Victor Wembanyama and Zion Williamson met for the first time on Sunday night, with Wembanyama outperforming Williamson statistically but Zion’s Pelicans getting a commanding 146-100 win.
Wembanyama had 17 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks, while Williamson finished with 15 points, eight rebounds and one block.
Here’s how the NBA world reacted to their first-ever battle:
Wemby vs Zion https://t.co/t7gID5QR92 pic.twitter.com/JlORmjdRp4
— MDot (@aimlessburner) December 17, 2023
Silver needs to get Wemby on a real team 😭 pic.twitter.com/hheABuCnl3
— BrickMuse (@BrickMuse) December 18, 2023
jeremy sochan whenever wemby’s open pic.twitter.com/EVwajWoDpF
— 🎠 (@keesatx) December 17, 2023
Props to Wemby.
He got over that addiction FAST. https://t.co/wnvXx7O0If pic.twitter.com/pAwoqqNAdM
— ᵂᴵᴸᴸ (@BiasedHouston) December 17, 2023
gets two easy buckets in a row then they just decide to stop passing to him smh
— eva (@evaternal) December 17, 2023
I don’t quite get how they do these plays, they work, and they don’t do them again😭
— Mugi❄️ (@MugiHoops) December 17, 2023