While Bilal Coulibaly was having a blast against the Clippers, Victor Wembanyama played Victor Wembanyama against the Magic. And San Antonio even almost won after an incredible comeback… with Wemby on the bench.
21 points at 7/15 shooting including 2/5 from parking and 5/5 from shots, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 6 blocks. The most finicky will recall this morning that Chet Holmgren produced the same kind of stats (18/13/3/5) in a victory against the reigning champions, but the more outspoken among us will prefer to say that Chet played Nuggets without Jokic, and that the simple fact of nitpicking around a 20 year old guy dropping performances at 21/8/6 already means something.
The debate between Victor Wembanyama and Chet Holmgren exists, yes, their last match-up had largely turned in favor of the Frenchman (even if the Spurs had taken 30, WE KNOW), it will also exist perhaps for years and that’s so much the better. And to fuel this debate a little more, with original contributions? Know that Victor Wembanyama was effective last night in a big defeat for Spurs. Oops.
Defensively dominant like the Alien that he is, offensively offering like a franchise player, Victor Wembanyama nevertheless had a strange evening against Paolo Banchero, Franz Wagner, and an interesting Mo Wagner – Jo Isaac pair coming off the bench. Strange evening because between the third and fourth quarter the Spurs took a shine to find themselves 25 points behind, strange because the Spurs then returned to the match, to a small point, but it was with a Victor on the bench, SA being rather carried at that moment by the Vassell / Sochan duo.
In the end we won’t remember the defeat, we would miss more than that, but rather yet another solid performance individually for Vic. And we are clearly not going to take this for granted.
2024-02-01 04:12:00
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