Victor Wembanyama has lived up to the hype so far in his young NBA career and he took another step towards stardom on Wednesday night when he scored a career-high 50 points in the San Antonio Spurs' 139-130 win over the Washington Wizards.
The 20-year-old center hit a career-best eight three-pointers and became the fourth-youngest player in NBA history to score 50 points or more.
Speaking of NBA history, Wembanyama broke a cool league record by needing only 26 minutes to score 50 points.
Wemby has the fastest 50+ point game in NBA history
— Spurs Culture (@SpursCulture) November 14, 2024
It only took him 26 minutes pic.twitter.com/PicbMRcL2Y
Here are some highlights from his historic performance.
A HISTORIC night for Wemby.
— NBA (@NBA) November 14, 2024
🔥 Career-high 50 PTS
🔥 Career-high 8 3PM
🔥 Fourth-youngest player to score 50
🔥 First Spurs player with 50+ PTS and 5+ 3PM pic.twitter.com/mCSSssKWPQ
The Spurs are back in action Friday night when they host LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers.
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