Victor Wembanyama joins NBA playoffs royalty with Game 1 masterpiece

Game by game, San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama is nestling himself into historical statistical company alongside some of the most vaunted NBA names ever.Wilt Chamberlain. Hakeem Olajuwon. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Charles Barkley.Wembanyama used Game 1 of the Western Conference finals to place his name with the greats once again. His 41-point, 24-rebound performance Monday night in the Spurs’ 122-114 Game 1 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder was the 13th such game in NBA playoff history, according to Stathead, in which a player recorded at least 41 points and 24 rebounds.Advertisement