Victor Wembanyama caused a sensation this Monday in the NBA with an impressive triple-double of 27 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks in 29 minutes of play, joining a prestigious club of four Hall of Famers who achieved the same milestone: Olajuwon, Abdul-Jabbar, Robinson and Sampson. Almost nothing.
Apart from the exhibition of the French prodigy, the Milwaukee Bucks They suffocated the Denver Nuggets with their defense, the Minnesota Timberwolves aThey defeated the Los Angeles Clippers at home and both Dallas Mavericks Like the Golden State Warriors They chained their fifth win in a row.
Toronto Raptors 99-122 San Antonio Spurs
Victor Wembanyama He joined a select list of players who have scored at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 10 blocks in a game: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Hakeem Olajuwon, Ralph Sampson and David Robinson.
No other rookie had achieved a triple-double with 10 blocks since he did it in 1990, and three times, precisely Robinson. Since 1983, only two other rookies have done it: Mark Eaton and Ralph Sampson. And Wembanyama, at 20 years and 39 days, is the second youngest player in NBA history to have 10 blocks in a game, after Josh Smith (19 years and 13 days). In the Raptors, the leading scorer was Gradey Dick with 18 points.
Milwaukee Bucks 112-95 Denver Nuggets
The Bucks have left their rivals below 100 points for two games in a row and this Monday they melted the Nuggets with their defense, who were down 28 points in the third quarter and who also lost due to injury during the game at Jamal Murray y Kentavious Caldwell-Pope.
Giannis Antetokounmpo He gave a master class with 36 points (imperial 14 of 19 on field goals), 18 rebounds and 5 assists. The Greek titan prevailed over a Nikola Jokic also sensational with 29 points (13 of 25), 12 rebounds and 8 assists, but lost 5 balls.
Los Angeles Clippers 100-121 Minnesota Timberwolves
A gigantic run of 19-40 in the third period was the pillar on which the Timberwolves built a magnificent victory in Los Angeles against the Clippers in this major duel between first and second in the West.
Minnesota will continue to lead that conference thanks to the Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns (24 points) and Anthony Edwards (23 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists). The Wolves shot 54.1% from the field compared to the Clippers’ 40.5%.
Paul George y Kawhi Leonard, With 18 points each, they set the pace for the Californians.
Dallas Mavericks 112-104 Washington Wizards
Luka Doncic He achieved his tenth triple-double of the season (26 points, 11 rebounds and 15 assists) so that the Mavericks, with a great 34-16 in the last quarter, came back against the Wizards and achieved their fifth consecutive victory.
Deni Avdija (25 points and 7 rebounds) was the top scorer for the Wizards who have lost their last seven games.
Utah Jazz 107-129 Golden State Warriors
The Warriors also have five wins in a row, who got rid of the Jazz tonight with 25 points (7 triples), 6 rebounds and 10 assists from Stephen Curry. Eight Golden State players scored in double figures.
Collin Sexton y Jordan Clarkson They scored 22 points apiece in Utah.
Cleveland Cavaliers 121-123 Philadelphia 76ers
Despite their large number of casualties (Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris, Nico Batum, De’Anthony Melton and Robert Covington), the Sixers broke the Cavaliers’ nine-game winning streak with 24 points apiece. Buddy Hield y Kelly Oubre Jr.
Donovan Mitchell, with 36 points, led the Cleveland team, which was on the verge of forcing overtime and winning the game in the final seconds. Mitchell took responsibility but his two-point shot was blocked by Paul Reed and the ball went in the corner to Darius Garland, who couldn’t hit the three-pointer at the buzzer.
Houston Rockets 105-103 New York Knicks
The Knicks, still without the injured Julius Randle and OG Anunoby, suffered their third straight loss after a controversial finish in Houston, since the referees, after the game, acknowledged having made a mistake in a foul called on Jalen Brunson in the last second that gave the Rockets the victory with Aaron Holiday’s free throws.
Brunson (27 points and 7 assists) was the most productive of the Knicks and Dillon Brooks (23 points) led the Rockets.
Memphis Grizzlies 87-96 New Orleans Pelicans
Herb Jones (17 points, 9 rebounds and 5 steals) he led the Pelicans who took advantage of the Grizzlies in ruins by losing nine games in a row. The Puerto Rican Jose Alvarado He had 10 points and 3 rebounds for New Orleans.
For its part, the Spanish Santi Aldama He achieved 6 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in Memphis.
Charlotte Hornets 111-102 Indiana Pacers
Miles Bridges He was around the triple-double (20 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists) and the Hornets surprised the Pacers on a very poor night in outside shooting (both teams below 30% in triples). Myles Turner (22 points) was the lighthouse in Indiana’s attack.
Atlanta Hawks 126-136 Chicago Bulls
Ayo Dosunmuwith 29 points and 7 assists, took the reins of Chicago along with DeMar DeRozan (29 points).
Bogdan Bogdanovic (28 points) was the top scorer for Atlanta, who wasted a very choral performance by his team with seven players with 10 or more points.
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