San Antonio Spurs rookie No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama has been one of a few bright spots for an otherwise bad team that entered Wednesday’s NBA action against the Detroit Pistons with a 5-30 record.
The 7-foot-4 France native took that to a whole new level in leading San Antonio to a 130-108 win over Detroit on the road Wednesday night.
Wembanyama scored 16 points with 12 rebounds and 10 assists. He became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double without a turnover. At 20 years and six days old, he surpassed the great Andre Iguodala in that category.
Wembanyama also became the youngest center in Association history to record a triple-double while joining Russell Westbrook as the only player in the history of the game to register a triple-double in just 24 minutes or less. He did it in just 21 minutes. Just insane stuff here.
We knew that Wembanyama was considered a generational talent when San Antonio selected him No. 1 overall in the 2023 NBA Draft. But putting up this type of performance — regardless of the level of competition — is just absurd.
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Victor Wembanyama stats: 19.3 PPG, 10.1 RPG, 2.8 APG, 45% shooting, 30% 3-point
It goes without saying that people had their reactions to what Wembanyama was able to do Wednesday evening in Detroit.