San Antonio Spurs v Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns have been impressed.
“He’s an unbelievable expertise,” Devin Booker mentioned after his first sport again from harm (by way of the Related Press). “Everybody is aware of that. We’re simply making an attempt to determine what he’s as a result of we’ve by no means seen him earlier than. We received him early within the season. Hopefully, subsequent time we play him we will make some changes to make it harder. However he has a bonus being 7-4 and having the ability to shoot over everyone.”
“I don’t see anybody else like him on this sport,” Kevin Durant mentioned. “We’re each skinny and I do know he watched me rising up, however he’s his personal participant.”
The Suns received to see firsthand simply how particular Wembanyama might be — the rookie had his greatest NBA sport Thursday night time, scoring 38 factors with 10 rebounds to guide the Spurs previous the Suns, 132-121.
Recreation to sport, you may see Wembanyama getting extra comfy. After the Clippers performed the Spurs final Sunday, Kawhi Leonard talked about that.
“He’s going to be good. It’s nonetheless early within the season clearly, however as soon as he figures out the place he’s going to be getting his photographs, and studying defenses, I believe he’s going to be good,” Leonard mentioned. “I felt like he received extra aggressive, like a extra aggressive mentality as he began this season off. I believe you realize, he’ll simply hold getting higher.”
Wembanyama appeared lots aggressive in opposition to the Suns, and an enormous who can run the ground like that is going to get a variety of straightforward buckets.
Zach Collins had 19 and Devin Vassell had 17 for the Spurs. Booker scored 31 and Durant 28 for the Suns.
