Bilal Coulibaly Becomes Youngest Starter in Wizards History

It’s certainly not the most prestigious record that Bilal Coulibaly intends to achieve in the NBA, but it’s still within reach. At 19 years, 3 months and 6 days, the young French winger became the youngest starter in Wizards history on Monday evening. Author of 9 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in 27 minutes of play, the 7th choice of the 2023 draft did not prevent the rout of Washington, soundly beaten by Boston (107-126) of the duo Jaylen Brown (36 points) – Jayson Tatum (33 points).

Even if the skill was not quite there (4 out of 12 shooting including 1 out of 6 from three points), Victor Wembanyama’s former teammate at Boulogne-Levallois still produced his best game since his arrived in the NBA, he who had failed to score a single point in 14 minutes of play during the victory against Memphis (113-106) and was content with 2 then 3 points for his debut.

10 points for Dieng and Hayes

The meeting between French players was last night on the OKC floor. The Thunder of Ousmane Dieng (10 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists in 18 min) and Olivier Sarr (2 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist in 21 min) got the better of the Pistons of Killian Hayes (10 points , 4 rebounds, 7 assists in 27 min) for a 124-112 victory, the third success in four matches. Malcolm Cazalon once again remained on the Detroit bench and still has not had the opportunity to set foot on the NBA floors.

Good performance from Théo Maledon (9 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in 20 minutes) during the Charlotte Hornets’ defeat at home against the Brooklyn Nets (121-133). Despite a third double-double from Rudy Gobert in four matches (14 points, 13 rebounds in 30 minutes), the Minnesota Timberwolves brought nothing back from their trip to Atlanta (113-127). Finally, Rayan Rupert did not come into play during Portland’s first victory of the season in Toronto (99-91).