He dribbled around his back and between his legs, turning a defender this way and that way, not the least bothered by the defence covering three quarters of the court. It was as if Victor Wembanyama was some six-foot-four point guard born to the position with an innate ability to handle the ball.

Nope, he is a seven-foot-four unicorn, a ridiculously talented 21-year-old who can dominate a game even if he seems to toy with it.

Wembanyama’s statistics weren’t gaudy Monday night, at least by his early-season standards, but his impact was substantial as the San Antonio Spurs sent the Raptors to their third straight loss, 121-103 in Texas.

Operating against mainly token resistance from a Toronto group that has myriad issues to work out defensively, Wembanyama finished with 24 points, 1

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