It was a great season opener in the heart of Texas as the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama set a franchise record while leading the team to a 125-92 thrashing of the Dallas Mavericks. Remarkably, the Mavericks could not stop the Spurs star, as he went off for 40 points on 15-for-21 shooting, nabbed 15 boards, and blocked three shots. Even with all this, Wembanyama still put in extra time in the gym after the Spurs season opener, according to correspondent Marc Stein.

“Wemby just did a set of post-game pushups in the hallway outside the Spurs' locker room,” Stein noted. “40/15/3 wasn't enough of a workout?”

It was the first regular-season game for him since the NBA medical team cleared Wembanyama after a blood clot caused him to miss the rest of the 2024-25 regular season in February. Now

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