NBA Fan Attends Bucks-Spurs After Victor Wembanyama Offered Tickets over Instagram DM

In the spirit of the holiday season, Victor Wembanyama helped out a San Antonio Spurs fan who missed out on seeing the rookie sensation due to an ankle injury before a Dec. 23 game against the Dallas Mavericks.

The fan posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Wembanyama reached out over direct message to hook him up with tickets to Thursday's game between the Spurs and Milwaukee Bucks

Wembanyama reached out after he posted that he received tickets to the Spurs-Mavs game two weeks ago as a Christmas gift to see the rookie phenom, but the 20-year-old was scratched shortly before tipoff when he rolled his ankle tripping over a ball boy.

It can be argued things worked out better for the fan this way. Maybe the result of the Spurs-Mavs game would have been different if Wembanyama played, but it did end in a Mavs victory.

Luka Dončić had a triple-double with 39 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists in the win, which would have been a thrill to see in person, as well.

But not even a Dončić triple-double could match the show that Wembanyama and Giannis Antetokounmpo put on Thursday night. They combined for 71 points and 23 rebounds in a thrilling 125-121 win for the Bucks.

Wembanyama had several highlight moments against Antetokounmpo, both offensively and defensively.

Antetokounmpo took control of the game in the second half, scoring 29 of his 44 points after the intermission to lift the Bucks to a victory. He made back-to-back threes in the final three minutes to turn a three-point deficit into a 121-118 lead.

Wembanyama answered with a three of his own that tied the score at 121. Antetokounmpo's three-point play with 53 seconds remaining proved to be the difference.

There aren't going to be many regular-season games better than what the Bucks and Spurs did on Thursday night. The fan who got to attend the game thanks to Wembanyama probably won't forget it anytime soon.