The San Antonio Spurs picked up a 118-111 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night. It marked their second victory in a row after they took down the Phoenix Suns without Victor Wembanyama on Monday night. Wembanyama returned to the lineup and, along with Devin Vassell’s 31 points, overwhelmed the Jazz.
Wembanyama took on fellow rookie Taylor Hendricks. With roughly seven seconds left in the game, Hendricks drove and rose for a dunk against both Wembanyama and Jeremy Sochan. Sochan sent him packing, as both he and Wembanyama were there to clean things up, not allowing Hendricks to dunk the ball in the final moments of the contest.
After the game, Wembanyama questioned Hendricks’ decision to go for the slam. (H/t Tom Osborn of the San Antonio Express-News)
“Regardless of the challenge of sometimes wanting to dunk on your opponent, it was a bad choice, I think,” Wembanyama said. “You got to be smart.”
Wembanyama finished the game with five blocks, while Hendricks scored eight points on 3-of-8 shooting.
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