Brilliant Victor Wembanyama stars as red-hot San Antonio Spurs sink Boston Celtics

[p]French star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wembanyama-victor/jFmM1MFl/"]Wembanyama[/a] spearheaded another dazzling all-round offensive performance from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-antonio-spurs/IwmkErSH/"]San Antonio[/a], who have now won 16 of their last 17 games.[/p][p]Wembanyama's tally included eight three-pointers - matching his NBA career high - along with 11 rebounds and two blocks against a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boston-celtics/KYD9hVEm/"]Boston[/a] side who have also been in prime form recently.[/p][p]Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said Wembanyama's ability to shoot from long range posed a dilemma for opposition defenses.[/p][p][b]"He's shown he can obviously get hot and make shots,"[/b] Johnson said. [b]"It really puts defenses in a tough place in terms of how they want to play because if you take the gravity away from him it obviously can open up the rest of the floor."[/b][/p][embed guid="20d2c3d3-1dba-4094-89d8-12f2a93ae0fe" url="https://x.com/NBA/status/2031612597351469375" social-type="twitter" /][p]De'Aaron Fox backed Wembanyama with 25 points while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/castle-stephon/Kzd3IGeT/"]Stephon Castle[/a] finished with 18 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/vassell-devin/hIJfdJJJ/"]Devin Vassell[/a] 14.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/white-derrick/6ZkKkpYd/"]Derrick White[/a] led Boston's scorers with 34 points while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tatum-jayson/t4Y4e7r0/"]Jayson Tatum[/a] added 24 and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harper-ronald/Cl9nCTx9/"]Ron Harper Jr.[/a] 22 off the bench.[/p][p]San Antonio improved to 48-17 with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/boston-celtics-KYD9hVEm/san-antonio-spurs-IwmkErSH/?mid=08Qpf2Q8"]the victory[/a] and are second in the Western Conference behind the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/oklahoma-city-thunder/0fHFHEWD/"]Oklahoma City Thunder[/a] (51-15).[/p][p]The Celtics are second in the Eastern Conference with a 43-22 record.[/p]