2023-12-22 15:10:23
Victor Wembanyama’s first season across the Atlantic, which began as a dream, sometimes turns into a nightmare. The San Antonio franchise lost again on the night of Wednesday to Thursday in Chicago, against the Bulls (114-95), its 23rd defeat of the season in a western conference in which it is bottom.
With a “Wemby” of… early evenings: despite 22 minutes on the court, the French giant only scored 7 small points, for 5 rebounds and 5 assists. His teammate and compatriot Sidy Cissokho nevertheless had the opportunity to show himself, with a second appearance in the regular season, but did not have the opportunity to do better with only three minutes on the floor.
Fortunately, French fortunes were varied on the American courts and Rudy Gobert (Minnesota Timberwolves) was important in his team’s victory against the Lakers, deprived of LeBron James (118-111), the day after their heavy defeat against the 76ers Joel Embiid. With 37 minutes on the court, the Frenchman scored a double-double (15 points, 13 rebounds).
For his part, the young Bilal Coulibaly (19 years old, Washington Wizards) continues to rack up the minutes, 18 against Portland. Despite timid statistics (2 points, 2 rebounds), he was important defensively to ensure the short success of his franchise (118-117) at the end of the match.
Also note the good performance of Ousmane Dieng in the large victory of the Oklahoma City Thunders against the Los Angeles Clippers (134-115). The 20-year-old winger only played 7 minutes but scored 7 points.
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