Wembanyama Scores 43 Points as Spurs Beat Timberwolves
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Victor Wembanyama plays basketball for the San Antonio Spurs. He had a great game this week.
Wembanyama scored 43 points. This is the most points he has ever scored in one game.
He took 34 shots at the basket. This is also a career-best number for him.
The Spurs played against the Minnesota Timberwolves. The final score was 121-111.
The Spurs won the game. Wembanyama helped his team get the win.
San Antonio is a city in Texas. Minnesota is a state in the north of the USA.
Wembanyama is a tall basketball player. Many people think he is a very good player.
This game was part of the NBA. The NBA is a big basketball league in the United States.
Vocabulary8 words
- basketball
- a sport where two teams try to throw a ball into a basket
- points
- numbers you get for scoring in a game
- shots
- times a player tries to throw the ball into the basket
- final score
- the last number of points for each team at the end of a game
- win
- to be the best team in a game
- NBA
- a big group of basketball teams in the USA
- career-best
- the best a person has ever done in their job
- team
- a group of people who play a sport together
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Answer key
1. 43 2. San Antonio Spurs 3. 121-111
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Victor Wembanyama plays _____ for the San Antonio Spurs.
Wembanyama scored _____ points.
This is the most points he has ever scored in one _____.
He took _____ shots at the basket.
This is also a career-best number for _____.
The Spurs played against the Minnesota _____.
The final score was _____.
The Spurs won the _____.
This game was part of the _____.
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