SAN ANTONIO — — Nikola Jokic had 46 factors and 10 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets spoiled Victor Wembanyama’s twenty first birthday Saturday by beating the San Antonio Spurs 122-111 in additional time.
Wembanyma completed with 20 factors and 23 rebounds for San Antonio, however was scoreless and reboundless in additional time. Wembanyama has 57 double-doubles in 101 profession video games.
The groups cut up home-and-home collection on consecutive nights. The Spurs gained Friday’s sport 113-110 when Wembanyama stole the ball from Jokic with 4 seconds left and Vassell scored on a fast layup.
Jokic made positive there have been no such exploits on Saturday, scoring 9 factors in additional time.
Michael Porter Jr. added 28 factors and 10 rebounds for Denver.
Harrison Barnes scored 22 factors and Devin Vassell 19 for San Antonio, which had gained two straight.
Vassell missed a contested layup, however tipped within the rebound, to tie the sport at 108 with 14 seconds left in regulation. Jokic missed a 19-foot shot on Wembanyama with two seconds left in regulation.
Zach Collins and Russell Westbrook every acquired a technical foul within the first quarter after taunting one another, with Westbrook doing so from the bench.
Nuggets: Denver’s five-man bench totaled 18 factors and 21 rebounds. San Antonio’s reserves had 43 factors.
Spurs: Julian Champagnie was 3 of 4 with 3 factors within the two video games towards Denver.
After taking possession away from Wembanyama, Jokic scored his forty fourth level on a layup to present Denver a 115-108 lead with 2:27 left in additional time. Jokic had two rebounds and Westbrook one because the Nuggets made 4 photographs on possession.
Wembanyama is averaging 30.6 factors and 11.7 rebounds in his final 9 video games.
The Denver Nuggets host Boston on Tuesday. San Antonio opens a four-game journey at Chicago on Monday.
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