From the great Wembanyama. He only needed 24 minutes of play to carry the Spurs. Victor Wembanyama was San Antonio’s top scorer during his team’s victory in Portland (105-118).
“Wemby” scored 30 points and grabbed 6 rebounds, giving the San Antonio franchise its fifth victory of the season. He also made 9 of 14 shots, including 2 of 4 awarded shots attempted, and scored all of his free throws (10 of 10). The 19-year-old French giant (2.24m) also made no less than 7 blocks and offered 6 assists.
Thus, he becomes the first player in history to record 30 points and 7 blocks in less than 30 minutes of play. He is also the second rookie to have at least 30 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 blocks in a game , after Spurs legend David Robinson in 1990, who was 24 at the time.
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Beaten by the Boston Celtics (128-122), Detroit suffered a 28th loss in a row on Thursday, equaling the record for consecutive defeats in the NBA, established by the Sixers in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons. This two days after suffering a 27th defeat in a row, the record for a single season.
The Celtics, first in the East and still undefeated at home, battled against the determined Pistons, who won overtime thanks to a basket from Bojan Bogdanovic (17 pts, 12 rebounds) 4.6 seconds from the end of the period. regulation time. Combative, Cade Cunningham’s teammates (31 pts, 9 assists, 6 rebounds) led the score for most of the match.
But without Jaylen Brown (back), the Celtics were able to count on Kristaps Porzingis (35 pts) and Jayson Tatum (31 pts) to win, overcoming a 21-point deficit. “With each defeat, they play harder because they want to win. (…) It will eventually happen,” said Boston coach Joe Mazzulla.
In the West, the Nuggets soundly beat the Memphis Grizzlies (142-105), who struggled without an ill Ja Morant, who had stringed together four consecutive victories since his return from suspension. Denver was able to count on the intractable Nikola Jokic, who signed his 30th triple-double of the season, with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists. The pivot scored all his shots (11 out of 11, including a winning shot) and his 3 free throws. This is Jokic’s third triple-double with a 100% success percentage, tying Wilt Chamberlain’s record.
The Pacers beat the Bulls in Chicago 120-104, in a game that saw Tyrese Haliburton dish out 20 assists and score 21 points without a turnover. Haliburton thus became the fifth NBA player to deliver 20 or more passes without a turnover and the second player in history to have scored 20 points and distributed 20 passes without a turnover, after Chris Paul in 2016.
Finally, the Timberwolves of a Rudy Gobert in double-double mode (20 pts, 11 rebounds) beat the Dallas Mavericks, deprived of Luka Doncic (quadriceps), 118-110. Anthony Edwards led the Western Conference-leading Minnesota franchise with 44 points.
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