Wembanyama dazzles, Warriors shipwreck and Celtics and Clippers win

Victor Wembanyama became the youngest player in Spurs history to achieve a triple-double. fake images
Victor Wembanyama signed his first triple-double in the NBA this Wednesday with the San Antonio Spurs, who destroyed the Detroit Pistons in the bottom duel of the two conferences.

At the top, the Boston Celtics beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in overtime, the Los Angeles Clippers are still on a roll and the Golden State Warriors, called to be among the teams with Western aspirations, were shipwrecked with their biggest home loss since they chose Stephen Curry in the 2009 draft.

PISTONS 108 – SPURS 130
The French prodigy had a memorable performance with 16 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in just 21 minutes on the court. In addition to making some fantastic passes and reaching his best assist record in an NBA game to date, ‘Wemby’ put his name in the history books as the youngest Spurs player to score a triple-double .

He is also the youngest center to achieve a triple-double in the NBA, the youngest player with that statistic without turnovers and the only one in history, along with Russell Westbrook, to reach that gold record with less than 22 minutes on track.

Keldon Johnson (17 points) was the leading scorer for the Spurs, who broke a five-game losing streak; while Jalen Duren (21 points and 12 rebounds) was the standout for Detroit, which has lost six consecutive games.

CELTS 127 – WOOD WOLVES 120
18 wins in 18 games in Boston. That is the impeccable balance that the Celtics have at home, who this Wednesday beat the Timberwolves in overtime in an exciting duel of conference leaders that was sealed by an excellent Jayson Tatum (45 points, 21 of which came in the second half and 12 in the final). extra time).

The Boston star made 6 of 11 three-pointers. Jaylen Brown was also sensational with 35 points and 11 rebounds. Between Tatum and Brown they added 80 of the locals’ 127 points.

Anthony Edwards (29 points and 6 rebounds) and the Dominican Karl-Anthony Towns (25 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists) were the best of the visitors in a duel in which Kristaps Porzingis was missing in Boston and Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley in Minnesota.

CLIPPERS 126 – RAPTOR 120
The Clippers, who this Wednesday announced the renewal of Kawhi Leonard for three years and 152 million dollars, celebrated the continuity of their star with their 16th victory in their last 19 games.

Leonard added 29 points and 7 assists and Paul George scored 29 points (15 of them in the fourth quarter), 7 rebounds and 6 assists with 5 triples. James Harden contributed 14 points and 11 assists. Immanuel Quickley (25 points and 6 assists) was the Raptors’ leading scorer.

WARRIORS 105 – PELICANS 141
The humiliating final result of (-36) was just the culmination of a disastrous evening for Golden State, which is going through a moment of great instability and which tonight once again received boos from its fans.

Since Christmas Day, Golden State is a dismal 2-6 in the eight games it has played (17-20 record, outside the West play-in). The Warriors were behind on the scoreboard all night, they started with a painful 27-46 in the first quarter and in the fourth quarter they trailed by 41 points.

Moses Moody (21 points) was the locals’ top scorer. Stephen Curry scored 15 points (4 of 13 shooting) and Klay Thompson contributed 13 (5 of 10). Eight New Orleans players finished with double figures in scoring, with Jonas Valanciunas (21 points and 9 rebounds) being the most productive. The Pelicans have six wins in their last seven games.

JAZZ 124 – NUTS 111
The Jazz continued their good streak (9-2 in their last 11 games) by defeating the current NBA champions in a game in which they already led with 24 points in the third period and in which Lauri Markkanen stood out (26 points and 12 rebounds), Jordan Clarkson (27 points and 9 assists) and Collin Sexton (22 points).

Nikola Jokic was the best for the Nuggets (27 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists).

HEAT 120 – THUNDER 128
The Thunder took advantage of the Wolves’ defeat to move within half a game of the lead in the West after their victory against the Heat with a decisive 13-0 run at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (28 points and 8 assists) and Bam Adebayo (25 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists) led Oklahoma and Miami, respectively. Mexican Jaime Jáquez Jr (21 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists) stood out for the Heat even without Jimmy Butler.

HAWKS 139 – SIX 132
The Sixers, without Joel Embiid for the second consecutive game, suffered their third consecutive defeat when they fell in overtime against the Hawks with three players above 20 points: Trae Young (28 points and 11 assists), Jalen Johnson (25 points, 16 rebounds and 7 assists) and Dejounte Murray (25 points).

Tyrese Maxey (35 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists) and Tobias Harris (32 points and 10 rebounds) could not compensate for Embiid’s absence with the Sixers.

BULLS 124 – ROCKETS 119
Another game that went to overtime was the one the Bulls scored against the Rockets with 30 points from Coby White and 25 points, 13 rebounds and 7 assists from Zach LaVine.

Alperen Sengun had 25 points and 9 rebounds for Houston, which has lost three in its last four games.

MARKERS 112 – MAGICIANS 104
In their first game since Tyrese Haliburton’s injury, the Pacers took refuge in collective play (seven players with more than 10 points) to defeat the Wizards with Myles Turner becoming strong inside (18 points and 13 rebounds).

Jordan Poole (28 points and 7 assists) led Washington, which has lost six in a row.

HORNETS 98 – KINGS 123
The Hornets have only won once in their last 15 games and were no match for Domantas Sabonis’ Kings (24 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists).

Miles Bridges (24 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists) led Charlotte.