Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history. The long-expected result became reality on Monday, when the Spurs' star from France was announced as the unanimous winner of the NBA's Rookie of the Year award. “My goals were always to help my team as best as I could and get better as the year went on,” Wembanyama said from San Antonio on TNT after the award was announced on the network's NBA playoff pregame show.
Andrew Wiggins scored 23 points and the Golden State Warriors overcame Luka Doncic's 20th triple-double of the season to beat Dallas 104-100 on Tuesday night, snapping the Mavericks' seven-game winning streak. Doncic also recorded his 48th 30-point game of the season, second only to Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (50). Warriors coach Steve Kerr praised Wiggins for his defense on Doncic, who on Tuesday was chosen Western Conference player of the month for March, winning the award for the second month in a row.
CHICAGO (AP) — Luka Doncic came through with yet another triple-double. About the only thing he didn’t do was keep his record streak going. Doncic had 27 points — recording another triple-double, but doing so without scoring 30 for the first time in seven games — and the Dallas Mavericks rolled over the Chicago Bulls, […]