Wembanyama with career-high 40 points in Spurs win

Victor Wembanyama hit a career-high 40 points, including a big three-pointer with one minute and 12 seconds to play in overtime, as the San Antonio Spurs held off the visiting New York Knicks. The Spurs came through 130-126 despite New York’s Jalen Brunson hitting 61 points – a career high. He missed the Knicks’ single-game […]

Victor Wembanyama hit a career-high 40 points, including a big three-pointer with one minute and 12 seconds to play in overtime, as the San Antonio Spurs held off the visiting New York Knicks.

The Spurs came through 130-126 despite New York’s Jalen Brunson hitting 61 points – a career high.

He missed the Knicks’ single-game scoring record, held by Carmelo Anthony since 2014, by one point.

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Wembanyama also had 20 rebounds and seven assists.

The 20-year-old Frenchman’s haul saw him become the first rookie to record a 40-point, 20-rebound game since Shaquille O’Neal had 46 and 21 in 1993.