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The Spurs have superior to the second spherical of the playoffs and face an surprising opponent. The Timberwolves didn’t play nice for many of the season, ending sixth within the Western Convention, however used their measurement and physicality to outperform the Denver Nuggets, regardless of dropping key gamers throughout the sequence. Donte Divencenzo is out for the remainder of the season, however he’s already again on the bench cheering on his teammates. Anthony Edwards suffered a scary wanting knee damage with a hyperextension and bone bruise within the third quarter of Sport 3 within the first spherical, however he may very well be again on the courtroom as early as tonight, an unbelievable 9 days after what regarded prefer it may very well be a season-ending damage.
The Wolves had been capable of survive by way of the defensive efforts of Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle, who bothered Nikola Jokic a lot that he misplaced his composure greater than as soon as, and terrific performances from Jaden McDaniels, and a rotating forged of tremendous subs—Ayo Dosunmu with a record-setting 43 factors off the bench in recreation 4, and Terrance Shannon Jr. with 24 in Sport 6.
This needs to be a a lot more durable check that the primary spherical matchup towards the Path Blazers, who don’t have the wealth of expertise and measurement on Minnesota’s roster. The Spurs nominally have 5 gamers on the roster who can play on the heart spot, nevertheless it’s fairly obvious that they solely wish to play Victor Wembanyama and Luke Kornet when the sport is on the road, besides in smallball lineups, the place Carter Bryant has been enjoying effectively. Bryant is coping with a foot sprain, so it’s crucial for the Spurs that VW1 and LK7 keep out of foul bother tonight. Rudy Gobert is notably dangerous at offense, so perhaps the Spurs may cover a nasty defender on him a part of the time, however you continue to would hate to see Mason Plumlee on the market except the sport is already determined.
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see what sort of changes that Mitch Johnson will make to the Spurs offensive and defensive units for the Timberwolves. Victor may reap the benefits of Gobert’s ineptness as a scorer to roam a bit extra and create zone of exclusion within the paint for the Timberwolves, which might pressure them to rely closely on hitting their outdoors pictures. They’re a reasonably good three level capturing group, in order that wouldn’t essentially work out within the Spurs’ favor, except the perimeter defenders can shortly shut out across the three level line.
The Spurs go wild from past the arc, with Champagnie, Vassell, and Wembanyama all hitting not less than eight triples.
San Antonio Spurs vs Minnesota Timberwolves, Second Spherical, Sport 1May 4, 2026 | 8:30 PM CT Streaming: PeacockTV: Peacock, NBCSNReminder: It’s towards web site coverage to submit hyperlinks to unlawful streams within the feedback.
