Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs were no match for the Boston Celtics (101-134) on Sunday, for this last match of 2023. Once again, the Frenchman stood out with good stats: 21 points, 7 rebounds , 3 assists in 24 minutes.
After the Lakers in mid-December, the French interior (2.24m) faced another legendary team, which has 17 Larry O’Brien trophies in its cabinet, promised to the winner of the NBA. Above all, Boston has the best record in the league this season 26 wins – 6 losses.
In the ranks of Massachusetts players, no Jrue Holiday (elbow), but indeed the duo Jaylen Brown (24 points) – Jayson Tatum (25 points). A duo supported by two other key players in Boston’s season, number 1 in the East: Derrick White and Kristaps Porzingis. The 2.18m Latvian pivot, to gauge himself in the first quarter, tried to shoot above Wembanyama, without success, the ball not even touching the hoop.
The Frenchman, inspired offensively, scored 15 of his team’s first 35 points, with 3 long-distance baskets and an alley-oop from behind that brought the crowd at the Frost Bank Center to their feet. But the refrain is always the same at Spurs, when Wembanyama is not there the ship rocks, and Boston took advantage of it to lead clearly at the break 53-65.
Very large defeat
It only took 19 minutes of play in this meeting for the interior to exceed its average points scored this season (18.8), without avoiding the very large defeat, by 33 units of difference. Victor Wembanyama thus concludes his incredible year 2023. It began in France, with the Metropolitans 92, where he was spied on by the basketball world during a season ending in the Jeep Elite final, a championship in which he was voted best player.
He then flew to the United States, discovering even before the draft that his next jersey would be that of the Spurs, since the Texan franchise had obtained the first choice in the lottery. There is therefore no doubt that he would continue his career with San Antonio, no doubt either that unlike Tony Parker, also a Spurs legend, Wembanyama would discover the NBA in much less obvious conditions, within the youngest team in the league, far from being the most talented.
2024-01-01 05:32:10
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