Following a irritating loss in Chicago, the Spurs seemed to get again within the win column in opposition to the Bucks on Wednesday night time. Sadly, Milwaukee’s sizzling capturing led them to a 121-105 blowout victory, pushing San Antonio’s dropping streak to 3.
Regardless of the disappointing consequence, the Spurs began the sport with a bang. Wemby was unsurprisingly on the focus, as he blocked Giannis on the primary defensive possession earlier than making a one-legged three. San Antonio used their ball motion to attain from all three ranges, whereas the Bucks relied on their outdoors capturing on account of Wemby’s inside presence. As quickly because the Alien was subbed out, although, Milwaukee went on a mini-run to interrupt open an in any other case shut sport.
That development continued within the second quarter because the Bucks constructed up an insurmountable lead. Milwaukee was solely up by a degree when Wemby sat midway via the quarter, however by the point he got here again, San Antonio was already down by 15. The offense fully stalled with out Wemby’s inside presence, and it’s not a coincidence that San Antonio scored on their first possession with the large man again on the courtroom. Sadly, the Bucks continued to construct momentum, as they hit 4 threes within the ultimate minutes of the half to construct a double-digit lead.
Even so, the Spurs didn’t hand over. CP3, particularly, caught fireplace within the third by hitting a number of threes to chop the deficit to below 10. San Antonio started enjoying with renewed vigor and seemed to make a comeback, however it wasn’t meant to be. The Spurs’ execution was only a bit off all night time: their passes and timing had been all the time an inch quick and a second late. Consequently, Milwaukee quickly rebuilt their lead, and the aggressive portion of the sport was over.
The starters for each groups stayed within the sport at first of the fourth, earlier than the consequence turned inevitable and key gamers began subbing off. It was a disappointing end in what was a extremely anticipated sport, and San Antonio is now left to regroup earlier than their showdown in LA on Saturday night time.
Recreation notes
Wemby had his worst sport in over a month, ending with simply 10 factors on 4-10 capturing. He truly began the sport with three spotlight reel performs within the first six minutes however seemed fairly torpid the remainder of the night time. This is only one sport, however it’s nonetheless price monitoring how engaged he seems on Saturday in opposition to the Lakers. Bear in mind, Wemby posted a 5×5 the day after he scored simply six factors on 5 pictures again in late October.
Apparently, the Spurs appeared to dislike the Wemby-Giannis matchup. Mitch Johnson made positive that Wemby was on the courtroom at first of the second quarter when Giannis sat, although which may simply be each groups’ common rotations. Nevertheless, contemplating that Wemby seemed essentially the most engaged when guarding Giannis (he blocked him 3 times), it was nonetheless a bit shocking to see him play extra as a roamer on protection. The Greek Freak was unsurprisingly most hesitant to assault the rim with Wemby on him, so the sport would possibly’ve been totally different had they been matched up extra usually.
Keldon Johnson had an ideal sport off the bench, as he scored 24 factors and grabbed 11 boards on 7-15 capturing. On an evening when a lot of the workforce lacked vitality, Massive Physique introduced some much-needed juice.
One other vibrant spot? How concerning the Level God, who had 18 factors and 7 assists whereas making 5 out of six threes. Even at 39, CP tried to will the younger workforce to make a comeback, and he’s at no fault for the tip consequence.
Play of the sport
What the heck even is that this???
Subsequent sport: at Lakers on Saturday
The Spurs will look to get again within the win column on Saturday as they tackle a Lakers workforce that has additionally misplaced two straight.
