After starting slow this season, Victor Wembanyama started to find his footing the couple of games leading into Wednesday, scoring a combined 58 points on 56.8% shooting with a dozen 3-pointers made.
That was all just a warmup — Wednesday night Wembanyama dropped a career-high 50 on the Washington Wizards.
A HISTORIC night for Wemby.
— NBA (@NBA) November 14, 2024
🔥 Career-high 50 PTS
🔥 Career-high 8 3PM
🔥 Fourth-youngest player to score 50
🔥 First Spurs player with 50+ PTS and 5+ 3PM pic.twitter.com/mCSSssKWPQ
Wembanyama was shooting 31.3% from beyond the arc coming into this game but was 8-of-16 Wednesday night.
Wembanyama seems to have found his rhythm on the offensive end, he never lost it on the other end (he entered the night averaging 3.9 blocked shots a game but “only” had three against the Wizards. Jordan Poole had 42 to lead the Wizards.
With the win, the Spurs climb up to .500 on the season at 6-6. This young team, plus Chris Paul, could be pushing for a play-in spot at the end of the season.
