Player of the Week

Victor Wembanyama (SAS) is our Player of the Week for Week 3, his second straight week at the top of our rankings.

San Antonio entered the week riding a five-game win streak, with Victor Wembanyama playing through a virus. It never showed.

Wednesday against Dallas, he produced the best game of his career: 52 points, 24 rebounds and 8 blocks in a 112-111 win. He reached halftime with 29 points, 15 rebounds and 5 blocks, a first-half line no player had posted since play-by-play tracking began in 1996-97. The second half got tight. He rolled his ankle in the fourth, missed three straight free throws in the final two minutes, then made the one that decided it with 24 seconds left. Seven of his points came in the clutch, including two putbacks down the stretch.

Two nights later in Sacramento, in an NBA Cup game, he needed only 26 minutes for 30 points and 14 rebounds, going 4 of 6 from three. Saturday in Portland, against the team San Antonio eliminated in last season's first round, he scored 29 in 24 minutes on 9-of-13 shooting as the Spurs led by as many as 35.

Across the week he averaged 37 points and 15 rebounds in just 28 minutes, with 72% true shooting, up from 60% on the season.

The Spurs have now won eight straight and sit at 8-2, second in the West. Wembanyama ranks #2 in our MVP model, and San Antonio carries a 17.8% championship probability in our contender model.