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Is it too early to declare that Victor Wembanyama has broken basketball? It sure looked like that on Wednesday night as he dominated the game on both sides of the court, changing the shape of the game as shooters refused to shoot whenever he was in range, and easily getting to the basket with a variety of moves on the offensive end. He also showed he has added a new element to his game, bullying smaller players in the paint.
While Victor deserves all of the flowers, the rest of the Spurs were doing fine against the Mavericks, even winning

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