San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama delivered a certainly one of a sort 40-piece in Thursday’s time beyond regulation victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Wemby goes 42-6-5-4-2 with seven threes to see off Atlanta
It was one other particular night time within the Frost Financial institution Heart as Wembanyama tallied 42 factors, six rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, two steals and 7 threes – turning into the primary in league historical past to file such a statline.
The Frenchman is averaging 27.1 factors, 10.0 rebounds, 1.1 steals and three.3 blocks over his final 15 video games on 50% capturing from the ground and 38% from downtown.
Wembanyama is the primary participant to common 27 factors, ten rebounds, one steal and three blocks over a 15-game span since Anthony Davis on the New Orleans Pelicans in 2018.
He was named the inaugural Kia Western Convention Defensive Participant of the Month earlier than the sport and he’s shortly turning into a consensus top-ten participant within the league.
WATCH: Wembanyama takes over in time beyond regulation to push Spurs over the road
Victor Wembanyama finishes with 42-6-5-2-4 (13/24 FG, 7/15 3P, +17)
This was all in OT: pic.twitter.com/OlNxZgGZcu
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‘Wemby’ turned the primary unanimous Rookie of the Yr winner since Karl Anthony-Cities and stands tall as essentially the most priceless piece within the nation.
All-Star voting opened lately and he’s certain to be a lock within the Western Convention whereas being a runaway winner of the Defensive Participant of the Yr award.
The 20-year-old is indubitably the following huge factor within the NBA and he continues to go from power to power after being drafted with the primary general decide in final yr’s draft.
If profitable, he’ll grow to be the youngest winner of the DPOY award in historical past on the age of 21 – two years youthful than winners like Jaren Jackson Jr, Kawhi Leonard and Dwight Howard.
As per the greatest on-line sportsbooks, Wembanyama is already an odds-on value of -250 to win the award.
