ROME, 01 NOV – After a quiet start to the season, Victor Wembanyama takes the stage and drags the Spurs: the NBA championship match ends 106-88 in favor of the San Antonio quintet who prevails away on the Utah Jazz thanks to at the French champion’s show on the pitch. After the shadowy performance against Oklahoma City (6 points), Wembanyama against the Jazz, without their leader Lauri Markkanen, scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks, or the so-called 5×5 . The one of the players capable of producing a 5×5 was a club in which Wembanyama had already entered in his rookie year, but with the performance against Utah the Frenchman becomes only the second player in NBA history after Hakeem Olajuwon to do so twice scoring at least 25 points. The Jazz suffer their fifth defeat, and are in last place. Ja Morant, protagonist of Memphis’ 122-99 success against the Bucks, is also celebrating: the Grizzlies champion scored 26 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists for a triple double. For the Milwaukee Bucks, champions in 2021, it is a crisis: despite Giannis Antetokounmpo (37 points), Milwaukee recorded their fourth consecutive knockout, while leader Damian Lillard experienced another bad evening (just 4 points). Success of the Houston Rockets in Dallas against the Mavericks 108-102 and of Phoenix at home against the Los Angeles Clippers 125-119. (HANDLE).
