2023-11-15 10:06:03
The matches follow one another and are terribly similar for Wemby. During the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the new French basketball prodigy suffered yet another correction. Despite eight points scored, the rookie and his San Antonio Spurs team suffered a sixth consecutive loss, very heavy, in Oklahoma City (123-87).
In the lead until halftime, the Spurs sank during the 3rd quarter, weighed down as often by their clumsiness, with 24 ball losses in total (15 for OKC).
Wembanyama, who was expected against the other favorite for the rookie of the season title Chet Holmgren (9 points, 7 rebounds), was in difficulty, scoring only 8 points, his worst total since his NBA debut on 25 october. The French giant (2.24 m) still compiled 14 rebounds, his record, 2 assists and 2 blocks, with some spectacular actions.
The Spurs thus suffered a sixth defeat in ten days and continued to plunge in the standings (3 wins and 8 losses, penultimate in the Western Conference before the rest of the evening’s matches). This Tuesday’s meeting counted for the group stage of the mid-season tournament, from which the Spurs will not emerge (2 defeats) unless a miracle occurs. The Texans, the youngest team in the championship, were deprived of two important players this Tuesday due to injury, Keldon Johnson and Tre Jones. They host Sacramento on Friday for their next game.
Gobert strangled by Green
The evening was complicated for Wemby but what can we say about Rudy Gobert. The French pivot was violently strangled by Golden State Warriors power forward Draymond Green, then excluded. Draymond Green’s reputation as a “bad boy” is unlikely to improve after the Warriors’ defeat against the Timberwolves (104-101)…
A strong and loud-mouthed winger, Green and his immense record (four times NBA champion with the Warriors, his lifelong franchise) is regularly hated by the opposing public, due to having multiplied contentious or dangerous actions during his career.
Enough to place the Wolves in second place in the Western Conference (8 wins – 2 losses), just behind Denver, defending champion, winner of a close match against the Los Angeles Clippers (111-108) thanks to the inevitable Nikola Jokic (32 points, 16 rebounds, 9 assists).
With the Charlotte Hornets (105-111 defeat against the Miami Heat), Théo Maledon was satisfied with 2 pts, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in 23 minutes of play. Finally, the Detroit Pistons were beaten (126 -120) by the Atlanta Hakks despite Killian Hayes with 8 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in 23 minutes. A total in line with the Frenchman’s previous outings.
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