It hasn’t been a great start to the season for Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs. After two quick losses to start, they desperately needed a win today to get back on track and avoid digging themselves into an early hole.
With 5:53 left in the second quarter, Dallas Mavericks center Daniel Gafford grabbed an offensive rebound, dunked it home, and screamed at his home crowd.
The San Antonio Spurs have big goals this season, so finally getting in the win column after an 0-2 start must have felt cathartic, especially against a rival like the Dallas Mavericks.
It wasn’t the prettiest of performances, but a few great defensive stretches were enough to give the Spurs their first win of the season. The production from the starters was simply impossible for a Mavericks team missing Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving to match, as San Antonio pulled away late en route to a 122-106 victory on the road.
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Victor Wembanyama scored 23 points as the visiting San Antonio Spurs earned their first win of the season Saturday by defeating the short-handed Dallas Mavericks 122-106 in the second of a back-to-back for both teams.
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San Antonio (1-2) capitalized on its hustle tonight by gathering 13 offensive rebounds, turning Dallas over (12 steals), and inreasing its intensity over the final two periods to generate enough separation and secure its first victory of the season 122-106.
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Friday’s version was the harsher one. Houston Rockets guard and small forward, Amen Thompson, blocked Spurs’ center and forward Victor Wembanyama’s game-tying layup with less than a second left, and Houston escaped Austin with a 114-110 win, per the AP.
Victor Wembanyama’s split second decision leaves the Spurs with another frustrating night. The Texas side had all the ingredients to celebrate the thrilling win.
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A packed sports weekend in Austin tipped off Friday night with the San Antonio Spurs delivering a stronger overall performance but falling short in a 114–110 loss to the Houston Rockets at Moody Center.
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs suffered a nail-biting loss to the Houston Rockets in their second game of the season tonight after Amen Thompson blocked a last-second layup by the French star at the rim.
Victor Wembanyama showed off his bag of dunking the ball in unique ways during the San Antonio Spurs’ clash with the Houston Rockets on Friday night. Wembanyama started the fourth season of his budding NBA career with the Spurs.
Victor Wembanyama delivered a strong all-around performance, but the San Antonio Spurs couldn’t finish the job against the Houston Rockets, falling 114-110 in a game that came down to a game-saving block and free throws.
The Spurs looked better in their second game of the regular season than they did in the first, but it was still not good enough against a Houston Rockets club that is whole and healthy again.
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