France’s Victor Wembanyama couldn’t stop his San Antonio Spurs facet struggling a 136-98 defeat by the Indiana Pacers in Paris.
Having been overwhelmed 140-110 by the Spurs on Thursday within the first of two regular-season NBA video games performed within the French capital, the Pacers avenged that defeat with a convincing win.
Tyrese Haliburton scored a game-high 28 factors whereas Pacers team-mate Pascal Siakam added 23 factors.
Wembanyama, who performed for Paris-based Metropolitans 92 earlier than being chosen by the Spurs because the primary total choose within the 2023 NBA Draft, managed 20 factors and 12 rebounds as his team-mate Harrison Barnes contributed 25 factors on the Accor Enviornment.
That is the fourth 12 months that the NBA has staged regular-season matches in Paris.
“It has been actually enjoyable to be right here,” mentioned Haliburton. “It is serving to develop the sport, the chance from the league has been superb.
“We simply wished to go away the town on observe. I assumed it was a extremely good exhibiting from us tonight and simply wish to carry this momentum going ahead.”