The three-time league MVP returned the compliment by calling Wembanyama “one that’s going to be remembered forever.”

On Friday night, the Denver Nuggets faced the San Antonio Spurs. Coming into Denver was one of the hottest young phenoms in the NBA, Victor Wembanyama. The Nuggets faced the tall task of figuring out how to defend the Spurs' talented big man. As much as ...

The San Antonio Spurs and the Denver Nuggets split their home-and-home on back-to-back nights this weekend, which feels right considering the way that both games went down. First, the Spurs upset the Nuggets on Friday night in Denver with a frantic comeback and some questionable late-game decisions by the Nuggets.

Friday night's contest between the San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets was set to be a pivotal matchup between two teams in the thick of the Western Conference

The admiration from Serbian center Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets toward San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama was patently obvious; the two exchanged

Victor Wembanyama commented on Nikola Jokić after the San Antonio Spurs win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night.

Nikola Jokic had 46 points and 10 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets spoiled Victor Wembanyama’s 21st birthday on Saturday, beating the San Antonio Spurs 122-111 in overtime.

Victor Wembanyama will ... But the Spurs dominated that iteration of Denver’s second unit, so DeAndre Jordan rejoined the rotation for the start of the fourth quarter. (Watson still matched up on Wembanyama.) The Nuggets entered the crucial stint leading ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, right, passes the ball as San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson ...

That shift away from centers was short-lived. The Denver Nuggets have benefited from having their franchise superstar being a center. Nikola Jokic is generational. He's won three of the past four MVP trophies and led the club to a championship victory in 2023.

If it wasn’t already clear, Nikola Jokic vs. Victor Wembanyama will remain appointment viewing for the duration of Jokic’s prime. Wembanyama went for 35 points and 18 rebounds as the Spurs won ...

Denver Nuggets guard Russell Westbrook and San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama got into a lighthearted scuffle on Friday.