Wembanyama has career-high 10 blocks in triple-double, Spurs beat Raptors to snap 7-game skid
TORONTO (AP) Victor Wembanyama had 27 points, 14 rebounds and a career-high 10 blocks in his second triple-double, Devin Vassell added 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs snapped a seven-game losing streak by routing the Toronto Raptors 122-99 on Monday night.
Wembanyama made 10 of 14 attempts and had five assists and a pair of steals in 29 minutes as the Spurs won for the first time since Jan. 27 against Minnesota.
“I felt great today,” Wembanyama said. “Great rhythm, started the game strong. I guess it’s just the NBA, you know. We’ve got ups and downs in terms of shape, and today was an up day.”
Wembanyama’s previous career high for blocks was eight, set against Memphis on Nov. 18. He leads the NBA in that category.
“He did a little bit of everything,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “Obviously he’s an all-around, talented player. He’s got a great feel for the game and it shows in a variety of ways, whether it’s passing or making decisions, blocking shots.”
It was the first triple-double with blocks since Clint Capela had 13 points, 19 rebounds and 10 blocks for Atlanta against Minnesota on Jan. 22, 2021. That had also been the last time anyone in the NBA blocked 10 shots in a game.
“I guess it’s not on the scouting report that he can block a shot,” Vassell said of Wembanyama. “I guess they’ll learn one of these days.”
Since 1973-74 when blocks were tracked, Wembanyama is just the fourth rookie and first since David Robinson in 1990 to record a triple-double with 10 blocks
Jeremy Sochan scored 16 points and Keldon Johnson added 12 as San Antonio led from wire-to-wire and snapped a four-game road losing streak.
Tre Jones had 10 assists for the Spurs. San Antonio finished with 37, one shy of matching a season high.
Gradey Dick scored 18 points, Kelly Olynyk had 17 and RJ Barrett 13 for the Raptors, who had won the past six meetings with San Antonio. Toronto has lost 14 of 18.
Raptors All-Star Scottie Barnes, who registered his third triple-double of the season in Saturday’s home loss to Cleveland, had nine rebounds and nine assists against the Spurs but shot 3 for 15 and scored seven points.
“That was not the standard that we expect,” Toronto coach Darko Rajakovic said.
Barnes also drew his coach’s ire by leaving the bench in the final seconds of the fourth quarter.
“This is not the competitive spirit we want,” Rajakovic said.
Wembanyama blocked Toronto’s opening shot of the game, followed up with a 3-pointer, then added an alley-oop dunk as the Spurs started with a 10-0 run and led 34-28 after one quarter. The rookie had nine points, four rebounds and three blocks in the first.
“I thought we fed off of Vic in the beginning.,” Vassell said. “He was really carrying us through that first quarter.”
Vassell scored 13 points in the second and Wembanyama had 10 as San Antonio stretched its lead to 67-50 at the half.
Wembanyama shot 7 for 8 in the first half. He made both of his 3-point attempts as San Antonio was 7 of 13 from distance in the first two quarters.
Wembanyama blocked six shots in the third as the Spurs outscored Toronto 36-25 to take a 103-75 lead to the fourth.
UP NEXT
Spurs: Visit Dallas on Wednesday.
Raptors: Host Indiana on Wednesday.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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12:00 | Victor Wembanyama vs. Jakob Poeltl (Gary Trent Jr. gains possession) | |||
11:41 | Victor Wembanyama blocks Jakob Poeltl's two point driving layup | |||
11:37 | Julian Champagnie defensive rebound | |||
11:33 | +3 | Victor Wembanyama makes three point running jump shot (Devin Vassell assists) | 3-0 | |
11:20 | Scottie Barnes misses two point jump shot | |||
11:18 | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | |||
11:06 | +3 | Tre Jones makes three point jump shot (Devin Vassell assists) | 6-0 | |
10:46 | Immanuel Quickley turnover (lost ball) (Tre Jones steals) | |||
10:42 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point running alley-oop dunk (Tre Jones assists) | 8-0 | |
10:40 | Raptors 60 second timeout | |||
10:19 | Immanuel Quickley misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | |||
10:17 | RJ Barrett offensive rebound | |||
10:15 | Scottie Barnes misses three point jump shot | |||
10:11 | Tre Jones defensive rebound | |||
10:05 | Devin Vassell misses two point running pullup jump shot | |||
10:02 | Immanuel Quickley defensive rebound | |||
9:56 | Victor Wembanyama blocks RJ Barrett's two point layup | |||
9:56 | Spurs defensive rebound | |||
9:41 | Scottie Barnes shooting foul (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | |||
9:41 | +1 | Victor Wembanyama makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-0 | |
9:41 | +1 | Victor Wembanyama makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 10-0 | |
