Victor Wembanyama set career highs with 52 points and 24 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Dallas Mavericks 112-111, their sixth straight victory, according to The Guardian.
The Guardian reported that Wembanyama, a 22-year-old Frenchman, also recorded eight blocks and made the winning free throw with 24.2 seconds left to cap his career-best scoring performance. The paper said the Spurs home crowd hailed him, and its headline described him as 'basically Wilt.'
ABC News reported a different set of details about the same outing. According to that report, Wembanyama was battling a virus during the game, rolled his ankle in the fourth quarter, and does not believe he is playing his best.
The two reports do not conflict on the final score or on Wembanyama's statistics. The Guardian's summary does not mention the illness or the ankle injury, and the ABC News summary does not mention the free throw or the blocks. Neither summary describes how much the virus or the ankle roll affected Wembanyama's play, and neither gives a full account of the game's sequence.
The Spurs' win came over a Mavericks team that lost by one point, according to the final score reported by The Guardian. The available summaries do not provide further detail on the game's flow, the Mavericks' response, or any statement from the team about Wembanyama's health.
Sources: The Guardian: ‘He’s basically Wilt’: Wembanyama downs Mavericks with 52-point, 24-rebound classic; ABC News: Wembanyama overcomes illness, injury in historic 52-point, 24-rebound outing.