Victor Wembanyama did not even need the fourth quarter.

The Spurs star scored 40 points with 11 rebounds and nine blocks in just 25 minutes as San Antonio routed the Phoenix Suns 122-96 on Monday night. The Spurs have won nine straight since dropping their first two games and are now 9-2.

Wembanyama shot 15 of 19 from the field, made 2 of 3 from 3-point range and hit 8 of 10 free throws. He scored eight straight points in the first 2:47 of the fourth quarter before heading to the bench for good.

A rare kind of night

Only one other player since minutes were first tracked in 1951-52 has scored 40 or more in under 26 minutes. Sleepy Floyd did it with 40 in 24 minutes for Houston in 1991.

It was the second monster line in four games for the 7-foot-4 center. Five days earlier he set career highs with 52 points and 24 rebounds in a one-point win over Dallas. This was his third 40-point game of the season.

Wembanyama had 14 points in the first quarter and 22 by halftime as a 21-2 Spurs run built a 61-46 lead at the break. Early in the fourth he brought the ball up himself and crossed over Khaman Maluach with moves between his legs and behind his back before gliding in for a layup.

"It feels like where I want to be," Wembanyama said. "I should keep the physically amazing things for the amazingly difficult situations, not the day to day. Opponents can't really put me in a situation where I can't answer, so now all I have to do is not beat myself."

The Suns had no answer

Devin Booker led Phoenix with 32 points on 10 of 17 shooting. Maluach was the only other Sun in double figures with 11. Phoenix shot 39.3% and was outrebounded 55-35.

"It's something like we've never seen before," Booker said. "He can handle the ball but his instincts for the game are off the charts, too."

Suns coach Jordan Ott said once Wembanyama starts catching lobs off switches "it's so deflating and it's tough to overcome. But he does it to everyone."

Dylan Harper scored 14 of his 17 points in the third quarter. De'Aaron Fox added 15 while Julian Champagnie and Harrison Barnes had 11 each. San Antonio won in Phoenix for the first time since Wembanyama's rookie season and finishes its road trip at Chicago on Wednesday.