San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama scored a career-high 50 points Wednesday night in a 139-130 win over Washington, becoming the first Spurs player since David Robinson in 1994 to log a 50-point outing in regulation.
"My first thought is eventually I want the rest of our performances, the rest of our games, to overshadow this one," Wembanyama said."I want to make it where in the future, just another one."Prior to Wembanyama, the last three 50-point games produced by Spurs came in overtime outings. David Robinson in 1994 logged the franchise's last 50-point night in regulation.
He made his presence felt virtually from the onset Wednesday, assisting or scoring on four consecutive field goals over the first 67 seconds as San Antonio seized a 13-3 lead. Wembanyama inflicted most of the damage in the third quarter, shooting a perfect 7-of-7 from the floor and 4-of-4 from long range for 19 points to go with four rebounds, an assist and one block. Wembanyama piled up nearly half his points on the night from beyond the arc, where he hit 8 of 16.
Wembanyama was 18-of-29 from the field and added 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in 32 minutes en route to becoming the first player in league history with 20 3-pointers and 13 blocks over a three-game span.For his career, Wembanyama has now recorded a 50-point game, a 5x5 game and a 10-block game. Just three other players --It took Wembanyama 83 career games to record his first 50-point game, the fourth-fewest games needed since the NBA/ABA Merger in 1976-77.
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