But the third pick in the draft, Portland's Scoot Henderson - a player Wembanyama faced twice last year near Las Vegas in exhibitions - missed the game with a shoulder injury suffered in his summer opener. 3 pick, just like the Wembanyama debut had him going up against No. The NBA scheduled Spurs-Blazers thinking it would be the No. Jerry West was watching again as well, just as he was Friday in his customary baseline seat, and Spurs teammates Keldon Johnson and Jeremy Sochan were among the NBA players with good seats for the show. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, whose new five-year contract with the team to remain as coach and president was announced Saturday, was in the stands for the second straight game. “I think the best show for the fans is to win,” Wembanyama said. The lower bowl at the Thomas and Mack Center was filled the upper bowl had some rows toward the very top that were empty, which wasn’t the case Friday. Sunday was still a sellout at Summer League - all three days have been sold out so far, a first for Vegas and clearly part of the Wemby effect - but the scene for Wembanyama’s game wasn’t as over-the-top as it was for Friday’s debut. He went looking for contact in the third quarter as well after missing from down low, he went across the lane to grab his own miss and scored off the glass with his left hand while getting fouls, drawing more yells from the crowd that was basically reacting one way or another to everything he did. That seemed to energize him moments later, after blocking a shot at one end, he ran the floor, got rewarded with a pass from Julian Champagnie and threw down another dunk over the Blazers’ Justin Minaya. He tipped a rebound to himself with his left hand, basically alley-ooping the ball to himself for a dunk over Portland’s Jabari Walker. “It's normal to get better every game,” Wembanyama said.Īnd there were highlights.
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He missed his first shot, then missed a pair of free throws before connecting on an 18-foot jumper from the right wing for his first points, and was off and running from there. He was only 2 for 13 from the field in San Antonio’s Vegas-opening win over Charlotte he shot far better in Game 2. There also were moments that reminded everyone that he’s still an NBA work in progress - he airballed his third 3-pointer in two games, got moved off his spot a couple of times on rebound opportunities - but it was clearly a more Wemby-like game than was the case in his debut on Friday night. “I wish we would have won the game,” Wembanyama said.
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