Victor Wembanyama enjoyed “one of the best wins” of his career as he helped the San Antonio Spurs make a 25-point comeback against the Los Angeles Clippers.
The French star claimed 27 points and 10 rebounds as the Spurs fought back from 75-50 down in the third quarter to win 116-112 on Friday.
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The 22-year-old grabbed the go-ahead score with 16 seconds remaining to secure San Antonio’s largest comeback of the season and their 14th win from 15 games.
Wembanyama said in a post-game on-court interview that he was “about to pass out. I’ve got zero left right now”.
“That was one of the best wins,” he added. “That was one of the best games, best parts of my career, my basketball life.”
The Spurs improved to 46-17 and are now 2.5 games behind Western Conference leaders the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Slovenian star Luka Doncic scored 44 points as the Los Angeles Lakers won 128-117 at home to the Indiana Pacers.
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The Lakers were without LeBron James (elbow, foot) as Doncic scored his 10th 40-point haul of the season, breaking a tie with Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards for the most this season.
London-born forward OG Anunoby scored a season-high 34 points as the New York Knicks won 142-103 at the Denver Nuggets.
Denver’s star guard Jamal Murray missed the second half after rolling his left ankle when he stepped on team-mate Nikola Jokic’s foot.
The Knicks remain third in the Eastern Conference behind the second-placed Boston Celtics, who won 120-100 at home to the Dallas Mavericks as Jayson Tatum played his first game of the season.
The six-time All Star scored 15 points from 27 minutes of action on his return after suffering a ruptured Achilles during last season’s play-offs.
