Victor Wembanyama is primed to become the face of the NBA once LeBron James retires, as the league heads to Paris with the San Antonio Spurs star the headline act

Barring another postmoment due to the wilfires in southern California, the San Antonio Spurs are expected to take on the Los Angeles Lakers in LA on Monday night. It will be the third matchup of the season against LeBron James and Anthony Davis and the first on the road for the Spurs.

Before meeting James for the first time this season, with the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers set to clash Thursday, Horford shared the lessons he learned from the superstar, his perspective on James’ remarkable longevity and his thoughts on James’ longtime domination of the Eastern Conference.

LeBron James becomes the 2nd player in NBA history to record a triple-double at age 40, joining Karl Malone, who was 105 days older when he did it on Nov. 28, 2003.

Fans were thrilled to see Victor Wembanyama go head-to-head against LeBron James as the Los Angeles Lakers clashed with the San Antonio Spurs on Monday

and LeBron James (left foot injury management) have been upgraded to available for tonight’s game vs. San Antonio. — Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) January 14, 2025 The Spurs have struggled at times ...

Victor Wembanyama had 23 points and eight rebounds, Harrison Barnes scored 10 of his 17 points in the fourth quarter, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Lakers 126-102 in Los Angeles’ first game back from two postponements due to the wildfires devastating the area.

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The San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers for the first time this season, 126-102. Victor Wembanyama and Devin Vassell led the Spurs' scoring effort with 23 points each, and Wembanyama was able to add 23 points and eight rebounds.

Anthony Davis has 30 points and LeBron James adds 18, but San Antonio dominates the fourth quarter and hands the Lakers their third consecutive loss, 126-102.

The team has lost 19 of its last 28 games, many of those defeats coming with Stephen Curry in uniform, and now sits under .500. It’s an unthinkable collapse for a championship organization considering that Curry is still a top-10 player in the league by many advanced metrics.