9:18 | +2 | Immanuel Quickley makes two point stepback jump shot (RJ Barrett assists) | 10-2 | |
9:08 | Julian Champagnie turnover (lost ball) (Gary Trent Jr. steals) | |||
8:57 | +2 | Gary Trent Jr. makes two point driving floating jump shot (Scottie Barnes assists) | 10-4 | |
8:32 | Spurs turnover (shot clock violation) | |||
8:20 | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point floating jump shot (Scottie Barnes assists) | 10-6 | |
8:08 | Julian Champagnie misses three point jump shot | |||
8:06 | Gary Trent Jr. defensive rebound | |||
7:48 | +2 | RJ Barrett makes two point driving finger roll layup | 10-8 | |
7:38 | Victor Wembanyama turnover (traveling) | |||
7:27 | RJ Barrett misses two point driving finger roll layup | |||
7:23 | Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound | |||
7:23 | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point tip layup | 10-10 | |
7:11 | Tre Jones misses two point driving hook shot | |||
7:09 | Scottie Barnes defensive rebound | |||
7:05 | Immanuel Quickley misses three point running jump shot | |||
7:00 | Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound | |||
7:00 | Victor Wembanyama blocks Jakob Poeltl's two point putback layup | |||
6:58 | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | |||
6:52 | +2 | Tre Jones makes two point cutting finger roll layup (Victor Wembanyama assists) | 12-10 | |
6:39 | RJ Barrett misses three point jump shot | |||
6:37 | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | |||
6:33 | Jakob Poeltl personal foul (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | |||
6:24 | Victor Wembanyama misses two point alley-oop dunk | |||
6:22 | Victor Wembanyama offensive rebound | |||
6:20 | +2 | Jeremy Sochan makes two point cutting dunk (Victor Wembanyama assists) | 14-10 | |
6:02 | Jakob Poeltl misses two point jump shot | |||
6:00 | Jeremy Sochan defensive rebound | |||
5:49 | Tre Jones misses three point jump shot | |||
5:46 | Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound | |||
5:41 | Scottie Barnes turnover (bad pass) (Keldon Johnson steals) | |||
5:35 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point running alley-oop layup (Tre Jones assists) | 16-10 | |
5:24 | Scottie Barnes turnover (bad pass) (Victor Wembanyama steals) | |||
5:20 | +2 | Jeremy Sochan makes two point running dunk (Devin Vassell assists) | 18-10 | |
5:17 | Raptors 60 second timeout | |||
4:58 | Gary Trent Jr. misses two point pullup jump shot | |||
4:53 | Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound | |||
4:53 | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point putback layup | 18-12 | |
4:42 | Zach Collins misses three point stepback jump shot | |||
4:40 | Bruce Brown defensive rebound | |||
4:33 | +2 | Bruce Brown makes two point running pullup jump shot | 18-14 | |
4:18 | Devin Vassell misses two point stepback jump shot | |||
4:15 | Bruce Brown defensive rebound | |||
4:11 | +2 | Gradey Dick makes two point running layup (Bruce Brown assists) | 18-16 | |
3:56 | Blake Wesley turnover (bad pass) (Gary Trent Jr. steals) | |||
3:50 | Gary Trent Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Jeremy Sochan steals) | |||
3:41 | +2 | Jeremy Sochan makes two point cutting dunk (Zach Collins assists) | 20-16 | |
3:24 | +3 | Gradey Dick makes three point jump shot (Scottie Barnes assists) | 20-19 | |
3:12 | +2 | Jeremy Sochan makes two point cutting layup (Zach Collins assists) | 22-19 | |
2:57 | Bruce Brown misses two point driving floating jump shot | |||
2:55 | Jeremy Sochan defensive rebound | |||
2:42 | Scottie Barnes shooting foul (Keldon Johnson draws the foul) | |||
2:42 | Keldon Johnson misses regular free throw 1 of 3 | |||
2:42 | Spurs offensive rebound | |||
2:42 | +1 | Keldon Johnson makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 23-19 | |
2:42 | +1 | Keldon Johnson makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 24-19 | |
2:29 | +2 | Gradey Dick makes two point pullup jump shot (Immanuel Quickley assists) | 24-21 | |
2:16 | +2 | Cedi Osman makes two point reverse layup (Keldon Johnson assists) | 26-21 | |
2:02 | +2 | Kelly Olynyk makes two point jump shot (Ochai Agbaji assists) | 26-23 | |
2:02 | Spurs 60 second timeout | |||
1:49 | +2 | Malaki Branham makes two point pullup jump shot | 28-23 | |
1:37 | Immanuel Quickley misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
1:35 | Raptors offensive rebound | |||
1:27 | +3 | Gradey Dick makes three point jump shot (Immanuel Quickley assists) | 28-26 | |
1:13 | Keldon Johnson misses two point cutting finger roll layup | |||
1:12 | Kelly Olynyk defensive rebound | |||
1:06 | Kelly Olynyk misses three point running jump shot | |||
1:03 | Cedi Osman defensive rebound | |||
0:57 | +2 | Blake Wesley makes two point running layup (Keldon Johnson assists) | 30-26 | |
0:48 | +2 | Kelly Olynyk makes two point driving layup (Immanuel Quickley assists) | 30-28 | |
