Spurs star Victor Wembanyama was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for the third straight time.
Victor Wembanyama closed March with a pair of jaw-dropping performances to claim his third straight Western Conference Rookie of the Month award. The NBA on Tuesday announced the Spurs star as March's winner after he averaged 23.2 points, 11.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, a league-best 3.8 blocks, 2.0 3-pointers and 1.2 steals over 12 games.
The best Spurs coverage in Alamo City, delivered to your inbox Wembanyama topped 30 points five times in March after doing so four times in 56 games from October through February. And his overtime duel with Knicks All-Star Jalen Brunson on March 26 made for riveting basketball theater – Wembanyama finished with 40 points, 20 rebounds and seven assists to overcome Brunson’s 61-point eruption in a 130-126 win at the Frost Bank Center.
fines Spurs' Victor Wembanyama for celebratory ball toss But Wembanyama's singular ascent has essentially made team records a moot point in the race for Rookie of the Year. Wembanyama is one of four players averaging at least 20 points, 11 rebounds, four assists since the All-Star Break, and he's on pace to become the first player in NBA history to average 20 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, three blocks and one 3-pointer over the course of a season.
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