In the warm-up of the match between San Antonio and Memphis, four balls stopped at the same time in the basket where the Spurs were shooting. Instead of unlocking them with his hands, as he would have done without even needing to jump, Victor Wembanyama performed a spectacular and frightening flying kick from three meters in the air, perhaps learned during his retreat in the Shaolin temple last summer. A gesture that shows all his athleticism, but who knows how much the medical staff of the silver and blacks liked it, given that the Frenchman – returning after two games missed due to a bone bruise – had a limit on his playing time set at 20 minutes to preserve his physique…
