Victor Wembanyama finishes with 15 points

As Victor Wembanyama walked on to the Frost Bank Center court during pregame warmups for his NBA regular-season debut, he spread his arms across the tunnel to high-five

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Wembanyama's performance was hampered by foul trouble, but he gave the sold-out crowd of 18,947 quite the show in the fourth

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quarter before the Dallas Mavericks pulled away from Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs with a 126-119 victory.

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"Lots of emotions for sure," Wembanyama said after the game, "but it would have been perfect with a win."

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Wembanyama said it was "surreal" to see the number of fans in the building before the opening tip, and he did get things going on the right foot.

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On the Spurs' first defensive possession, Wembanyama came up with a block on Dallas' Kyrie Irving.

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But as the game progressed, Wembanyama found himself battling foul trouble.

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He picked up his second foul with 43.5 seconds left in the first quarter and played just 5 minutes, 33 seconds in the second quarter.

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In the third, Wembanyama picked up two fouls in the first 3:23 after halftime and sat for the remainder of the quarter.

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