Coach Popovic’s words at the end of the match would be enough: “I’ve never seen a challenge like this” to describe what happened during the night NBA Between San Antonio Spurs and New York Knickswith two historic performances from Victor Wembanyama e Jalen Brunson.
Spurs-Knicks 130-126: Wembanyama and Brunson dominate
INSIGHTS
In the end the Spurs prevailed in overtime 130-126 but the show will remain one of the most exciting of the season.
Doing battle was a veteran like Jalen Brunson (leader of the Knicks) and a rookie like Victor Wembanyama who seemed like a colossus and certainly not a rookie in his first year in the League.
WHAT. A. BATTLE. 🤯
Jalen Brunson: 61 PTS (career high) | 25 FGM | 5 3PM | 6 AST
Victor Wembanyama: 40 PTS (career high) | 20 REB | 7 AST
Spurs top the Knicks in an overtime THRILLER. pic.twitter.com/SSF1NOUDWp
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«I have never seen so much greatness before this season, I want to be part of it and I want to be able to compete with all these great players. I know I’m not at their level yet, but I’m getting there». With great humility the Frenchman born in 2004 spoke at the end of the match but he already deserves to be included in the list of the great players of the NBA. The numbers say it and tonight’s performance confirmed that his future could be bright. 40 points (career high), 20 assists and 7 rebounds for the 224 centimeter giant; 13/22 shooting including 4/9 threes and 10/12 free throws, all in less than 38 minutes.
Not even the sumptuous performance of Brunson it was enough to counter the rookie from San Antonio. New York’s point guard he reached 61 points, a career high. Just one point away from Carmelo Anthony’s 62 in 2014. His 38 points in the second half alone, however, tied the franchise record set by Patrick Ewing (1995). The American born in ’96 celebrated his opponent Wembanyama at the end of the match: «He will go down as one of the greatest in the history of the game. There is no doubt about the way it is built and what it has managed to do so far. I have a lot of respect for him and it’s certainly very difficult just to get over him.”
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2024-03-30 12:30:45
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