On March 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Spurs played the Thunder at home. I thought it would be a matchup without suspense, but the Spurs felt excellent this time, and they took the initiative on the court, and the Thunder could bite the score at first, but in the final quarter, they suddenly lost fire, and the Spurs pulled the difference apart in one go. In the end, the Spurs upset the Thunder 132-118 at home.
The Thunder have been very good this season, and they have recently won consecutive games to compete with the Timberwolves for the first place in the West. This time it feels good, but it did not defeat the Spurs, the point difference has not been opened, and then the Spurs took the initiative at home, and the Thunder relied on Alexander to bite the score, but in the final quarter they couldn't keep up with the rhythm, the outside feel was sluggish, and the other players couldn't stand up, and the Spurs were directly opened up by the Spurs, and the game lost suspense, and finally suffered a 14-point loss.
This result is still a bit surprising, after all, the Thunder's recent momentum is still very good, and the team's new triumvirate also played well this time, scoring 80 points together, but it became an empty cut. Alexander had 31 points and six rebounds, Holmgren had 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Jalen Williams had 26 points and six rebounds. But in addition to the three of them, only one player on the team had a double-double, Joe on the bench scored 15 points, and the other players were in a very sluggish state, with the team shooting 9 of 31 from three, and it was still difficult to win with a shooting rate of less than 30%.
While the Thunder themselves are not feeling good, the Spurs are very hot, shooting 19-of-39 from beyond the three-point line, nearly 50% shooting, which really makes them difficult to beat. The Spurs are also more blossoming, the whole team of 6 scored double-doubles, Wembanyama also took the initiative on the court in the duel with Holmgren, and the data of 28 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 5 blocks were recorded in the whole game.
In addition to Wembanyama, the Spurs also had 28 points, plus nine assists; Sochan had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Jones had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Collins had 13 points, and Keldon had 10 points. It's still important for the team to win like this, at least let them see that they can still win as long as they play.