Wembanyama plays 'top five' game in Paris as he leads Spurs to easy win
Towering French NBA star Victor Wembanyama dazzled his home crowd in Paris by scoring 30 points for the San Antonio Spurs in a crushing victory over the Indiana Pacers. Speaking after the match, Wembanyama said it had been a "top five" performance.
Victor Wembanyama said he played one of the best five games of his young career after delighting his home crowd in Paris on Thursday by scoring 30 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 140-110 rout of the Indiana Pacers.
The 21-year-old 7ft 3in (2.21m) centre took control of the game in a third-quarter performance when the Spurs roared into a 23-point lead.
Wembanyama was playing in the French league a year and a half ago before his selection as the number one pick in the 2023 NBA draft set him on the path to global stardom.
Returning to France with the Spurs for the first time, Wembanyama's first block of the game brought loud cheers from a crowd of nearly 16,000 at a sold-out Bercy Arena, where he helped France win the men's basketball silver medal at the Paris Olympics last year.
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