Frenchman Victor Wembanyama needed just 8 minutes and 31 seconds of play to record the fastest "double-double" in NBA history.
The San Antonio Spurs center did it in a 129-114 victory over the Chicago Bulls in a regular-season game played tonight in Texas. Wembanyama scored 10 points and 10 rebounds before the second quarter had even begun and finished the game with an impressive 41 points and 16 rebounds.
For the "Spurs" This was the ninth consecutive victory and a total of 57 this season, which is the second best indicator in the entire league after that of last year's champion Oklahoma City Thunder.
Guard Stephon Castle also made a strong contribution to the success against Chicago, scoring 21 points, making 10 assists and grabbing 8 rebounds. Keldon Johnson finished with 15 points.
For the "Bulls", who have 29 wins and 46 losses and have no chance of making the playoffs in the Eastern Conference, Tre Jones scored 23 points, while Leonard Miller had 21.
In the most intriguing and most anticipated game of the night, the leader in the Western Conference, Oklahoma City Thunder, defeated the leader in the East, Detroit Pistons, 114:110 after overtime. For the champions, it was the 60th victory, and for the first time in club history, the "Thunder" have reached this level in two consecutive seasons.
The biggest contributor to the success was guard Shay Gilgeous-Alexander. The winner of the "Most Valuable Player" (MVP) award scored 47 points and exceeded the 20-point mark for the 136th consecutive time, which is a record in NBA history.
Oklahoma led by 15 points in the first half of the match, but the guests from Detroit tightened their defense and managed to lead by 7 points midway through the fourth quarter. Then the responsibility of getting his team back into the game fell to Gilgeous-Alexander, who scored 13 points in the final period of regular time alone. In overtime, he added 8 more points out of the 13 the home team scored.
For the winners, AJ Mitchell added 14 points, while Chet Holmgren had 13.
For the Detroit team, which played without four of its starting five, Paul Reed finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, while Javonte Green scored 19 points.