Victor Wembanyama needed just 25 minutes to score 40 points. The San Antonio Spurs beat the Phoenix Suns 122-96 on Monday 9 November 2026 at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix — their ninth straight win after opening the season 0-2. San Antonio is 9-2 and still unbeaten on the road this season.
Wembanyama scored 40 points on 15-of-19 shooting, with 11 rebounds and eight blocked shots in only 25 minutes of court time, finishing plus-30. He had 22 points at halftime and ten more in a third quarter in which he and Dylan Harper combined for 24 of the Spurs’ 32 points.
The Spurs led 61-46 at halftime after a 21-2 run, built the lead to 104-70 in the fourth quarter, and led by as many as 34 points.
It is Wembanyama’s third 40-point game of the season, all in his last six outings, following his 52-point, 24-rebound performance against Dallas earlier in the same winning run. Per Stathead, it is the third time in his career he has had at least 40 points and ten rebounds in under 26 minutes.
Devin Booker led Phoenix, now 3-6, with 32 points. The game was played before a sellout crowd of 17,071.
The Spurs’ run is now one of the stories of the young NBA season: 0-2, then nine straight wins, and a 7-foot-4 star producing 40 points and eight blocks in a game he barely played half of. The rest of the league is running out of answers for him.
It has been a big week for the Spurs, from their eighth straight win over the Blazers to Stephen Curry’s 41 points in the Warriors’ overtime win. Nine straight now — and Wembanyama did it in 25 minutes.
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