‘Super Rookie’ Victor Wembanyama Records ‘10 Block Triple-Double’ in 3 Years in NBA
National Basketball Association (NBA) San Antonio Spurs’ ‘super rookie’ Victor Wembanyama achieved his second triple-double since his debut.
San Antonio won 122-99 in an away game against the Toronto Raptors in the 2023-2024 NBA regular season held at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 13th (Korean time).
In this game, Wembanyama achieved a triple-double with 27 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 blocks. 파워볼
Typically, triple-doubles are often achieved by scoring, rebounding, and assisting, but on this day, Wembanyama completed his triple-double with a blocked shot.
It has been three years since Wembannyama achieved a triple-double with 10 blocked shots in the NBA since Clint Capela, then of the Atlanta Hawks, scored 13 points, 19 rebounds, and 10 blocks in a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in January 2021.
This is the first Wembanyama to have blocked 10 shots in one game since Capela in 2021.
Born in 2004, French national Wembanyama is 224cm tall and was the first overall pick in last year’s rookie draft.
He is tall and has individual skills such as outside shooting and dribbling, and has been evaluated as having a different level of performance than existing NBA tall players.
In January of this year, he posted his first triple-double (16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists) against the Detroit Pistons has been achieved.
Wembanya Ma, who played only 29 minutes and delivered 5 assists on this day, became the first player in NBA history to make 10 blocks and 5 assists while playing less than 30 minutes.
Wembanyama, who recorded 153 blocked shots this season and ranks first in this category, also became the first rookie in 26 years since Tim Duncan of San Antonio in the 1997-1998 season to record 150 blocks, 150 assists, and 50 steals in one season.
However, despite Wembanya Ma’s performance, San Antonio is at the bottom of the Western Conference with 11 wins and 43 losses this season.
In the game between Minnesota and the LA Clippers, where the first and second ranked teams in the West faced each other, Minnesota won 121-100.
Minnesota maintained first place with 37 wins and 16 losses, and the LA Clippers, which was in second place, fell to third place with 35 wins and 17 losses.
The Oklahoma City Thunder, with 36 wins and 17 losses, took second place.