0:40 | +3 | Cedi Osman makes three point jump shot (Keldon Johnson assists) | 33-28 | |
0:31 | Immanuel Quickley misses two point driving finger roll layup | |||
0:29 | Cedi Osman defensive rebound | |||
0:08 | Kelly Olynyk shooting foul (Blake Wesley draws the foul) | |||
0:08 | +1 | Blake Wesley makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 34-28 | |
0:08 | Blake Wesley misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
0:07 | Raptors defensive rebound | |||
0:01 | Immanuel Quickley misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
0:01 | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | |||
0:00 | End of period |
Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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11:41 | Cedi Osman turnover (bad pass) (RJ Barrett steals) | |||
11:38 | RJ Barrett turnover (bad pass) (Keldon Johnson steals) | |||
11:27 | +2 | Blake Wesley makes two point cutting layup (Victor Wembanyama assists) | 36-28 | |
11:10 | +2 | RJ Barrett makes two point driving finger roll layup (Bruce Brown assists) | 36-30 | |
10:56 | +3 | Victor Wembanyama makes three point jump shot (Keldon Johnson assists) | 39-30 | |
10:33 | Immanuel Quickley turnover (lost ball) (Victor Wembanyama steals) | |||
10:29 | Blake Wesley misses two point running finger roll layup | |||
10:29 | Raptors defensive rebound | |||
10:05 | +2 | Kelly Olynyk makes two point finger roll layup | 39-32 | |
9:54 | Cedi Osman misses three point jump shot | |||
9:51 | RJ Barrett defensive rebound | |||
9:47 | RJ Barrett offensive foul (Off the ball) (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | |||
9:47 | RJ Barrett turnover (offensive foul) | |||
9:34 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point driving bank hook shot (Cedi Osman assists) | 41-32 | |
9:17 | Immanuel Quickley misses three point jump shot | |||
9:13 | Keldon Johnson defensive rebound | |||
9:06 | Malaki Branham misses three point pullup jump shot | |||
9:06 | Spurs offensive rebound | |||
9:06 | Gary Trent Jr. personal foul (Loose ball) (Keldon Johnson draws the foul) | |||
8:57 | +2 | Keldon Johnson makes two point driving bank hook shot (Tre Jones assists) | 43-32 | |
8:48 | RJ Barrett turnover (traveling) | |||
8:32 | +2 | Malaki Branham makes two point cutting dunk (Victor Wembanyama assists) | 45-32 | |
8:25 | Gradey Dick turnover (bad pass) (Cedi Osman steals) | |||
8:20 | +2 | Keldon Johnson makes two point running layup (Victor Wembanyama assists) | 47-32 | |
8:20 | Raptors 60 second timeout | |||
7:58 | Gary Trent Jr. misses two point driving floating bank jump shot | |||
7:58 | RJ Barrett offensive rebound | |||
7:58 | Cedi Osman shooting foul (RJ Barrett draws the foul) | |||
7:58 | RJ Barrett misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
7:58 | Raptors offensive rebound | |||
7:58 | +1 | RJ Barrett makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 47-33 | |
7:47 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point jump shot (Malaki Branham assists) | 49-33 | |
7:23 | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point driving finger roll layup (Scottie Barnes assists) | 49-35 | |
7:11 | Jakob Poeltl shooting foul (Victor Wembanyama draws the foul) | |||
7:11 | Victor Wembanyama misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
7:11 | Spurs offensive rebound | |||
7:11 | +1 | Victor Wembanyama makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 50-35 | |
6:54 | Scottie Barnes misses two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | |||
6:53 | Spurs defensive rebound | |||
6:37 | +2 | Victor Wembanyama makes two point driving dunk (Cedi Osman assists) | 52-35 | |
6:28 | +2 | Jakob Poeltl makes two point alley-oop layup (Scottie Barnes assists) | 52-37 | |
6:16 | Victor Wembanyama turnover (bad pass) (Ochai Agbaji steals) | |||
6:11 | Ochai Agbaji misses two point running finger roll layup | |||
6:09 | Victor Wembanyama defensive rebound | |||
6:04 | Malaki Branham misses two point running finger roll layup | |||
6:04 | Scottie Barnes defensive rebound | |||
5:57 | Gary Trent Jr. turnover (traveling) | |||
5:57 | Spurs 60 second timeout | |||
5:33 | Malaki Branham misses two point turnaround hook shot | |||
5:30 | Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound | |||
5:22 | Bruce Brown misses three point stepback jump shot | |||
5:20 | Ochai Agbaji offensive rebound | |||
5:18 | +2 | Ochai Agbaji makes two point putback layup | 52-39 | |
5:13 | +3 | Devin Vassell makes three point stepback jump shot (Tre Jones assists) | 55-39 | |
4:57 | Scottie Barnes misses two point driving hook shot | |||
4:57 | Scottie Barnes offensive rebound | |||
4:56 | Jeremy Sochan personal foul (Scottie Barnes draws the foul) | |||
4:45 | Scottie Barnes turnover (bad pass) (Devin Vassell steals) | |||
4:35 | +2 | Devin Vassell makes two point driving floating bank jump shot | 57-39 | |
4:20 | Gary Trent Jr. misses two point stepback jump shot | |||
4:19 |