SAN ANTONIO -- Following Friday night's game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, two very large countrymen stood at halfcourt of the Frost Bank Center.
The 31-year-old, 7-foot-1 Rudy Gobert and the 19-year-old, 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama swapped jerseys and exchanged pleasantries before heading their separate ways.
The two natives of France went toe-to-toe throughout the night, but Gobert's Wolves got the better of Wembanyama's Spurs, winning 117-110 in the first in-season tournament game for both teams.
"It feels special," Wembanyama said of his first professional encounter against Gobert, a three-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year.