Top rookie Victor Wembanyama produces his first NBA career double-double as the Spurs crack the winning column
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The Rockets led by 7 points after three quarters and throughout the fourth period until Wembanyama tied the score at 111 on a driving layup with 20 seconds to play. Houston’s Jabari Smith Jr. missed a 29-foot three-pointer with 1.2 seconds left in regulation, sending the game into the extra period. Wembanyama added 21 points and 12 rebounds for his first career double-double. Johnson scored 20 points and Jeremy Sochan and Cedi Osman finished with 14 points each for San Antonio.
The first quarter featured four ties and four lead changes, the last of the latter coming on Tre Jones’ jumper with 1:22 remaining to put the Spurs in front at 22-20. Malaki Branham rattled home a three-pointer a minute later to push San Antonio’s edge to 5 points before Jeff Green banked in a three-pointer at the buzzer that brought the Rockets back to within 25-23 after the opening quarter.
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