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Kimi Antonelli meets Victor Wembanyama ahead of the US Grand Prix
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli met San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama in Texas this week.
Antonelli is 5 feet 8 inches tall, while Wembanyama is 7 feet 4 inches tall.
The pair met at the Spurs’ practice facility in San Antonio, less than a 90-minute drive from Austin, where Antonelli is racing in the US Grand Prix.
Wembanyama is a 22-year-old French basketball player and the NBA’s reigning defensive player of the year.
Antonelli said he was going to his first proper NBA game, the Spurs’ season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Spurs lost 116-104, with Wembanyama making one of 13 shots.
Antonelli is competing in the US Grand Prix this weekend.
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli met San Antonio Spurs player Victor Wembanyama at the team’s practice facility in San Antonio this week.
Antonelli told Wembanyama he was going to his first proper NBA game that evening.
The meeting came ahead of the US Grand Prix in Austin, less than 90 minutes’ drive from San Antonio.
The Spurs lost 116-104 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in their season opener.
Wembanyama made one of 13 shots in the defeat.
- Who
- Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli and San Antonio Spurs player Victor Wembanyama.
- What
- They met at the Spurs’ practice facility. Antonelli said he was going to his first proper NBA game that evening.
- When
- This week, before the NBA season started on Tuesday night.
- Where
- The San Antonio Spurs’ practice facility in San Antonio, Texas.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Antonelli met Wembanyama at the Spurs’ practice facility before the NBA season started.
Antonelli attended his first proper NBA game as the Spurs lost 116-104 to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Antonelli was due to race in the US Grand Prix in Austin.
- Meeting place
- San Antonio Spurs’ practice facility, San Antonio, Texas
- NBA game
- San Antonio Spurs 104, Oklahoma City Thunder 116
- Wembanyama’s shooting
- One of 13 shots made
- Grand Prix location
- Austin, Texas
- Distance between cities
- Less than 90 minutes’ drive from San Antonio to Austin