Welcome home, Wemby. For the first time as an NBA player, Wembanyama played in his homeland on Thursday — the star attraction in this two-game set of games between San Antonio and Indiana, a series that concludes on Saturday night.

Victor Wembanyama delighted his home crowd in Paris on Thursday by scoring 30 points and grabbing 11 rebounds as he led the San Antonio Spurs to a 140-110 rout of the Indiana Pacers.

Here's the gist: Paris is not a city where it's easy to drive around. And with this being Fashion Week, the streets are even more jammed than usual. Which is why Indiana coach Rick Carlisle, from his front seat on the team bus to the arena Thursday, may have been hanging on for dear life.

Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs are set to play the Indiana Pacers in a two-game series in Paris, starting on Thursday. It will serve as a homecoming of sorts for Wembanyama, who is a French native and recently helped lead the French national team to a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics last summer.