On January 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season competition continued, the Pistons and the Spurs ushered in a head-to-head confrontation, the Pistons ranked first in the league with 5 consecutive defeats before the game, and the Spurs lost 5 consecutive defeats to the bottom of the West.
After a brief tug between the two teams in the opening quarter, the Pistons attacked dumbly, and the Spurs built a double-digit lead at the end of the first quarter.
Yibian fought again, the Spurs' offensive state improved, and the inside and outside blossomed to expand the lead to more than 15 points, and the Spurs continued their state in the final quarter to expand the lead to more than 20 points in one breath.
In the end, the game was out of suspense early, and the Spurs beat the Pistons 130-108 to end a five-game losing streak while sending the Pistons to a six-game losing streak.
In this "rookie pecking each other", Wembanyama became the biggest highlight, playing 21 minutes and 02 seconds in the whole game, shooting 6 of 16, and efficiently handing over a perfect triple-double of 16 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 0 turnovers.
With that performance, Wembanyama became the youngest center in NBA history to record a triple-double at the age of 20 years and 7 days, after the previous record holder was Brad Doherty, who had a triple-double at the age of 21.
Wembanyama became the youngest player in NBA history to score a triple-double with zero turnovers, after Iguodala was 21 years and 54 days old.
Wembanyama also became the youngest triple-double in Spurs history.
At the same time, Wemban's triple-double was the second-fewest minutes in history, second only to Westbrook's 20 minutes, and Jokic ranked first all-time in triple-double time, taking only 14 minutes to get a triple-double.
After the game, Wembanyama naturally got the ball for the game, and Wembanyama wrote: "Hold on!"
Wemban's performance is not only a reflection of his own talent, but also thanks to Popovich's patient training.
Compared with the stars cultivated by the Spurs in the past, Popovich can be said to be extremely patient with Wembanyama, changing the strict coaching style of the past.
The same was true of the game, where Popovich waited patiently for Wembanyama's 10th assist in the final quarter before replacing Wembanyama, something that simply would not have happened when he was in charge of GDP.
After leaving the game, Popovich patiently stepped forward to communicate with Wembanyama, and the two communicated for a long time before Wembanyama returned to the bench.
At the same time, the transformation and outbreak of Wembanyama in this game also benefited from Popovich's divine adjustment, in the absence of a qualified playmaker in the team, Popovich let Wembanyama play the playmaker in this game, and the latter delivered a good performance.
This is also the epitome of Popovich's patience with Wembanyama this season, who has been developing Wembanyama from almost every angle since the start of the season, and has always been patient.