PHOENIX – Yes, we’ve witnessed spurts of brilliance from San Antonio Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama.
But the 19-year-old finally revealed a full picture worth salivating over Thursday by producing his most complete game to date in spearheading a 132-121 drubbing of the Phoenix Suns.
Scoring a career-high 38 points, Wembanyama tied for the third-most by a rookie in Spurs history.
Only Hall of Famer David Robinson scored more points in a game in his first season.
Here are five takeaways from the matchup:
1. Victor Wembanyama takes over
Ducking his head to avoid the doorframe on the way out of the packed postgame interview room, Wembanyama stopped at his locker and gulped a long swig from a clear plastic bottle.
The rookie certainly earned the hydration after dousing Phoenix’s rally attempt from a 27-point deficit.
With 4:21 left, former Spur Keita Bates-Diop drilled a 23-footer, knotting the score at 116.
Wembanyama then racked up 10 of San Antonio’s next 12 points to make the score 128-116 with 1:35 remaining on an 18-foot turnaround jumper.
Twelve seconds later, fans at Footprint Center started heading towards the exits.
“Somebody’s got to do it,” the rookie said of his fourth-quarter takeover.
Wembanyama shot 3-for-4 in the final frame in addition to pulling down three boards and tallying a block. He has now scored a combined 39 points in the fourth quarters of his first five games (fifth in the NBA) on 15-for-19 shooting.
Wembanyama also became the eighth player in NBA history to produce 85-plus points, 35-plus rebounds, and 10-plus blocks in his first five career games.
2. Wembanyama started fast, too
Wembanyama reversed his trend of slow starts in the second game of this Spurs-Suns set, which started Tuesday with a 115-114 win.
The rookie reeled off a game-high 20 points in the first half on 8-of-14 shooting with five rebounds, two assists, a block, and a steal. In addition to shooting 2-for-3 on 3s, we saw a highlight dunk or two.
Interestingly, Wembanyama entered this one averaging 5.3 points on 28% shooting in the first halves of the club’s first four contests.
Defensively, Wembanyama became one of three teenagers (Kevin Durant and LeBron James are the others) since blocks were tracked (1973-74) to post 35-plus points, 10 rebounds and two blocks in an outing.
In addition to the fast start, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich ensured Wembanyama would finish strong, too.
“We had he and Zach [Collins] play together in the last three minutes or so,” Popovich said. “We just ran that same play over and over again. But at the same time, we got a few stops at the other end.”
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