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San Antonio Spurs beat Phoenix Suns 122-96 for ninth straight win as Victor Wembanyama posts 40, 11 and 9 blocks
Victor Wembanyama needed 25 minutes for 40 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks, and Dylan Harper's 14-point third quarter put Phoenix away.
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Victor Wembanyama scored 40 points with 11 rebounds and 9 blocks in 25 minutes, and the San Antonio Spurs won their ninth straight game with a 122-96 rout of the Phoenix Suns at Mortgage Matchup Center on Monday, November 9. San Antonio, which lost its first two games of the season, improved to 9-2. Phoenix fell to 3-6.
Wembanyama shot 15-of-19 from the field, 2-of-3 from three and 8-of-10 at the line, and sat the final nine minutes with the game decided. It came five days after his career-high 52 points and 24 rebounds against Dallas.
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How it turned
Phoenix led 25-24 after a Devin Booker three with 1:41 left in the first quarter. San Antonio answered with a 21-2 run that ran into the second quarter, with Wembanyama scoring on a turnaround jumper, an alley-oop and a dunk, and it was 45-27 by the 7:59 mark. Wembanyama had 22 points at halftime, and the Spurs led 61-46.
Booker and Dillon Brooks hit back-to-back threes early in the third quarter, and Oso Ighodaro’s tip-in got Phoenix within 64-54. Dylan Harper took it from there. He scored 14 of his 17 points in the third, including 12 in a span of 3 1/2 minutes, and Wembanyama’s 25-foot three with 31.3 seconds left made it 93-68 after three. The lead reached 34 early in the fourth.
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The supporting cast
De’Aaron Fox had 15 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, and Julian Champagnie and Harrison Barnes each scored 11. Stephon Castle had 4 points on 2-of-10 shooting but added 8 rebounds and 7 assists. San Antonio outrebounded Phoenix 55-35, scored 62 points in the paint and blocked 11 shots.
Phoenix’s side
Booker scored 32 points on 10-of-17 shooting, with 9-of-10 free throws. Khaman Maluach was the only other Sun in double figures with 11 off the bench. Brooks went 3-of-14, Jalen Green scored 6 on 2-of-8, and Phoenix shot 39.3 percent. Attendance was 17,071.
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What’s next
The Suns host the LA Clippers on Tuesday, November 10, at 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. Wednesday Cairo time). The Spurs visit the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday, November 11, at 8 p.m. ET (3 a.m. Thursday Cairo time).
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