Anthony Davis and Victor Wembanyama went straight after each other in Wednesday night’s game between the Lakers and Spurs, and the results were spectacular.
Davis was the first of the duo to make his strike. Late in the second quarter, Davis isolated Wembanyama, drove to the basket, hesitated, and put down a thunderous dunk on the rookie center.
It wasn’t Wembanyama’s first “welcome to the league” moment this season, but it was undoubtedly eye-opening for the young player to realize that there was someone that could throw it down over his 7' 4" frame.
Fans online unsurprisingly loved the dunk.
ANTHONY DAVIS OVER VICTOR WEMBANYAMA.
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) December 14, 2023
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But Wembanyama was able to get his revenge just a few minutes later. In the final minute of the first quarter, Wemby beat Davis on a nearly identical dunk under the basket, and followed it off with an exclamation point alley-oop on the Spurs’ next time down the floor.
LOOK AT VICTOR WEMBANYAMA pic.twitter.com/JBKaCxHNaq
— Steve Jones Jr. (@stevejones20) December 14, 2023
Fans shared their love for both competitors giving all they had at each other.
Wemby back at AD!!! 💥💥💥
— The Whole Delivery (@TWDTV1) December 14, 2023
Great stuff right now with Anthony Davis and Victor Wembanyama pic.twitter.com/2HtKZSJ5d0
Wemby is insane https://t.co/lCwwjcDQ8n
— Daniel Starkand (@DStarkand) December 14, 2023
The kid is going to be special. https://t.co/8QWw0eyPc7
— Ballerr’ 🎒 (@BackendBallerr) December 14, 2023
AD over Wemby poster just dropped 🫣 https://t.co/XRic35G5V4
— PK 🔥 (@PaulKNepo) December 14, 2023
A(D)ominant! https://t.co/aYDwEqhx8f
— Lledroc (@cordellkyoung) December 14, 2023
Davis and Wembanyama have plenty more head-to-head matchups ahead of them in their careers, but this meeting of near-matching dunks will be one to remember.
