Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs confirmed up in an enormous approach on Wednesday evening.
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 Again”, Chandler Parsons praised the younger star.
“Victor Wembanyama mainly had 50 factors in half of an NBA Recreation… This was a completely dominant efficiency. I don’t keep in mind a recreation this spectacular,” Parsons mentioned.
“Victor Wembanyama mainly had 50 factors in half of an NBA Recreation… This was a completely dominant efficiency. I do not keep in mind a recreation this spectacular.” – Chandler Parsons
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With this recreation, Wembanyama joins a really unique listing 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 evening 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 won’t be a fantastic crew however the improvement of Wembanyama is one thing particular to witness.
When the season started, folks have 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 evening’s 50-point recreation certainly assisted with that.
Wembanyama was an all-around menace to the Wizards through the recreation and it was a fantastic 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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