Victor Wembanyama left the press conference room limping slightly after a knee shock with Anthony Davis in the 4th quarter.
Returning to the locker room to treat this little injury before returning to the Texan bench, “Wemby” assures, after the fact, that he “There was nothing wrong and therefore everything was fine”. It now remains to be seen whether the Texan staff will rest him for the first time this season, with a back-to-back looming in Dallas this Saturday evening.
Combative against the Lakers and in the match for a long time before giving in in the final seconds, the Spurs lacked lucidity and experience at the end of the match.
“There were certain moments that slipped through our fingers, the match went very quickly, but I would have liked us to have had more impact. We let the game play out (too much)”regrets Victor Wembanyama.
With a phenomenal Anthony Davis (40 points and 12 rebounds in 36 minutes) and LeBron James still in triple-double (15 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists in 38 minutes), the Lakers were able to validate their eighth victory of the season in A Frost Bank Center sold out. “Against the best teams in the league, it’s a different game in the last five minutes”estimates, for his part, Chris Paul, who has just reached 12,000 career assists. “The Lakers know each other, they’re an experienced group, and they know how to tighten up their defense late in the game. This is what we need to be able to do and we will get there.”
“Less ups and downs but not yet linear”
Penultimate in the West last year (22 wins – 60 losses), the Spurs have had a decent start to the season from an accounting point of view with six wins in thirteen games. San Antonio, after facing bottom-of-the-table teams like the Blazers, the Wizards and the Jazz, will have to face better teams such as the Thunder, the Warriors, again the Lakers or the Suns, by the start December.
« Collectively, we are more in control of the situation. There are fewer ups and downs: it's not yet linear but we are better than last year. We must continue in this direction”tries to positive “Wemby”, affirming that this meeting was “promising” for the rest of the season.
Author of an uneven start to the season, the No. 1 of the 2023 Draft delivered a rather successful match (28 points on 12/25 shots, 14 rebounds and 5 assists), despite certain avoidable ball losses (5) and no free throws caused.
“We had a good second half but in the first half, on both ends of the pitch, we weren't in enough position defensively”, analyzes the rookie of the year 2024.
From our correspondent in San Antonio (United States).
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