DALLAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama dunked on Cooper Flagg’s debut.

And shot over it. And dribbled around it. And reminded everyone what was missing the last two months of the French star’s second season.

Wembanyama wowed the Dallas crowd, and had a noisy San Antonio contingent chanting “M-V-P! M-V-P!” in a season opener, getting 40 points and 15 rebounds in the Spurs’ 125-92 rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

Flagg, the No. 1 overall pick, was the talk of the Dallas opener going in. Coming out, the talk was Wembanyama, who offered quite the reminder that he was the top overall choice just two years ago.

The 7-foot-4 sensation was playing in the regular season for the first time since deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot condition in his shoulder, required surgery and limited

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