{"id":27400,"date":"2026-11-02T00:21:41","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/victor-wembanyama-draws-steph-curry-gravity-comparison-after-43-point-night-heavy-com\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T00:21:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:21:41","slug":"victor-wembanyama-draws-steph-curry-gravity-comparison-after-43-point-night-heavy-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/victor-wembanyama-draws-steph-curry-gravity-comparison-after-43-point-night-heavy-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama Draws Steph Curry \u2018Gravity\u2019 Comparison After 43-Point Night &#8211; Heavy.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/victor-wembanyama\/\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a> led the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\/\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> to a big win against the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/minnesota-timberwolves\/\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>.<br \/>Wembanyama finished with 43 points, seven rebounds, four assists and six blocks in the Spurs&rsquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/min-vs-sas-0022600152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">121-111<\/a> victory. He shot 17-for-34 from the field and made three 3-point shots.<br \/>The Spurs have now won four in a row after starting the season with two straight losses. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6478876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6478876\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6478876\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png\" alt=\"Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?quality=65&amp;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=1536%2C864&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 1536w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=782%2C440&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=780%2C439&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=425%2C239&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=320%2C180&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1920x1080-9.png?resize=267%2C150&amp;quality=65&amp;strip=all 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6478876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs celebrates a dunk against the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/phoenix-suns\/\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> in the first half of a preseason game at Frost Bank Center on October 14, 2026 in San Antonio, Texas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After his brilliant performance against the Timberwolves, Victor Wembanyama was compared to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/golden-state-warriors\/\" title=\"Golden State Warriors\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"566460\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/stephen-curry\/\">Steph Curry<\/a> by teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nba\/player\/deaaron-fox\/\">De&rsquo;Aaron Fox<\/a>.<br \/>Fox told reporters in his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealTomPetrini\/status\/2116735903385199072?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">postgame media availability<\/a> that Wembanyama&rsquo;s gravity inside the court is similar to how Curry affects the game.<br \/>&ldquo;His gravity is like Steph Curry&rsquo;s,&rdquo; Fox said via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealTomPetrini\/status\/2116735903385199072?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Tom Petrini of Sports Illustrated<\/a>. &ldquo;Like when Steph&rsquo;s on the court, he might not have the ball, but you can feel the defense leaning towards him. And Vic&rsquo;s the same way. When he doesn&rsquo;t have the ball, you can feel the defense leaning towards him.<br \/>&ldquo;When we talk about him getting other people shots, it&rsquo;s not him getting the assist,&rdquo; the guard continued. &ldquo;If he rolls to the basket, he knows he&rsquo;s going to pull two or three defenders. Then when he does have the ball, we know he&rsquo;s going to have four to six to eight eyes on him at all times.&rdquo;<br \/>Curry&rsquo;s insane shooting ability makes opposing defenses adjust on the fly. He just attracts so much attention that it was hard for teams to slow him down, especially during his peak.<br \/>On the other hand, Wembanyama&rsquo;s height, size and length present a different problem for defenses. And when those are combined with his ability to shoot, dribble and score, stopping him becomes even more difficult.<br \/>The San Antonio Spurs began the 2026-27 season with back-to-back losses to the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/houston-rockets\/\">Houston Rockets<\/a>.<br \/>Victor Wembanyama struggled to score the ball and didn&rsquo;t look as dominant on the offensive end last season.<br \/>The Spurs finally turned the corner after blowing out the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\/\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a> for their first win of the season. They then won three more games in a row as Victor Wembanyama expressed his thoughts on the team finally heading in the right direction.<br \/>&ldquo;The brain, after so many games, literally hundreds of games now in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/\" title=\"NBA\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"566461\">NBA<\/a>, knows what kind of game to go towards to have fun,&rdquo; Wembanyama said via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/50344505\/spurs-victor-wembanyama-notches-43-points-career-best-43-shots-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">ESPN&rsquo;s Michael C. Wright<\/a>. &ldquo;Because whenever we don&rsquo;t score, it&rsquo;s like negative feedback. Whenever we score, we get good results, positive feedback for the brain. Over time, you recognize patterns, and you err towards those patterns. There&rsquo;s always ups and downs, but we&rsquo;re turning in the right direction.&rdquo;<br \/>The Spurs continue their three-game homestand on Monday and Wednesday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nba\/utah-jazz\/\">Utah Jazz<\/a> and the Mavericks, respectively.<br \/> \t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/paolodavid99\/\"><strong>Juan Paolo David<\/strong><\/a> Juan Paolo David is a sports journalist covering basketball for Heavy. He has a decade of experience writing about the NBA and WWE. He&#8217;s currently based in the Philippines.  <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/paolodavid99\/\">More about Juan Paolo David<\/a>\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\tStay Connected\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPQjNIaloxYlpsQnd0bHdyYzBJdlUyOG5uXzZDNDZ2T3RJM3hvOEoyamMxOVhqQUIxSnRSRVpieHp1UXB4ai1jaDJTLUd3WHBSZTVzdXJ4aHZ4NGNIV0F2TzVpWTdFX2VLXzFHeTdUNzdrQmo2NTBnYlhPM25PSm1EUWRpZU9fbXB5UEZCYzMzalU5T3JtRmUwS3VIY0o?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, Victor Wembanyama led the San Antonio Spurs to a big win against the Minnesota Timberwolves.Wembanyama finished with 43 points, seven rebounds, four assists and six blocks in the Spurs&rsquo; 121-111 victory. He shot 17-for-34 from the field and made three 3-point shots.The Spurs have now won four in a row after starting the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}