On February 23, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Spurs challenged the Kings away. I thought this was a matchup without suspense, but I didn't expect Spurs to play very tenacious, even if they fell into a passive situation in the first half, they caught up with the score in the second half, but unfortunately they failed to withstand it at the last moment. In the end, the Spurs lost to the Kings 122-127 and failed to cause a big upset.
The Spurs' performance this season has been very dismal, and they have always been in the bottom position of the West, and now they are also firmly in the bottom one, continuing to sprint towards the top pick. However, this time in the face of the king played well, each player was able to make some contributions, played well, several times close to the score, but unfortunately the performance at the critical moment was a little stretched, failed to withstand the situation, with Monk hit both free throws, the game lost suspense, and the Spurs lost the opponent by 5 points.
This time, the Spurs scored six double-doubles, of which Vassell was in hot form, shooting 13 of 18, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 3 of 5 free throws, with 32 points and 7 assists. Wembanyama's side felt sluggish, scoring only 19 points on 8-of-21 shooting and 1-of-6 from three-point range, but he played well in other aspects, almost sending 5 times 5 by 5 stats, as well as 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 blocks and 5 steals, but he was also constantly taught by Sabonis Jr. on the defensive end, exposing his weaknesses.
Facing Sabonis Jr., Wembanyama is still very inexperienced and completely suppressed by him. Xiao Sa was very efficient this time, with 11 of 15 shots, 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, and a plus/minus of +15 was the highest on the team. Sabonis Jr. was not selected as an All-Star this season, and there are many people who complain, and he does deserve an All-Star spot.
As the king of the big dark horse, this time the four of the team scored 20+, and finally refused the big upset. In addition to Sabonis Jr.'s triple-double of 22 points, Fox also had 28 points and 9 assists, Huerter scored 21 points and hit 5 three-pointers, and Monk on the bench scored 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting, and also presented a crotch windmill dunk at the last moment, but it was overtime, which was also a surprise for the home fans.