On Tuesday night time in Los Angeles, Victor Wembanyama had a 40-point recreation towards a depleted Lakers.
25 of these factors got here within the first quarter giving Wemby the third highest scoring quarter in Spurs historical past behind George Gervin (33 factors in 1978) and David Robinson (28 in 1994).
37 of Wemby’s 40 got here within the first half. He wrapped up the 40 with a single three-pointer within the third quarter. Total he closed out his night time in 26 minutes and 6 seconds.
This was Victor’s sixth 40-point recreation, pushing him previous Tim Duncan. Let that resonate for a minute. Wemby has extra 40-point video games in simply over 150 video games than Huge Elementary had over his 19 12 months profession.
The sky is the restrict with Victor Wembnyama. And with a supporting solid consisting of the reigning Western Convention Participant of the Week Stephon Fort (see 40-point triple-double) in addition to NBA sixth Man hopeful Keldon Johnson, and the inaugural NBA Clutch Participant of the 12 months De’Aaron Fox, the Spurs are having fairly a season.
Brian Windhorst stated it finest, “We don’t put ceilings on Victor Wembanyama. In case you say to me ‘Can Victor Wembanyama do X?’ my reply nearly at all times goes to be ‘sure.’”
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