Victor Wembanyama had a career-high 50 points and the San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

Wembanyama was 8 for 16 on 3-pointers, also setting a career high, as San Antonio won its second straight.

Jordan Poole had 42 points for Washington, which lost its sixth straight.

At 20 years 314 days, Wembanyama is the fourth-youngest player to score 50 points, trailing only Brandon Jennings (20/52), LeBron James (20/80) and Devin Booker (20/145).

Wembanyama’s previous high was 49 points in a 130-126 overtime victory over New York.

Wembanyama made at least six 3-pointers for the third straight game.

Devin Vassell had 17 points in his third game for the Spurs since returning from offseason surgery to repair a fractured right foot.

Takeaways

Wizards: Alexandre Sarr blocked Wembanya’s shot in the second quarter and dunked on his fellow Frenchman in the third quarter. Sarr finished with 12 points, two rebounds, two assists and a block in 25 minutes.

Spurs: Wembanyama is the eighth player in franchise history to score 50 points. David Robinson holds the franchise record with 71 points against the Los Angeles Clippers on April 24, 1994.

Key moment

Stuck at 48 points, Wembanyama made an 18-foot jumper for his 49th and 50th points with 8:49 remaining to give San Antonio a 115-98 lead.

Key stat

Wembanyama is the first player in league history with 20 3-pointers and 25 blocks over a six-game span.

Up next

The Spurs host Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night in the final game of a five-game homestand. The are at Atlanta on Friday night to close a five-game trip.

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While Crowley has been given another chance after being withdrawn just before the hour mark against New Zealand, the uncapped Sam Prendergast is set to make his debut having replaced his Leinster team-mate Ciaran Frawley on the bench.

Prendergast was one of the stars of Ireland’s Under-20s Six Nations Grand Slam win in 2023 and also impressed during this year’s Emerging Ireland series in South Africa, starting three games at fly-half in the space of the week.

“He’s ready,” Farrell said of 21-year-old Prendergast.

“For a young fella who has not had much game time provincially, he’s obviously had more of late, but in an ironic way he’s been patient enough because in his own mind he’s thought he’s been ready for quite some time. He’s that type of kid, he’s confident.

“The experience he’s had around the squad, he’s a lot more comfortable in his own skin. The reason for taking him on the Emerging [Ireland] tour was to make sure he understood what it was to grab hold of his team and show that he’s in charge and he showed that in abundance.

“We’ve seen the knock-on effect of that in the squad the past couple of weeks.”

JAKE PAUL is protecting his ear with diamonds ahead of fighting Mike Tyson – after putting his money where his mouth is.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer brings heavyweight great Tyson back to the ring after TWO DECADES away for a controversial clash on Friday in Texas.

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It comes 27 years on from Iron Mike’s infamous Bite Fight when he sunk his teeth into Evander Holyfield’s ear to get disgracefully disqualified.

But despite Tyson settling down as the reformed Baddest Man on The Planet nowadays, Paul is taking no chances.

Showing off his diamond ear protector, he said: “I’m not getting my s*** bite off on Friday night.

“So I got my diamond spiked ear covers right there.”

Tyson returns for the first time as a professional since 2005 when he quit on his stool and threw the towel in on his career.

He did have a 2020 exhibition bout with fellow great Roy Jones Jr but this time he is back for real.

Tyson, 58, is due to take on Paul, 27, over eight two-minute rounds – opposed to the usual three – with bigger 14oz gloves on instead of 10oz.

And the majority of the 12 stars on the undercard backed Iron Mike to shake off the rust and beat the younger man.

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So Paul retaliated and put three $1MILLION bets on with Bruce Carrington, Neeraj Goyat and Armando Casamonica.

Katie Taylor – who rematches Amanda Serrano on the in the chief support – also told Paul to put up his purse – worth $40m (£30m).

Paul said: “Yeah, let’s best the purse. Deal. And I’m sending out contracts, too.”

Cub Swanson knows the end is near, but he isn’t ready to call it a career quite yet.

Swanson (29-14 MMA, 14-10 UFC) will make his 25th octagon appearance when he takes on Billy Quarantillo (18-6 MMA, 6-4 UFC) on Dec. 14 at UFC on ESPN 63 from Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. Ahead of his fight against Quarantillo, 41-year-old Swanson revealed to MMA Junkie that he signed a new contract with the UFC.

“I just signed a new multifight deal, four fights,” Swanson told MMA Junkie Radio. “It’s fight by fight, but this would have been my last one, so I told them I didn’t intend on fighting out of my contract and going other places. I want to stay here. I think it’s fitting, and so we did a new deal. But it’s fight by fight.”

Swanson has split his past six appearances. He’s fought the who’s who at featherweight throughout his career and is happy to draw someone who isn’t a rising contender on a tear.

“I know that he’s tough, he’s gritty,” Swanson said of Quarantillo. “He wants to be in the exciting fights, and he’s been in a bunch of them, so I think that’s what he wants. He wanted a fight like me so he could go out there and have a big performance, something he could be proud of. That’s the kind of fighter I think he is.

“He’s getting up there in age. He’s been around for a little bit, so I like the matchup. I kept getting told stop fighting the youngsters who are on their way up, and I think the last two opponents have been good opponents. They’re guys who like to fight, but they’ve been around for a while. I think the fans appreciate it.”

For more on the card, visit MMA Junkie’s event hub for UFC on ESPN 63.

Maffei said: “All the Liberty acquisitions completed during my tenure are now in structures where shareholders can have more direct ownership in their upside.

“The corporate structure is optimised, and the portfolio companies are in strong positions with talented executive teams in place. While it’s never easy to leave an organisation as dynamic as Liberty, I am confident that this is the right time.”

Malone said: “Since joining in 2005, Greg has been at the forefront of the exciting evolution in the lifecycle of Liberty.

“He has grown our asset base and made the company better and more valuable for shareholders, along the way overseeing as many as five separate public companies simultaneously.

“Especially following today’s transaction announcements, our company is simpler and more focused than ever before, which is a perfect capstone for Greg’s accomplished career at Liberty.”

Maffei is the fourth senior executive to leave Liberty Media since it acquired F1.

Chase Carey, who was made chairman and chief executive when Liberty took over, stepped down at the end of 2020 after securing a restructure of the sport, handing over to Domenicali.

Former Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn, appointed managing director by Carey in 2017, left his role in 2022.

And the first commercial director Sean Bratches left in 2020. His biggest legacy was the establishment of the successful Netflix documentary series Drive to Survive, which is credited with a major role in growing F1’s global popularity since Liberty took over.

IRVING, Texas – For the first time during fight week, Jake Paul and Mike Tyson got face to face Wednesday.

There was little drama behind their faceoff after the news conference in advance of their Friday fight, which takes place at AT&T Stadium in Texas, home of the Dallas Cowboys. During the press conference, Tyson said little – which drew some confused moments from Paul, who said it left him bored without Tyson backing up his previous online banter.

Check out their faceoff, plus the faceoffs for the rest of the card, in the video above.

For more on the fight, visit MMA Junkie’s hub for Paul vs. Tyson.