The Frenchman is approaching 900 rebounds since arriving in NVA. He has already exceeded 300 points this season and more than 50 blocks.
The Wembanyameter (Victor’s cumulative statistics this season and over NBA career)
Over the season: 320 pts scored (22.9 pts on average) / 143 reb captured (10.2 reb on average) / 46 passes distributed (3.3 no on average) / 51 blocks (3.6 con on average)
Career: 1842 points scored / 898 rebounds captured / 320 passes distributed / 327 blocks made
After his record performances, Wemby remained on the bench for a large part of the week after receiving a bad hit from Anthony Davis during the clash against the Los Angeles Lakers. Medical examinations revealed that the young prodigy was suffering from a contusion on his right knee. Faced with the situation, the Spurs staff decided not to take any risks by leaving their nugget to rest against Oklahoma City and the Utah Jazz.
The French interior will therefore have made its return to the courts against the number 1 team in the Western Conference, namely the Golden State Warriors. Facing Steph Curry’s teammates, Wemby brought us a new benchmark match to allow his Spurs to string together a third consecutive victory.
Against the Californians, the prodigy gradually gained momentum before completely exploding in the last quarter. Victor scored 12 of his 25 points in money time to allow his teammates to surpass the Warriors at the end of the match (104 to 94). The Alien was quite simply the most impactful player on the floor at the end of the game on both sides of the field. The Rookie of the Year will have rewarded us with several saving counterattacks, big long-distance shots as well as sequences of ball-in-hand penetrations to finish near the hoop.
But what we will remember is that Victor Wembanyama signs his best performance of the season in terms of assists with no less than 9 caviars distributed. The interior will have constantly been integrated into the Spurs’ offensive schemes to distribute the leather to the four corners of the floor in order to create spaces against one of the best NBA defenses.
The statistical line is therefore of All Star caliber with 25 points (9/21 including 4/13 from afar), 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 blocks. Beyond the individual performance of their nugget, the Spurs seem to have found a real collective chemistry over several meetings. The returns from injuries of Sohan and Vassel will only be beneficial to strengthen a team with a positive record of 9 wins for 8 defeats.
