Coming off a powerful win in opposition to the Phoenix Suns on Monday evening, the Spurs seemed to hold the momentum to Salt Lake Metropolis in opposition to the Jazz. Despite the fact that it was not a wire-to-wire win, it definitely felt prefer it. They grabbed a 29-15 lead after the primary quarter and easily didn’t look again. They gained 118-111 because of some nice performances.
Devin Vassell led the workforce with 31 factors, six assists, 4 rebounds, and a steal. Even with Wemby returning, Devin nonetheless confirmed a dominant efficiency taking pictures the basketball by going 12 of 20. He nonetheless stays some of the underrated gamers within the recreation right this moment.
Devin shot 4 of 8 from three, together with this one early within the first.
AND together with this one! Devin does his greatest Wemby impression with a operating one-legged three from the nook to beat the shot clock buzzer!
Devin will get it achieved on protection too. Right here he deflects Collin Sexton’s go which results in wide-open slam!
POSTER ALERT: After receiving the lead bounce go from Zach Collins, Devin places Brice Sensabaugh on a screensaver!
Victor Wembanyama returned from harm and didn’t miss a beat. He dropped 19 factors, eight rebounds, six assists, and 5 blocks. Nothing to see right here, that is only a widespread Wemby statline (Particularly the 5 blocks)!
Victor executes the slip display screen to perfection and finds himself wide-open for the ferocious slam because of the Devin feed!
Tre Jones finds Wemby on their lonesome skying for the alley-oop!
Simply name this a trademark Wemby sequence at this level. Wemby stuffs Lauri Markannen on the rim from behind after which runs the ground to complete the alley-oop feed from Cedi Osman. He’s merely ridiculous!
Oh yeah, don’t overlook about his playmaking. On the fastbreak, Wemby drops a candy dime to Julian Champagnie for the slam!
Wemby is so tall and expert, he can flip any go caught at his chest into an alley-oop end! Right here, he will get the and-one by ending over Sensabaugh.
Clutch second: With the Jazz making a small run on the finish, Wemby shuts down Walker Kessler by swatting his shot and gathering the board to clinch the sport.
Malaki Branham had a strong recreation off the bench with 17 factors, an help, and a steal. Enormous enchancment from final recreation. Malaki continues to shine vibrant late within the season.
Malaki was 3 of 5 from three, and drained a lazer close to the tip of the third.
Not solely can he swish threes, he can even end reverse layups! On the fastbreak, he finds himself leaking out for the wide-open end.
Jeremy Sochan had an honest line of 17 factors, 9 rebounds, 5 steals, two assists, and a block.
Jeremy had a pair of triples, together with this one close to the tip of the primary quarter.
The glass is your buddy. Jeremy takes the feed from Blake Wesley and finishes the layup off the glass.
Reminder: The glass remains to be your buddy. This time Tre finds Jeremy with a no-look dime and Jeremy makes use of the glass once more for the layup end.
Lastly, listed here are the total recreation highlights.
