SAN ANTONIO – Spurs star Victor Wembanyama scored a career-high 50 points – including a career-best eight 3-pointers – in a 139-130 victory over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night.

“My first thought is that ultimately I want the rest of our performances, the rest of our matches, to overshadow this one,” Wembanyama said. “I want to make it in the future, (this is) just another one.”

It clearly isn’t.

Prior to Wembanyama, the past three 50-point games produced by Spurs have come in extra time. David Robinson recorded the franchise’s most recent 50-point performance in regulation in 1994.

At 20 years and 314 days, Wembanyama is the fourth youngest player to score 50 points. At 2.30 meters he is also the tallest to do so.

Wembanyama’s previous career high was 40 points in a 130-126 overtime win against the New York Knicks last March.

He made his presence felt virtually from the start Wednesday, assisting or scoring on four consecutive field goals during the first 67 seconds as San Antonio grabbed a 13-3 lead.

“The big guy, man, when he comes out with that mentality, it’s a tough opportunity to deal with,” Spurs forward Julian Champagnie said. “Big shoutout to him, big shoutout to him. He’s working on his game. I don’t know what it was that he took personally, but he took something personal, went out there and hooped.”

Wembanyama did most of the damage in the third quarter, shooting a perfect 7-for-7 from the floor and 4-for-4 from long range for 19 points to go with four rebounds, one assist and a block.

He collected nearly half of his points from beyond the arc that night, where he went 8-of-16.

“If you looked at them, they were good, rhythm shots,” Spurs interim coach Mitch Johnson said. “The gravity that he occupies or pulls is unique. So if he makes shots away from the basket, he’s definitely going to pull that gravity.”

Wembanyama was 18 of 29 from the field and added 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in 32 minutes on his way to becoming the first player in league history with 20 3-pointers and 13 blocks over a three-game span.

For his career, Wembanyama has now recorded a 50-point game, a 5×5 game and a 10-block game. Only three other players – Anthony Davis, Hakeem Olajuwon and Robinson – can lay claim to these feats since blocks became an official statistic in 1973-74.

It took Wembanyama 83 career games to record his first 50-point game, the fourth fewest games needed since the NBA/ABA merger in 1976-77.

After completing a quick lift in the weight room, Wembanyama walked over for treatment and admitted he planned to “reflect” on his latest milestone during the session. Wembanyama also admitted to occasionally glancing at the scoreboard as he neared 50 points.

“I like to celebrate the little wins and the big wins over a period of time,” he said. “But we’re already locked into the Lakers tomorrow. I’m going to give myself some time to think. It’s definitely a big milestone. It’s kind of a private club. It’s definitely something I’m proud of.” .”

ESPN Research contributed to this report.