Wembanyama's first points in pictures in the NBA

Mixed start to the season for Victor Wembanyama on Wednesday night at Thursday, beaten with his team by the Dallas Mavericks

Victor Wembanyama made his big NBA debut last night. Attraction of the season, the French rookie scored 15 points in this meeting despite being defeated. the defeat of the Spurs against the Dallas Mavericks of Luka Doncic  in opening. The former Mets player, well muzzled during part of the match, scored his first points after 5 minutes in the first quarter.

He ultimately scored 15 points in total, including 9 in the last 7 minutes of the match. His statistics sheet was completed by 5 rebounds and 1 block. Note that after three quarters, Victor Wembanyama had not played. only 16 minutes for six points scored, five turnovers and five fouls conceded while Luka Doncic started the game. his season with a triple-double (33 points, 14 rebounds and 10 decisive assists).

Questioned After the match, Wemby admitted a little tension for this meeting. "I felt a lot of emotions of course but çit would have been better." perfect with a win. I just felt lucky to be there." Questioned on refereeing, Victor Wembanayama explained that he made sure to "keep his head high" before returning to difficult decisions in French. "Perhaps I wanted to do too well, I didn't put my energy into the right things. I don't need to take so many risks in defense. I'm learning, it's not surprising for a first match. For me, these are simple things that will be easily adjustable." For his coach, the new number 1 of Spurs showed great maturity. despite the many mistakes. "One of the hardest things for a player is to find yourself stuck in a game. “by mistakes,” he explained. at a press conference. "You never have a rhythm. You go in, you go out. But we saw his maturity; despite his young age when he returned home for the last 7 minutes. We played for him. He did some good things, great execution" explained the legend Greg Popovich.