Victor Wembanyama

The San Antonio Spurs star won the 2025-26 DPOY with every first-place vote and also became the youngest player ever to earn the award L'articolo Victor Wembanyama makes history as first unanimous Defensive Player of the Year proviene da Sportando.

The first of what should be many more for a player with GOAT defender (and maybe more) status.

Wembanyama and Vassell give the Spurs their first playoff victory since 2019.

Victor Wembanyama has unanimously been named the 2025-26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the youngest player in league history to win the award at the age of 22. Wembanyama was on his way to winning the award last season before he was ruled out for the season in February due to deep vein thrombosis. Wembanyama is the first player in NBA history to receive all first place votes for Defensive Player of the Year. Chet Holmgren finished second with 76 second place votes and 11 third pl...

San Antonio Spurs star big man Victor Wembanyama has been named the recipient of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy as the 2025-26 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced on Monday night. San Antonio Spurs forward-center Victor Wembanyama has been named the 2025-26 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year, earning the Hakeem […] The post Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama makes NBA history as first unanimous DPOY winner appeared first on ClutchPoints.

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama won the first in what's expected to be many Defensive Player of the Year awards on Monday.

Will it be his first of many?

San Antonio rides Victor Wembanyama’s historic debut and balanced firepower to take Game 1.

On Sunday evening, the Portland Trail Blazers fell behind 0-1 in their first round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs with a tough loss by a score of 111-98. While the Blazers did a solid job of hanging around in this one, they were ultimately never able to get over the hump en route […] The post What Blazers’ Tiago Splitter said about Deni Avdija vs. Victor Wembanyama after Game 1 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Let's break down the key elements from all of Sunday's Game 1s.

One game into the NBA playoffs, Victor Wembanyama is already setting records. The Spurs star poured in 35 points in Sunday’s 111-98 win over Portland, eclipsing Tim Duncan’s mark for the highest-scoring postseason debut in franchise history, according to Michael C. Wright of ESPN. It’s also the most points ever for anyone in his first […]

Kevin O’Connor recaps every Round 1 Playoff series with Jason Timpf, Kelly Iko and Noa Dalzell.

The NBA’s 2025-26 Most Improved Player race has been narrowed to three finalists. The league announced the finalists of all of the NBA’s end-of-season awards via a press release, with the likes of Shai-Gilgeous Alexander, Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama being named the finalists for the MVP award. Following suit, the likes of Nickeil Alexander-Walker, […] The post Deni Avdija, Jalen Duren headline NBA Most Improved Player finalists appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Every time you can elicit a clap and—gasp!—a smile from someone as stoic as San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan, you know you are doing something great. Well, that is exactly what Spurs center Victor Wembanyama did on Sunday, leading his team to a convincing win against the Portland Trail Blazers, 111-98, in Game 1 […] The post Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama reacts to dominating in front of Tim Duncan, David Robinson appeared first on ClutchPoints.

It’s been seven long years . . .

The first weekend of the 2026 playoffs went largely as expected, but some performances still stood out

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Welcome to the playoffs, Victor Wembanyama. And yeah, he looked right at home. Wembanyama dropped 35 points in his postseason debut, leading the Spurs to a 111-98 win over the Trail Blazers in Game 1. No nerves. No adjustment period. Just production. “It is obviously different,” Wembanyama said, via The Associated Press. “But we’ve been […] The post Victor Wembanyama: No reason to change what worked in regular season appeared first on Hoops Wire.

The NBA has announced the three finalists for the regular-season MVP award L'articolo NBA MVP 2026 finalists: Wembanyama, Gilgeous-Alexander and Jokic proviene da Sportando.

The Victor Wembanyama-led San Antonio Spurs are aiming to hold serve against the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of the First Round tonight.