Victor Wembanyama’s record-setting and NBA-historic performance has caused a lot of trouble for LeBron James as well as the Los Angeles Lakers.
Despite being a much higher rated team, LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers encountered many difficulties against the bottom team San Antonio Spurs, largely due to the excellent performance of Victor Wembanyama.
Victor Wembanyama has caused a lot of trouble for LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers despite being the bottom team in the table.
LeBron came back strong after a game out due to injury, scoring 30 points with 9 assists and 7 rebounds. But he and his teammates could not finish off the opponent easily.
On the other side of the battle line, the rookie known as the “French unicorn” finished the match with 27 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks, trying his best in a defeat with a final score of 118-123.
Highlights of Victor Wembanyama’s historic match against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers
Wembanyama’s stats alone put the tall player in the NBA record books as the second rookie in history to have at least 5 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks in a single game .
Another statistic that helped the young Spurs talent make history was two consecutive games with 5 steals and 5 blocks, something that only the legendary Michael Jordan had done in the 90s of the last century.
Wembanyama is the second rookie in history to have at least 5 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks in a game.
Every time LeBron James faces Victor Wembanyama, he has seen a great match from the European rookie. This time, the “king” continued to praise Wemby after his historic performance.
“I feel like his ceiling is limitless. He can do anything on the court without much trouble even at such a young age ,” LeBron James said of Wembanyama.
“This is not only the result of natural talent but also the result of practice. I feel he has put in a lot of time, enthusiasm and passion to achieve his current skill set.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Wemby is an incredibly special player. It’s as simple as that.”
Although he has just entered the NBA for the first season, Victor Wembanyama is averaging 20.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.3 blocks per game.
Taking advantage of his extremely long arms and great height, the San Antonio Spurs rookie is leading the entire NBA in average blocks per game, creating a valuable weapon not to mention excellent offensive ability.
Even more frightening for the league is that Wemby is just playing his rookie season, so like LeBron James said, the French big man’s development ceiling is limitless.
Victor Wembanyama is averaging 20.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.3 blocks per game.
