Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama nails Halloween costume, shows off Slender Man costume before game vs. Suns

It took till the closing few seconds, but Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs got the job carried out.

The Spurs rallied encourage from a 20-level third-quarter deficit to grab the 115-114 come by over the Phoenix Suns on the Footprint Center, hours after the reigning No. 1 total decide showed off his unparalleled Slender Man Halloween costume within the encourage halls of the arena.

The Spurs closed the game on a 6-0 accelerate, thanks to a Wembanyama jumper, a effect-encourage dunk and a immense Kevin Durant turnover — which resulted in a dunk from Keldon Johnson.

Johnson’s dunk gave the Spurs their first lead of the night.

Durant then missed a 10-footer on the buzzer, which gave the Spurs their first road come by of the season.

Wembanyama modified into essentially shut down during the major 24 minutes of the game. He had six aspects at halftime and didn’t safe his first bucket till the closing seconds — which came within the manufacture of a wild left-handed dunk over Suns forward Drew Eubanks.

It modified into Durant, though, that got the simpler of Wembanyama for many of the matchup. Durant drilled a immense step-encourage bucket over the outstretched 7-footer within the major quarter, and helped vitality the Suns to a 20-level lead early within the third length.

However the Spurs battled encourage within the fourth quarter. They gash the Suns’ end result in simply five aspects midway during the closing length while Durant modified into on the bench thanks to an 8-0 accelerate powered by a Wembanyama block and a layup he somehow made through a atrocious — though he missed the following free throw.

The Spurs gash the deficit to a pair aspects after a pair of Tre Jones free throws on the two minute rate. That resulted in the wild perform, which gave the Spurs their one-level come by.

Durant led the Suns with 26 aspects and seven assists within the loss, and he shot 12-of-19 from the discipline. He surpassed 27,000 profession aspects within the game. It took him 990 games to safe there, which made him the fourth-quickest participant to withhold out so in historical past. Eric Gordon added 20 aspects for Phoenix, and Jusuf Nurkic performed with 12 aspects and 12 rebounds.

Wembanyama performed with 18 aspects and eight rebounds within the come by for the Spurs, who’re now 2-2 on the season. Johnson led San Antonio with 27 aspects and 4 assists, and shot 10-of-20 from the discipline. Devin Vassell added 18 aspects and six rebounds.

Wembanyama rocks unparalleled Slender Man Halloween costume

Wembanyama wasn’t simply fervent about his first matchup against Durant, who he mentioned modified into one in every of his popular gamers to witness rising up, on Tuesday night.

Earlier than the Spurs’ wild come by over the Suns, Wembanyama entered Footprint Center as the 2009 fictional character Slender Man.

Or no longer it is likely the rookie would possibly perhaps well well furthermore take grasp of the crown from essential Halloween fanatic Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Milwaukee Bucks forward performed the day before the shuttle, but that no doubt did no longer curb his enthusiasm.

Antetokounmpo came dressed as the Not likely Hulk before the Bucks’ 122-114 come by over the Miami Heat. The NBA champion even took questions as the Marvel superhero.

And who would possibly perhaps well well neglect LeBron James pulling out your total stops to rework himself into Beetle Juice? The Los Angeles Lakers forward showed off his threads on Instagram.

It remains to be seen if the Spurs forward will observe Antetokounmpo’s and James’ examples and decide to his Slender Man role with the connected energy. For Wembanyama’s first coast-around within the league, his costume modified into a success. By scheme of his first two weeks, he is showing off his vary of abilities each and every on and off the court.

Wembanyama will safe one other shot on the Suns on Thursday night in Phoenix.