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.

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.

The San Antonio Spurs demolished the Indiana Pacers in Paris’ packed Accor Arena. Victor Wembanyama, Harrison Barnes and Devin Vassell combined for 31 of 44 baskets, and the defense neutered the Pacers into one of their worst offensive showings of the season.