In last night’s NBA round, the topic of conversation was the duel between Jalen Brunson and Victor Wembanya. The duo forged historical statistics.
In last night’s NBA round, Finnish time, the San Antonio Spurs beat the New York Knicks in overtime 130–126. Two names in particular stood out.
The Knicks Jalen Brunson scored no less than 61 points. That’s the 27-year-old point guard’s NBA career record. At the same time, Brunson was just one point short of the record in club history. Carmelo Anthony scored 62 points in January 2014.
Brunson’s 61 points is the sixth most this season. At the top is the Mavericks Luka Doncic With his huge score of 73 points in the Hawks victory.
Brunson took 47 shots in game situations, of which 25 went into the basket. Last time he made as many shots Kobe Bryant in 2016.
When Brunson was on the court, the Knicks won their game by 22 points, but in the 10 minutes Brunson rested, the Spurs scored 26 more points.
With the help of Brunson, the Knicks came from 21 points behind to overtime, but the super rookie of the winning team became at least as big a topic of conversation Victor Wembanyama.
Wembanyama scored the best points of his NBA career, 40. He also grabbed 20 rebounds and gave 7 assists.
He became the first rookie to record at least 40 points and 20 rebounds since Shaquille O’Neal and 1993. Then O’Neal forged 46 points and 21 rebounds against Orlando.
The Knicks are fourth in the Eastern Conference.
The Spurs are the jumbo of the Western Conference. At the beginning of the season, it had a crushing 18 game losing streak. Since then, largely with the help of Wembanya, Spurs have slightly corrected their course. It has 7 wins from the last 15 matches.
“I’ve never seen so much greatness and level like this season, and I want to be a part of it. I feel like I’m getting better and better at competing with the best. I’m not there yet, but I’m on the right path and I’ll get there one day, Wembanyama rejoiced.
Brunson reveled in his big day, but only thinly, and stressed that it doesn’t matter because of the loss. After that, he beamed at the 20-year-old Frenchman. The 224-centimeter Wembanyama has been considered an absolutely exceptional basketball player, the likes of which has never been seen before.
“He’s going to be one of the best players this sport has ever seen.” Just look at what he has done so far. I have a lot of respect for him, Brunson praised.
The Utah Jazz suffered a one-point home loss as they fell to the Houston Rockets 100-101. Finnish jazz star Lauri Markkanen did not play in the match. The reason was reported on the NBA’s website as a shoulder problem.
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