Victor Wembanyamathe French giant called to mark an era in the NBA, He did not play due to a right ankle injury. and the Spurs They were easy prey for Thunder (127-89)who are improving their chances of taking over the Nuggets’ lead in the West (56-24), with two games remaining in the regular season.
The absence of ‘Wemby’a record-breaker, was too much for those from San Antonio, who They also couldn’t count due to injury his second best scorer, Devin Vassell (foot), nor with his third, Keldon Johnson (sprain) nor with his room, Jeremy Sochan (ankle).
For a skinny dog, everything is fleas the worst team in the Western Conference (20-60), especially with the absence of their best player, a The animal what is averaging 21.3 points, 10.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists. The Frenchman is capable of winning games almost by himself, and his shadow is so long that when he is not there his weak team is plunged into the deepest darkness.
Wemby wants to be out there, but I’m looking at the long term. And, you know, we’ve had some issues with this particular injury throughout the season.
Gregg Popovich (Spurs Coach)
Sargeant’ Gregg Popovich, hardened in a thousand battles, explained the absence of his best ‘soldier’. At this point, the veteran Spurs coach is no longer thinking about a disastrous season as much as in the near future. And that means taking care of and protecting your franchise player as much as possible. for the next few years: “I feel bad because The animal “He’s not a happy competitor right now,” he said before the match. “He wants to be out there, but I’m looking at the long term. And, you know, we’ve had some issues with this particular injury throughout the season.”
Minutes of experience for young people
Popovich He preferred to draw the few positive conclusions he could from his team’s debacle: “It doesn’t matter what’s happening on the courtit’s about them executing, not just how they play with each other, but also improving individually. “They are all young people trying to make a career and these minutes of that experience accumulate over time.”he commented.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander goes to the basket against Sandro Mamukelashvili for Thunder-Spurs.
It was the little drinking that he could get out of a game that was a Thunder monologue, that they still play a lot and came out with the knife between their teeth without lowering the piston even one bit from the initial jump despite the obvious weakness of his rival. In fact, at the end of the first quarter they were already on track to victory. (34-11). “I think that “We took it very seriously from the beginning of the game on both sides of the court and we maintained it at all times.”said Mark Daigneault, Oklahoma coach. “So you have to give the guys a lot of credit.”
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, once again the best
The best of his team was one more night his star, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (26+6+5), well supported by the substitute Gordon Hayward (18) and by Josh Giddey (20+12-7), in a great moment of form, as he averages 18+8+7 in the last 10 games.
Los Thunder They are rushing their options to snatch the leadership of the West from the Nuggetsalthough they are not obsessed with it: “We’re not going to spend the last week of the season impatiently tapping our knuckles and looking at the standings because we haven’t done that all year.”“, said Daigneault. “We’ve just really focused on being the best team we can be, and that’s what we’ll continue to do until Game 82.”
2024-04-11 07:46:20
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