SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs started their 2025-2026 campaign with a bang Wednesday night after a 125-92 shellacking of their in-state rivals Dallas Mavericks.

At the forefront of that domination was Victor Wembanyama, making his first appearance in a Spurs uniform since he went down with deep vein thrombosis in February.

Let's just say he didn't skip a beat, in fact, based on this performance, he may have taken the next step.

Wemby now has the franchise record for most points in an NBA regular-season opener with 40, passing George Gervin's 39 points in 1977. In 1974, when the Spurs were in the ABA, James Silas also scored 40, albeit that doesn't count in the NBA record books.

Not only did he score 40, but he was also efficient in the process, shooting 15/21 from the field, 1/2

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