Victor Wembanyama's 'priceless' week in Paris ended in a disappointing defeat as the Indiana Pacers routed the San Antonio Spurs 136-98. Tyrese Haliburton's stellar performance, scoring 28 points and hitting six three-pointers, propelled the Pacers to victory. Wembanyama, despite scoring 20 points, couldn't prevent the loss.
Victor Wembanyama 's week in Paris , dubbed 'priceless' by the young star himself, culminated in a disappointing defeat Saturday as the Indiana Pacers dominated the San Antonio Spurs 136-98. Held at the Bercy Arena, the same venue where Wembanyama secured Olympic gold with USA last year, the game saw Tyrese Haliburton put on a shooting clinic, racking up 28 points, including a scorching 16 in the third quarter, and six three-pointers.
His stellar performance propelled the Pacers to victory, despite Wembanyama's own valiant effort of 20 points, connecting on seven out of 16 shots. Teammate Harrison Barnes led the Spurs with 25 points. \The Pacers, looking to bounce back from a demoralizing 140-110 loss to the Spurs in Paris just two days prior, turned up the heat, with Pascal Siakam adding 23 points to Haliburton's haul. The victory improved the Pacers' record to 25-20. 'I think it was a really good showing by us tonight,' Haliburton remarked after the game. \While the loss marked a dampener on Wembanyama's Parisian homecoming, his week was anything but ordinary. The 21-year-old phenom captivated the city, attending a Paris Saint-Germain Champions League soccer match against Manchester City, taking a front-row seat at an LVMH fashion show, opening basketball courts for excited schoolchildren, and granting numerous interviews. 'I did my best to make this week special for my team, for my family, my friends but people still found ways to surprise me, to make things feel like it mattered for them and I mattered for them,' Wembanyama shared. 'It's priceless.' \The Parisian matchup kicked off a busy Saturday slate for the NBA, featuring the reigning champion Boston Celtics defeating the Dallas Mavericks 122-107 in their first encounter since the NBA Finals. Jayson Tatum led the charge with 24 points, while Derrick White added 23 and Jaylen Brown chipped in with 22. The Celtics, recovering from their humiliating 21-point loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday, showcased their dominance, outplaying a Mavericks team hampered by injuries to star Luka Doncic, center Dereck Lively II, and others. Kyrie Irving led Dallas with 22 points, and Quentin Grimes contributed 20 off the bench, but former Golden State star Klay Thompson, a recent addition to the Mavericks, struggled to find his rhythm, managing only six points. \Another playoff rematch took place in Minnesota, where Anthony Edwards erupted for 34 points and dished out nine assists, guiding the Timberwolves to a convincing 133-104 victory over the Denver Nuggets, the team they vanquished in last season's Western Conference semi-finals. Edwards etched his name in Timberwolves history, surpassing former teammate Karl-Anthony Towns for the most three-pointers made in franchise history with a spectacular shot from the center court logo that extended Minnesota's lead to 121-93. Edwards tallied 23 of his points in the second half, attributing his late surge to 'just being aggressive, being myself, taking my shots, trusting myself and doing everything that I work for in practice.' Jamal Murray paced the Nuggets with 25 points, while Nikola Jokic, the reigning NBA MVP, added 20 and 11 assists. However, his streak of consecutive triple-doubles ended at five, collecting only three rebounds.
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