Wembanyama stars in 25-point San Antonio fightback

Victor Wembanyama enjoyed “one of the best wins” of his career as he helped the San Antonio Spurs make a 25-point comeback against the Los Angeles Clippers.

The French star claimed 27 points and 10 rebounds as the Spurs fought back from 75-50 down in the third quarter to win 116-112 on Friday.

The 22-year-old grabbed the go-ahead score with 16 seconds remaining to secure San Antonio’s largest comeback of the season and their 14th win from 15 games.

Wembanyama said in a post-game on-court interview that he was “about to pass out. I’ve got zero left right now”.

The Spurs improved to 46-17 and are now 2.5 games behind Western Conference leaders the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Slovenian star Luka Doncic scored 44 points as the Los Angeles Lakers won 128-117 at home to the Indiana Pacers.

The Lakers were without LeBron James (elbow, foot) as Doncic scored his 10th 40-point haul of the season, breaking a tie with Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards for the most this season.

London-born forward OG Anunoby scored a season-high 34 points as the New York Knicks won 142-103 at the Denver Nuggets.

Denver’s star guard Jamal Murray missed the second half after rolling his left ankle when he stepped on team-mate Nikola Jokic’s foot.

The Knicks remain third in the Eastern Conference behind the second-placed Boston Celtics, who won 120-100 at home to the Dallas Mavericks as Jayson Tatum played his first game of the season.