Victor Wembanyama had 40 points (all 11 of an 11-0 run across the third and fourth quarters, on a 3-pointer, 2 dunks and 2 layups) and 11 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs routed the Phoenix Suns 122-96 for their ninth straight win.
The Spurs led by as many as 34, pulling away with a 26-6 run bridging the first and second quarters.
For the Suns, Devin Booker scored 32 points (15 in the first quarter, on 2 3-pointers, 3 jumpers and 3 free throws). Booker went 3 for 5 on pull-up jumpers. He has taken 2,451 pull-up jumpers since 2016-17, the second-most in the NBA, and made 50.6% of them (the league: 44.9%).
The Spurs shot 51.1% from the field and 36.7% from 3 to the Suns’ 39.3% and 34.6%. The Suns took 26 of their 89 shots from 3 (29%), the lowest share of their season. They had averaged 42%. The Spurs outscored the Suns 23-10 on the fast break. The Spurs outscored the Suns 17-5 in 4 minutes with Barnes, Fox, Johnson, Wembanyama and Harper on the floor together.