Six of Spurs’ ten wins this season have been by ten points or more. Let that sink in for a team that won just 22 games last year. San Antonio has now won seven of their last nine games and they are building confidence with each win. Confidence is dangerous in professional sports because so much of the game is mental. All players are talented, so if they believe in it, the impossible will happen.

The impossible started in the 210 when Victor Wembanyama was drafted number one overall last summer. Since then, he has done nothing but live up to the hype that came with his name. Most of the buzz surrounding an emerging talent was his own, and over a year later he has broken record after record. Tonight’s 128-115 win over the Utah Jazz was no exception.

He’s so young and hitting so many shots that he’ll be a Wilt Chamberlain-esque record lover who’ll have a hard time imagining anyone else beating him when he’s done.

Anyone still complaining about Wembanyama’s shot selection is just being stubborn. He shot fourteen three-pointers against Utah and made six. That’s a 43% efficiency that hundreds of players in the league would love to have. He’s shooting 43% from three in his last ten games, so this isn’t some kind of mistake.

Mitch Johnson wasn’t lying when he told the media that the Alien was a good shot. It took Wemby some time to shake off the rust after not playing much in the preseason and adjusting to the style of NBA play.

He scored 17 points in the second quarter and finished the game with 34 points, and his defensive presence was strong. The latter is what you expect most from him, and he had three blocks. How he scores his points is less important, as long as he is efficient. As long as he uses his size to stifle the other team’s attack, he can be assumed to be using his natural gifts well.

Stephon Castle was the Spurs’ second leading scorer with 23 points. He added five assists and three rebounds to his night, and San Antonio needed it all. He got the team rolling with two big threes at the start of the match, and from then on the races were on. The rookie has proven himself as a reliable player that fans can count on, and he has done so in spades.

Julian Champagnie had three steals and shot 4/9 from three. Spurs don’t win without his contribution. It was one of Champagnie’s best games of the season.

Blake Wesley has had some of the biggest up-and-down swings of any player on the team, but he was way ahead against Utah. Wesley put up 11 points on 4/5 shooting, assisted four buckets and recorded two steals in nearly 22 minutes.

San Antonio continues to show the league that the Spurs culture is alive and well in the Alamo City. They’ll face threats from multiple positions as they figure out how to stop an alien who has every basketball skill known to man.