The Spurs grabbed a win in opposition to the Brooklyn Nets on the again of Devin Vassell’s profession evening. Quantity 24 led all gamers with 37 factors on an uber environment friendly 14 – 20 taking pictures and eight – 11 from downtown. He additionally added 11 rebounds and 4 steals. Bismack Biyombo continued to point out his worth filling in for Victor Wembanyama by notching a double-double with 13 factors and 14 rebounds whereas Stephon Citadel contributed 17 factors off the bench.
In case you look nearer, you possibly can see that the ball is definitely on fireplace as Vassell regarded like he was enjoying on newbie’s mode on NBA Jam and boomshakalaka’ed his option to a brand new profession excessive in scoring.
These strikes are a grasp class of how you can weave your means by a protection and enunciate your success with a ruckus slam on the finish. I’m not alone in calling for Citadel to be a starter, however I’ll soak up each second the rookie is balling out on the ground.
OK simply hear me out for a second. In case you don’t like the concept be at liberty to roast it, however preserve an open thoughts: let Jeremy Sochan run level once more only for enjoyable. In all seriousness, Sochan taking his high-post passing to a different stage would undoubtedly take the Spurs to a different stage.
Bismack Biyombo is a Spur subsequent season proper? Like a poor man’s Antonio McDyess or a wealthy man’s Drew Eubanks? Though he was initially deliberate as complimentary piece, just like the mint they offer you at Olive Backyard, he grew to become integral when Victor Wembanyama was out for the season. Now he’s the endless salad and bread sticks: received’t fill you up an excessive amount of however retains coming again for extra.
This clip appears to be like like a dunk throughout warm-ups. It nearly appears to be like like warm-ups throughout a dunk contest—I half anticipated a KIA Optima to roll out onto the courtroom and Mac McClung leaping out of the sunroof to steal one other dunk title from Stephon Citadel. I’m not bitter. You’re bitter.
Hedo Türkoğlu was accountable for like 15% of those threes. Don’t trouble fact-checking me, I do know in my soul that it’s true with none form of proof to again that up. Matt Bonner was accountable for like the opposite 95%. Once more, no must validate or confuse the readers with nonsense corresponding to math or “the full has so as to add as much as 100.”
I do know I’m on the mercy of the web when embedding highlights, however I would like sound for lots of those thrilling clips. Watching Keldon Johnson climb the ladder for this dunk with out his signature scream is like watching Wall-E on mute, you’re lacking the wealthy, full conversations between Wall-E and Eve (ah).
When it’s your evening, it’s your evening. And boy Vassell took this evening by the horns and rode by any and all defenders in his option to slam dwelling this crowd-pleasing dunk.
In case you missed the sport since you have been too busy consuming rooster parm whereas questioning if there have been a couple of Wall-Es on the complete planet, listed here are the full-game highlights:
Subsequent up, the Spurs head out to Sacramento to tackle the Kings on Friday, March 7, 2025.
