Wembanyama, Spurs top Pelicans in OT as Williamson injures foot

SAN ANTONIO forward Victor Wembanyama recorded a dominant defensive outing and the San Antonio Spurs held off the New Orleans Pelicans 120-116 in overtime on Friday night in New Orleans, a game that also produced a highlight-reel dunk by Pelicans star Zion Williamson and a subsequent left foot injury that sidelined him for New Orleans’ next game. Wembanyama finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks, while Williamson had 27 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists in 37 minutes before sustaining the foot issue late in the contest.

The game opened with a thunderous play that set the tone. On the opening possession Williamson drove and slammed a dunk over the 7-foot-5 Wembanyama, igniting the Smoothie King Center crowd. Wembanyama responded by challenging Williamson throughout the first quarter, rejecting multiple attempts and compiling his nine blocks. Wembanyama fouled out with 4:17 remaining in overtime, narrowly denying him his tenth block and a rare triple-double.

The sequence that produced Williamson’s injury occurred late in the fourth quarter on a putback dunk, when he said he landed on another player’s foot and felt pain in the side of his left foot. Team officials...