On Thursday afternoon, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Indiana Pacers (in France) by a score of 140-110. Victor Wembanyama finished with 30 points, 11 rebounds,
Spurs stars Victor Wembanyama and Chris Paul gifted their game-worn jerseys to J.J. Redick's sons following a game vs. the Lakers.
The Lakers and the Clippers both went back to work Monday night in Los Angeles’ first two NBA games since catastrophic wildfires killed at least 24 people and destroyed significant sections of their hometown.
The Spurs may have spoiled LeBron James and the Lakers' first game since the California wildfires began, but the heartfelt postgame gesture orchestrated by Wembanyama and veteran Spurs point guard Chris Paul showed the power of the NBA family to rebound from tragedy.
San Antonio Spurs stars Chris Paul and Victor Wembanyama presented their game jerseys to Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick's
The situation may change as the fires in the hills around the city have not been contained, but as of now, the teams are moving forward. The NFL’s Los Angeles Rams were set to host the Minnesota Vikings in a playoff game Sunday night, but that has been moved to Monday night in Arizona.
Both teams played on the road last week, and Monday marked their first home contests since the Palisades Fire began Tuesday.
NBA games are scheduled to return to wildfire-ravaged Los Angeles on Monday night, with the Clippers planning to resume their schedule when they host the Miami
The NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Clippers will host teams on Monday after having games postponed last week due to wildfires in the area.
The NBA revealed the starters — some of them, anyway — for the revamped All-Star Game, and there wasn’t much in the way of surprises.
It didn’t stop there. When he walked out to center court, took a microphone and said “bonjour” to the crowd pregame, another 30 seconds of cheering exploded inside the Accor Arena in Paris. The young French star returned home with his NBA team — for a two-game set between the Spurs and Pacers — and was greeted with a hero’s welcome.
All Victor Wembanyama needed to do to get the fans in Paris into a full-blown frenzy was, it turned out, say hello into a microphone.