Overview
- After knee-to-knee contact with Giannis Antetokounmpo early in the first quarter, Victor Wembanyama returned to start the second and finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds in limited minutes.
- San Antonio beat Milwaukee 119-101, pushing the lead to as many as 39 points before both teams’ starters sat the fourth quarter.
- Wembanyama hit 5 of 6 from three and helped stifle the Bucks’ interior scoring, part of a balanced Spurs performance with multiple players in double figures.
- Keldon Johnson said he and Wembanyama shaved each other’s heads after landing from Oklahoma City, using team clippers in a van as a reset ritual.
- The victory moved the Spurs to 28-13, and Wembanyama was credited with reaching 500 career blocks in 143 games, reportedly the fourth-fastest since 1973-74.