Taking advantage of a meeting against the weak Jazz, Victor Wembanyama bounced back perfectly after his failure against the Thunder. In the Spurs' success, he compiled 25 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 blocks and 5 steals!
This is the second “five-by-five” – five units in the five main statistical categories – of his career and in history, only Hakeem Olajuwon (six times in 1238 matches) and Andrei Kirilenko (three occurrences in 797 matches ) have achieved more. Except that the Frenchman only has 76 matches in his legs…
“This proves to me that I need to raise my standards when I'm not doing five-by-fives because I'm able to help my team in all these areas”, explain Victor Wembanyama, who would therefore like to do much more. “It has to be constant. I said, this is something I need to do more often to help my team in these areas. »
“Wemby” breaks his record for 3-point attempts
While waiting to achieve this feat again, the Spurs pivot also stood out at 3-pts. His 4/13 behind the arc in this part is not very brilliant but it proves that the Frenchman does not hesitate to shoot as much as a Klay Thompson or a Buddy Hield. Before this match, he was only 4/21 in this exercise since the start of the season.
“To take shots, you must first take them,” he justifies himself. “He is more of an outside player than an inside player,” continues Gregg Popovich. “We want him to be able to do everything, isolation, shooting. A bit of everything. »
His 13 3-point attempts are even a new career record for the Olympic vice-champion. “It’s less about individual performance and more about progressing our attack”specifies the San Antonio star. “We have to have fun playing basketball and that requires aggression, good spacing and we must not hesitate. »
| Victor Wembanyama | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2023-24 | SAN | 71 | 30 | 46.5 | 32.5 | 79.6 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 21.4 |
| 2024-25 | SAN | 4 | 30 | 40.7 | 19.0 | 90.0 | 2.2 | 8.8 | 11.0 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 16.5 |
| Total | 75 | 30 | 46.2 | 31.8 | 80.1 | 2.3 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 21.2 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
