The San Antonio Spurs won their eighth straight game Saturday, beating the Portland Trail Blazers 125-103 at Moda Center. They made 28 of 30 free throws along the way.

Victor Wembanyama scored 29 points in 24 minutes and sat out the fourth quarter. Portland’s announcers questioned during the Blazers’ broadcast how often he ends up on the floor, and fans weighed in on whether the whistles he drew were earned.

How the Whistles Went for Victor Wembanyama in Portland

Portland got to the free-throw line first, attempting 10 free throws on five trips in the first quarter to San Antonio’s three, as the Spurs were called for eight fouls to Portland’s two. The second quarter went the other way. San Antonio shot 18 free throws in the period, made 17 and led 64-49 at halftime.

Wembanyama scored all eight of his first-quarter points from the field. He took eight of the Spurs’ 18 attempts in the second, on four trips in the final 3:39 of the half, and made every one. Three followed loose-ball fouls by Sidy Cissoko, Toumani Camara and Deni Avdija, the fourth a personal foul by Chris Youngblood.

Portland’s announcers said on the Blazers’ broadcast: “This guy spends more time on the floor than ANYONE I’ve ever seen… Unbelievable… What are we DOING here?”

Some fans sided with the booth. “They seeing it finally,” one fan wrote.

“Enough is enough at this point,” another fan wrote.

Another fan appeared to bring Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander into the argument: “Turning to SGA playbook bc MVP odds fading.”

The free-throw attempts, though, were nearly even by halftime, with Portland at 20 and San Antonio at 21. After the break, the Blazers attempted 10 to the Spurs’ nine, and each team finished with 30, San Antonio making 28 and Portland 24. Wembanyama took nine of the Spurs’ 30.

The Spurs were also called for 30 personal fouls to Portland’s 20, three of them charged to Wembanyama, whose two shooting fouls sent Jrue Holiday and Cissoko to the line and whose third was an offensive foul.

Portland was called for 12 fouls in the second quarter, two more than San Antonio, but most of the full-game gap came after halftime, when San Antonio was whistled 12 times and Portland six.

Outside of his eight first-half free throws, Wembanyama made 9 of 13 shots from the field, including 3 of 6 from 3-point range, for the other 21 of his 29 points. His only free throw of the second half came after Donovan Clingan fouled him on an alley-oop dunk in the third quarter, and he missed it.

Not everyone watching agreed with the booth’s read of what was happening on the floor. Answering the clip directly, another fan wrote, “Those were obvious fouls! What are they watching?!”

Another fan addressed Wembanyama directly, without taking a side on the calls: “Put the league on notice Wemby.”

Avdija, who led Portland with 15 points and whose loose-ball foul sent Wembanyama to the line in the last minute of the first half, said after the loss, “We’re gonna meet them again.”

The two teams will not be apart for long. The Spurs return to Moda Center on November 25 for their second visit to Portland this month.