Victor Wembanyama blocks Kyrie Irving, fills the stat sheet in first half of NBA debut

SAN ANTONIO – has made a career out of steering his 6-foot-2 frame into a lane of giants, spinning around them and improbably making shots at the rim. But shooting a jumper over ? It’s an entirely new, and difficult, task for Irving and the rest of the . Wembanyama, the 19-year-old Frenchman who is 7-foot-4, with quick feet, and absurdly long arms, made his much-hyped NBA debut Wednesday night for the .

1 pick of the 2023 draft, who was born in the western Paris suburb of Le Chesnay, and was the French pro league’s MVP and Defensive Player of the Year last season, finished his first half of NBA basketball with six points , three rebounds, one assist, one block, one steal and two fouls. Wemby’s first basket — cementing himself already as the tallest 3-and-D player in NBA history — was a 3-ball with 8:24 in the first quarter.

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