Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs confirmed up in an enormous method on Wednesday night time.
He scored a career-high 50 factors, together with eight three-pointers, because the Spurs pushed out the Washington Wizards and walked away with a 139-130 win.
Talking on Thursday’s “Run It Back”, Chandler Parsons praised the younger star.
“Victor Wembanyama basically had 50 points in half of an NBA Game… This was an absolutely dominant performance. I don’t remember a game this impressive,” Parsons mentioned.
“Victor Wembanyama basically had 50 points in half of an NBA Game… This was an absolutely dominant performance. I don’t remember a game this impressive.” – Chandler Parsons
With this recreation, Wembanyama joins a really unique record of the youngest gamers to attain 50 factors in a recreation.
He did this at 20 years and 314 days, behind solely Devin Booker, LeBron James, and Brandon Jennings.
It was an unbelievable night time for Wembanyama, who’s averaging 22.3 factors, 10.2 rebounds, and a league-high 3.8 blocks per recreation.
As famous by Parsons, the Spurs nonetheless may not be a terrific crew however the improvement of Wembanyama is one thing particular to witness.
When the season started, folks had been questioning if he would enhance upon his stellar numbers from final season.
There have been some issues about his offensive output however now his common variety of factors per recreation is above final season’s.
Wednesday night time’s 50-point recreation certainly assisted with that.
Wembanyama was an all-around menace to the Wizards throughout the recreation and it was a terrific reminder of simply how particular this younger expertise is.
He’s already gained Rookie of the Yr and is within the operating for Defensive Participant of the Yr this season.
Wembanyama is likely one of the most talked-about younger gamers within the league proper now and the dialog about him will get extra excited following Wednesday’s recreation.
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