Victor Wembanyama Notches His Second Career 5x5 Game
Bouncing back from perhaps the worst game in his young NBA career--six points, eight rebounds, three blocked shots, two assists, four turnovers, and 1-5 field goal shooting in San Antonio's 105-93 Wednesday night loss to Oklahoma City--Victor Wembanyama had 25 points, nine rebounds, seven assists, five steals, and five blocked shots as San Antonio cruised to a 106-88 win versus the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. This is Wembanyama's second game with at least five points, at least five rebounds, at least five assists, at least five steals, and at least five blocked shots. I wrote about the exclusive 5x5 Club the first time that Wembanyama accomplished this feat, and I first referenced the 5x5 Club in my 2007 article about Pro Basketball's Greatest Ball Hawks.
As I noted in both of my previous articles mentioning the 5x5 Club, the NBA has only officially tracked steals and blocked shots since the 1973-74 season, and the ABA only started officially tracking steals and blocked shots in the 1972-73 season, so we do not know how many steals and blocked shots great players such as Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell amassed, nor do we know how many 5x5 games those players may have had.
Here is the updated list of known 5x5 games courtesy of Stathead via The Sporting News:
|
Player |
Year |
PTS |
REB |
AST |
STL |
BLK |
|
George Johnson |
1978 |
15 |
18 |
5 |
5 |
7 |
|
George Gervin |
1979 |
21 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
|
Julius Erving |
1979 |
28 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
Hakeem Olajuwon |
1987 |
38 |
17 |
6 |
7 |
12 |
|
Hakeem Olajuwon |
1990 |
29 |
18 |
9 |
5 |
11 |
|
Hakeem Olajuwon |
1992 |
19 |
13 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
|
David Robinson |
1992 |
29 |
9 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
|
Derrick Coleman |
1993 |
21 |
10 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
|
Hakeem Olajuwon |
1993 |
33 |
13 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Hakeem Olajuwon |
1993 |
24 |
19 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
|
Hakeem Olajuwon |
1993 |
34 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
|
Vlade Divac |
1995 |
19 |
12 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
Jamaal Tinsley |
2001 |
12 |
9 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
|
Andrei Kirilenko |
2003 |
19 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
|
Andrei Kirilenko |
2003 |
10 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
|
Marcus Camby |
2004 |
8 |
11 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
|
Andrei Kirilenko |
2006 |
14 |
8 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
|
Nicolas Batum |
2012 |
11 |
5 |
10 |
5 |
5 |
|
Draymond Green |
2015 |
24 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
Anthony Davis |
2018 |
12 |
16 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
|
Jusuf Nurkić |
2019 |
24 |
23 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
|
Victor Wembanyama |
2024 |
27 |
10 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
Victor Wembanyama |
2024 |
25 |
9 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
Wembanyama already ranks third on the list of known 5x5 performers behind only Hakeem Olajuwon (six) and Andrei Kirilenko (three); these are the only three players known to have each authored more than one such game.
Labels: Andrei Kirilenko, Hakeem Olajuwon, San Antonio Spurs, Victor Wembanyama
posted by David Friedman @ 11:57 AM
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