Victor Wembanyama had a stellar performance with 35 points and 18 rebounds, leading the San Antonio Spurs to victory over Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets.
Wembanyama scored 35 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to victory over Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets . Jokic put up a monster stat line of 41 points, 18 rebounds, and 9 assists, narrowly missing a triple-double. This was the sixth time since the NBA /ABA merger in 1976, and first since 2019, that two players scored at least 35 points and 15 rebounds in the same game.
Denver had the ball down by one with 17 seconds left, but Wembanyama intercepted a pass from Jokic and the Spurs held on. Wembanyama picked up his fifth foul with 8:46 left but responded by hitting two deep 3-pointers. Denver rallied to lead by five, but the Spurs scored six straight points to take a 109-108 lead and ultimately win. Wembanyama, who turns 21 on Saturday, now has three career 35-point, 15-rebound games, breaking a tie with Shaquille O'Neal for the second-most such games in NBA history before a player's 21st birthday. Jokic, meanwhile, recorded his seventh career game with at least 40 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists.
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