Wednesday night’s showdown between the San Antonio Spurs and the Los Angeles Lakers in La La Land lived up to its billing. Luka Doncic and the Lakers escaped with a narrow 118-116 victory, sending San Antonio to its second loss in a row.
Teams have learned that the best chance of stopping the Spurs is to send waves of defenders at Victor Wembanyama and wear him out as he tries to fight through a forest of defenders to get to the basket.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
Another day, another example of Victor Wembanyama gobbling up the entire universe. The San Antonio Spurs visited Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, looking to halt the Los Angeles Lakers’ four-game winning streak.
The San Antonio Spurs have surged to a 5-1 start this NBA season, and very well could have the next face of the league on its roster in 7-foot-4 center Victor Wembanyama.
The Spurs received critical approval from Bexar County voters Tuesday on a funding measure to bring a new $1.3 billion arena to downtown San Antonio. About 52% of voters supported the measure to contribute $311 million to help fund a new venue at Hemisfair, the site of the 1968 World's Fair.
A pair of early-season Western Conference powers will meet Wednesday when the San Antonio Spurs visit the Los Angeles Lakers. Only the defending league champion Oklahoma City Thunder sit higher in the West standings through two weeks of the season than the Spurs and Lakers.
No. 2 overall draft pick Dylan Harper suffered a left calf strain, the San Antonio Spurs said Monday, with ESPN reporting that the rookie will be sidelined for multiple weeks.
The perfect start had to end sometime. For the San Antonio Spurs, that moment came on a humbling Sunday night in the desert. Riding high on an undefeated 5-0 record, the young Spurs walked into the Footprint Center with a swagger that has been building since day one of this promising season.
The Phoenix Suns walked into San Antonio on Sunday night and handed the Spurs their first loss of the season, riding a blistering shooting display and a command performance from Devin Booker in a 130-118 win.