Following a hard-fought loss towards the Kings on Friday night time, the San Antonio Spurs appeared poised to snap their skid on Saturday towards the shorthanded Grizzlies. Coming into the sport, Memphis was the one crew within the Western Convention with fewer wins than San Antonio, and thru three quarters, it appeared like issues have been going to remain that manner. Sadly, the Spurs had an epic collapse within the fourth quarter by being outscored 33-14, marking their eighth consecutive loss.
Though this can be a younger and rebuilding crew, video games like this are nonetheless deflating to look at. On the brilliant facet, no recreation with this squad is devoid of highlights, and as standard, Wemby was concerned with quite a lot of them. After having his first block-less recreation towards Sacramento, the French phenom made his defensive impression felt lower than two minutes in by swatting a Desmond Bane layup try.
The rookie completed with a daft eight blocks. Actually, he grew to become simply the third teenager in NBA historical past to tally eight blocks in a recreation.
Wemby’s capturing struggles continued although, as he completed simply 6-17 from the sphere, however that didn’t cease him from launching from deep when the chance offered itself.
Even along with his shot not falling, Wemby’s monumental gravity additionally opened up alternatives for teammates, as is proven when the Grizzlies’ protection was too centered on him to note a reducing Keldon.
Wemby apart, fan-favorite Manu Mamu (aka Sandro Mamukelashvili) made quite a lot of hustle performs that introduced the group to its ft, together with an thrilling sequence involving a blocked three and an alley-oop inside the span of 5 seconds.
The Georgian additionally confirmed off his vary by flattening this three within the midst of a powerful opening quarter for San Antonio.
In fact, the Spurs’ different younger weapons had loads of highlights too, together with this aggressive drive from Sochan that’s paying homage to Keldon.
Talking of Keldon, he was his standard fearless self, attacking the basket and drawing fouls within the course of.
Though the top consequence was disappointing, this Spurs crew continues to be trending in the appropriate route. Positive, they’ve dropped eight straight, however they’ve been aggressive of their most up-to-date two matches — now they should learn to preserve their composure within the fourth, which is rather a lot to ask for a younger crew that’s nonetheless looking for its identification.
