NBA: San Antonio's Victor Wembanyama was welcomed to Madison Square Garden with some hostility by the New York fans, chanting 'overrated' as he was shooting from the free throw line.
"Overrated!": Hostile MSG welcomes Wemby | 00:36Victor Wembanyama has gotten a hostile introduction to the bright lights of New York.
The Knicks led by as much as 30 at one stage during the third term to all but seal the result in an anti climax for Wembanyama’s highly-anticipated first game at the ‘Mecca of Basketball’. Julius Randle , Jalen Brusnon and RJ Barrett all led the way for the Knicks.Dillon Brooks and LeBron James meet again.
James finished with 18 points as the Anthony Davis-less Lakers dropped their third game in a row in a slow start to the season for Darvin Ham’s squad, while Rui Hachimura scored a team-high 24 off the bench.As for Brooks, who had a season-low five points, was already stirring things up ahead of his first matchup against James since the 2023 post-season.
“Every player that is rewarded with a contract is rewarded for a reason, and they’re worthy of the contract they get” James told reporters during Thursday’s shootaround.“I think in his case, he was worthy of the contract that he got. He’s put in the work since he came out of Oregon, and that’s what Houston found value in him and he’s here.”