The season opened badly. On Oct. 20 Oklahoma City won 116-104 in San Antonio, and Wembanyama made 1 of 13 shots. Three nights later Houston won 114-110 in Austin, sealed by an Amen Thompson block.

Two games, two losses by a combined 16 points.

The streak began in Dallas on Oct. 24 and has run through five road games and four at home. Only two of the nine were decided by fewer than 10 points: an overtime win in Utah and a 112-111 win over Dallas on the night Wembanyama scored 52.

1. Oct. 24Won 122-106 at Dallas.
2. Oct. 27Beat Sacramento 130-103, the largest margin of the streak.
3. Oct. 28Won 117-111 in overtime at Utah.
4. Oct. 31Beat Minnesota 121-111 as Wembanyama scored 43.
5. Nov. 2Beat Utah 119-97.
6. Nov. 4Beat Dallas 112-111: Wembanyama 52 points, 24 rebounds, 8 blocks.
7. Nov. 6Won 124-109 at Sacramento.
8. Nov. 7Won 125-103 at Portland.
9. Nov. 9Won 122-96 at Phoenix.

Margin of victory, game by game

Across the nine wins, San Antonio has scored 1,092 points and allowed 947. That is 121.3 a game against 105.2, a margin of 16.1 points a night.

The Spurs are 5-0 on the road and 9-2 overall, with a +129 point differential through 11 games.

Wembanyama points during the streak

In Phoenix, Devin Booker’s three with 1:41 left in the first quarter put the Suns up 25-24. San Antonio answered with a 21-2 run, and Wembanyama was in the middle of all of it.

He scored 14 points in the first quarter. Then, in just under two minutes of the second, he blocked five shots.

1. 10:06, Q2Blocks Ryan Dunn’s alley-oop.
2. 9:42, Q2Blocks Jalen Green’s driving layup.
3. 9:05, Q2Blocks Oso Ighodaro’s five-footer.
4. 8:51, Q2Dunks: 43-27.
5. 8:18, Q2Blocks Ighodaro again.
6. 8:13, Q2Blocks Dillon Brooks.
7. 7:59, Q2Two free throws: 45-27, the end of the 21-2 run.
8. 0:24.6, Q2Blocks Brooks again. The Spurs lead 61-46 at the half.

He added 10 points in the third quarter, the last on a 25-foot three that made it 93-68. He opened the fourth with eight points in 2:26, three dunks and a layup, plus two blocks on Collin Gillespie on one possession. He sat for good with 9:13 left and the Spurs up 104-73.

The final line: 40 points on 15-of-19 shooting, 11 rebounds, nine blocks, three assists and one turnover in 25 minutes, 21 seconds.

Wembanyama points by quarter

Only Sleepy Floyd, with 40 in 24 minutes for Houston on Feb. 26, 1991, has scored 40 in less playing time since minutes were first tracked in 1951-52. The league said Wembanyama is the third player since blocks became official in 1973-74 with more than one game of 40 points, 10 rebounds and eight blocks, after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and David Robinson.

Nine other players in league history have had a 40-10-8 game. None of them did it in fewer than 38 minutes.

Blowouts have kept his minutes down. In the last three games, at Sacramento, Portland and Phoenix, Wembanyama played 26, 24 and 25 minutes. He scored 30, 29 and 40, and the Spurs won by 15, 22 and 26.

Last three games: minutes vs. points

Booker and Brooks hit back-to-back threes early in the third, and Phoenix got within 64-54. Dylan Harper then scored 14 of his 17 points in the quarter, and the Spurs gave the second-year guard the game ball.

San Antonio was +30 in Harper’s 26 minutes, the same as in Wembanyama’s 25. The Spurs outrebounded Phoenix 55-35, scored 62 points in the paint and blocked 11 shots. Booker scored 32 for the Suns.

The Spurs visit the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET, 3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time, going for a 10th straight win. Phoenix, 3-6, hosts the LA Clippers on Tuesday night.