The San Antonio Spurs made an announcement on Wednesday night time. A dominant 125-92 win over the Dallas Mavericks has made them the speak of the NBA world in the previous couple of days. That’s because of Victor Wembanyama’s dominant 40-point, 15-rebound efficiency. Now, many expect the Spurs to go over their anticipated win whole of 44.5 video games.
Earlier this week, we polled Pounding the Rock readers on their expectations for San Antonio this season. The outcomes have been overwhelmingly in favor of an enormous yr for the Silver and Black.
74% of respondents mentioned that the Spurs will win 46 or extra video games this season. If Wednesday night time was any indication, they might be onto one thing. Wembanyama already seems to be like an MVP candidate, Stephon Fort might have taken one other leap (extra on that later), Dylan Harper is able to contribute, and we nonetheless haven’t seen this crew at full power. The Spurs have quite a lot of expertise, they usually appear fully purchased in on the defensive finish. With an offensive engine like Wemby and a powerful protection round him, it is a crew that may compete for its first playoff berth in 6 seasons.
Wembanyama is the clear alpha canine on the crew, and it’s pretty protected to imagine that the previous All-Star, De’Aaron Fox, might be his quantity two. The third man is up for grabs, and Fort snatched the title on Wednesday night time. He seemed just like the second-best participant on the court docket, not to mention the crew. His protection on Cooper Flagg was relentless; he was capable of get to the basket at will, and he made some nice reads all through the night time. Weirdly sufficient, he seems to be much more athletic than final season. We’ll see if the taking pictures comes round in any respect this season.
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