‘Look out, lift off’: Spurs freak joins illustrious company with 20-point half — NBA LIVE

French sensation Victor Wembanyama has tallied 20 factors at halftime, serving to the Spurs to a 75-55 lead over the title-contending Suns.

Kevin Durant and Devin Booker haven’t been in a position to match the 7’4” centre who has drained two three pointers from three makes an attempt.

He additionally delivering an enormous dunk on the stroke of halftime, chopping between defenders who may do nothing however lookup as his imposing body sailed over them.

“Look out, lift off and detonation for Victor Wembanyama,” the commentator mentioned.

In the method, the Frenchmen joined an illsutrious group of San Antonio gamers to file a 20-point half of their rookie season.

Legendary huge man Tim Duncan did it thrice, whereas Tony Parker, Bryn Forbes and Julian Champagnie additionally achieved the feat.

EMBIID’S SIXERS GET THE JOB DONE

Joel Embiid scored 28 factors and grabbed 13 rebounds to guide Philadelphia on Thursday to a 114-99 victory over the Toronto Raptors within the 76ers’ first NBA sport since buying and selling James Harden.

Kelly Oubre Jr. and Tobias Harris added 23 factors apiece and Tyrese Maxey had 18 for the 76ers, who notched a 3rd straight victory and improved to 3-1 in a younger season that had up to now been overshadowed by Harden’s commerce demand.

Maxey insisted that Harden’s professionalism meant there have been no distractions for a workforce adjusting to new coach Nick Nurse.

“Everybody was really focused on trying to get better,” Maxey mentioned of pre-season preparations. “This is Coach Nurse’s first year, so we were trying to learn schemes, learn how he thinks… there wasn’t much of a distraction at all.” Nurse mentioned earlier than the sport that from a aggressive standpoint Harden’s commerce to the Los Angeles Clippers “would have been better a month ago.” Of the brand new arrivals within the deal — Nicolas Batum, Robert Covington, KJ Martin and Marcus Morris — solely Covington and Martin entered the sport — within the closing minutes.

Reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Embiid made simply eight of twenty-two pictures from the ground however related on 12 of 13 from the free-throw line and handed out seven assists.

Oubre began rather than PJ Tucker — who was a part of the Harden commerce — and related on 5 of six three-point makes an attempt.

“He’s got a high compete level,” Nurse mentioned of Oubre, who scored 10 factors within the third quarter and drained a three-pointer within the fourth that helped halt a Raptors rally bid.

“He’s competing at both ends … when we kind of needed a little boost here and there he made some plays to kind of keep the momentum rolling our way or turning back our way.”

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