2023-12-16 10:57:00
This is the end of the worst series of defeats in their history. Victor Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs won against the Lakers (129-115) Friday December 15 in San Antonio. Wembanyama faced star LeBron James, during the first face-to-face between the two phenomena, who are twenty years apart. The Texan franchise thus stopped the clock at eighteen consecutive losses. If Devin Vassell carried the attack for the Spurs, the defense was embodied by Victor Wembanyama. The Frenchman compiled a whopping 15 rebounds, 2 interceptions and 2 blocks. With 13 points, he signed his seventh consecutive double.
Orphaned by Anthony Davis, injured (adductors), James stood out from the second ball touched by Wembanyama. An interception on a dribble from the Spurs player, and the number one in the 2003 draft concluded with a furious dunk on the counter-attack. A sham, the Californians, recent winners of the NBA Cup, quickly found themselves trailing 24-49 at the start of the second quarter.
“It’s the talent of a generation”
Before the break, a second duel between James and Wembanyama, again in favor of the first. To avoid the counter from the French giant (2.24 m), the Lakers player propelled his three-point shot very high into the room to bring his team back to 7 points (62-69). To give San Antonio some air, Devin Vassell had to show his muscles with 36 points scored, his record. Wembanyama was discreet in attack, sometimes a spectator of this highly anticipated evening in the NBA.
READ ALSO NBA: “We have to be patient with the Spurs and Victor Wembanyama” “LeBron is an idol, someone I saw constantly on TV as a child, that makes this meeting all the more special,” Wembanyama, who was not yet born when James was already tormenting defenses, explained on Monday. of the NBA. The American had contributed to the madness that surrounded the Frenchman’s arrival in the United States by calling him an “extraterrestrial” at the end of 2022. “It’s the talent of a generation, that’s for sure,” he said. he adds.
The French player, drafted in first position last June, regularly displays certain qualities (19 points and 11 rebounds on average). The interior, however, has not yet found the key to relaunching the very young Spurs franchise. Even if San Antonio (4 wins for 20 losses) has finally tasted success, and for the first time since November 3.
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