It says a lot about the San Antonio Spurs' progress this season that recent postgame criticism centered not on winning and losing but on how their latest victory was accomplished.
There’s a moment that I always look for in Steve Prefontaine’s old race footage. It’s something you have to really track down, since it could happen at seemingly any part of a run, but it always happens; you just have to know what you’re looking for.
Coming off a win against the Milwaukee Bucks, the Spurs battled the Minnesota Timberwolves for their final meeting of the season. After a slow first quarter, the Spurs’ offense exploded in the second, outscoring the Wolves 48-22.
There’s something about Victor Wembanyama that brings out the best in Anthony Edwards, and yesterday was no different. The Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard essentially took the game away from Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs, scoring 55 points in a tightly contested 126-123 thriller.
It's hard for everything to go right in the NBA, whether that's due to managerial decisions, bad luck with injuries, or other factors. In league history, there are some moments that stand out, moments that could have gone in a completely different direction and drastically changed the league.
It may officially be the second half of the season, but one thing that hasn’t change since the first is the Spurs’ inability to hold onto a large lead against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Victor Wembanyama has spent the last three years bending the NBA in ways that still don’t feel totally real. The 21-year-old French superstar immediately won Rookie of the Year honors in his first campaign with the Spurs, but had his second season cut short due to Deep Vein Thrombosis.
The San Antionio Spurs will look to salvage a game in the season series with Minnesota and solidify their place in the Western Conference standings when they host the Timberwolves on Saturday.
It's a sign that the Spurs, losers of four of their last six games, are deciding to get rid of extraneous distractions and get serious at the season's midway point.
After three consecutive losses to the San Antonio Spurs, the Oklahoma City Thunder brought their rivals from South Texas back to earth a bit. And Mitch Johnson gives all credit to the defending NBA champions.
After dropping its first three games to San Antonio this season, Oklahoma City was finally able to overcome its season-long shortcomings with a 119-98 win on Tuesday.