Aurélien Canot, Media365, published on Monday December 16, 2024 at 8:23 a.m.
Minnesota and Rudy Gobert, who came very close to a new double-double (10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists) confirmed their great form by achieving a sixth success (106-92) in the last seven games, Sunday evening on the Spurs floor of Victor Wembanyama, author of an excellent match but insufficient nonetheless. The Wolves are 6th in the West. San Antonio (12th) remains at the gates of the Top 10.
The Spurs will still have to wait before possibly entering the Top 10 in the West. On Sunday, the doors of the ten highest ranked franchises in the conference were once again closed to Victor Wembanyama and his teammates. The Texans remained on two victories and had the possibility of a third, when the Wolves came. Unfortunately for San Antonio, Minnesota is currently running at full speed and it demonstrated it again Sunday evening on the floor of the ATamp;T Center, where the excellent match of “Wemby” was not enough to make us bite the dust to Rudy Gobert and now 6th in the conference, who scored a second success in a row in Texas and, above all, his sixth in the last seven games. The French superstar who everyone already imagines will play his first All Star Game next February delivered an excellent performance, with 20 points (8 out of 20 on shots), 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 7 blocks. He seemed very alone, however, to try to cool down these Wolves who immediately put their stamp on the match (28-19 in the first quarter) and had already practically won the game when they returned to the locker room (52-37 in favor of Minnesota). at the break).
Gobert made us forget his “m…” match against the Lakers
It must be said that the former star pivot of Boulogne-Levallois, who on Sunday became the second Spur in history to reach the 2,000 points mark so quickly (after only 92 matches) was not in a great evening in the sector in which he shines the most since the resumption, namely long distance shoots, with only one re-entry attempt out of seven attempts. In the opposite camp, Gobert, who came within one rebound of a new double-double (10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 interception, 1 block), made us forget his very average performance against the Lakers (Editor's note : He himself had described his match as a “m…” match). Anthony Edwards (26 points on 10 of 21 shots, including 3 of 7 from three points) was, for his part, unsurprisingly the player who hurt the Spurs the most on Sunday.
