Too confident, the Spurs? Difficult to be when you are the worst team in the Western Conference, but Gregg Popovich's players had three victories in five matches, including in a row against Portland and Minnesota. And since it was the Wizards who were coming to town, the three pass was more than affordable.
But Victor Wembanyama and his teammates missed this meeting, weighed down by their lack of concentration and intensity. Although they were 14 points ahead in the first half…
“For the first time in a long time, we looked young, immature and lost. We didn't play with each other like we used to. So, it’s disappointing,” believes Gregg Popovich. “We didn’t play hard or intelligently,” continues the Frenchman. “We were rather immature at times. »
Still too many lost balls for “Wemby”
Two figures can illustrate the words of the player and his coach. Already, the rebound battle lost 66 to 50, with 14 offensive rebounds for the Wizards. Then, the lost balloons. Certainly, the Texans lost 15 while the capital players wasted 19 possessions. But the latter scored 22 points with the 15 ammunition offered by the Spurs, who scored 19 points on opposing “turnovers”.
Victor Wembanyama was also the most expensive of his team in this area, with four lost balls (in the first period alone), behind Devin Vassell's five. This is his fifth game in the last seven with at least four wasted possessions.
“Lost balls are something I always try to reduce. I’m definitely going to lean into videos and do less of them,” announces the first choice of the 2023 Draft. “We are at a point in the season where we know each other more, we should be more confident and more decisive. »
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Victor Wembanyama | 40 | 28.5 | 46.5 | 30.5 | 80.0 | 2.2 | 7.9 | 10.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 20.5 |
| Devin Vassell | 41 | 31.2 | 46.7 | 36.4 | 80.5 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 18.1 |
| Keldon Johnson | 44 | 30.6 | 45.1 | 33.6 | 77.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 16.7 |
| Zach Collins | 36 | 25.3 | 47.9 | 29.0 | 76.9 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 12.2 |
| Jeremy Sochan | 46 | 29.5 | 44.3 | 38.0 | 78.9 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 11.7 |
| Tre Jones | 41 | 25.3 | 50.7 | 28.6 | 90.2 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 9.5 |
| Malaki Branham | 42 | 21.0 | 43.3 | 30.8 | 92.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 8.4 |
| Cedi Osman | 46 | 17.7 | 48.0 | 36.2 | 67.4 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 7.1 |
| Doug McDermott | 41 | 15.5 | 44.8 | 44.8 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 6.1 |
| Julian Champagnie | 39 | 15.7 | 41.1 | 39.4 | 86.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
| Dominic Barlow | 20 | 13.1 | 47.9 | 42.9 | 58.3 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 4.4 |
| Mamadi Diakite | 3 | 5.3 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| Devonte' Graham | 10 | 8.8 | 39.3 | 35.0 | 75.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.5 |
| Blake Wesley | 25 | 11.6 | 50.0 | 6.7 | 47.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
| Charles Bassey | 19 | 10.8 | 72.5 | 0.0 | 83.3 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Sandro Mamukelashvili | 26 | 6.8 | 40.7 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.6 |
| Sidy Cissoko | 5 | 6.3 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
