Wembanyama Leads Spurs to 5-0 Start

The San Antonio Spurs opened the 2025-26 season a franchise-best 5-0, finishing the streak with a 107-101 road win over the Miami Heat that featured Victor Wembanyama’s emotional postgame scream and a late defensive sequence that sealed the victory. Wembanyama led the game and the early season, posting 27 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and five blocks in Miami and becoming the first player to record at least 150 points and 20 blocks in his team’s first five games while climbing the Spurs’ all-time blocks list. The run is being driven by a young core (Wembanyama is 21 and the roster features nine players 25 or younger) and balanced contributions from players such as Devin Vassell and Stephon Castle. Miami showed fight — Bam Adebayo had 31 points and 10 rebounds and Jaime Jaquez Jr. continued to emerge as a scorer — but San Antonio’s defense and late-game execution prevailed. Observers have amplified Wembanyama’s MVP buzz and praised his rapid ascent amid renewed optimism for a franchise coming off years of historic losing stretches.