Victor Wembanyama went through all the emotions during this match against Jazz, lost at the end of the suspense by San Antonio. He was first in the oven and in the mill, in attack as well as in defense, before committing a mistake at a crucial moment in the game…
Wemby had a very successful match in terms of numbers. With 24 points on 8/15 shots including 6/9 from distance, 16 rebounds and 7 blocksit seems that he has read the criticisms about him in the press, those who say that he has no impact in attack. He was the one who kept his Spurs alive when the Jazz accelerated. He once again stayed behind the 3-point line a lot, and today it paid off. His six converted baskets from the parking lot are a career record for the French interior. Possible that this match will revive him properly, he who assured that his shots would go in well again. In any case, he obviously still has a lot of support in San Antonio.
Unfortunately, this good match was tarnished by an error from Wemby at the end of the match. 10 seconds from the end, while the Spurs are 3 points behind (107-104), they still have an opportunity to equalize. Mitch Johnson, interim head coach, takes a time-out, so he has one left. The ball is put back in the opponent's court and Totor puts the ball back into play towards Chris Paul, and as he tries to get away, stamps Jordan Clarkson who played well by getting in his way. The rear sells contact very well but the fault seems very real. Wemby is penalized for an offensive foul and the ball is returned to Jazz.
Although Mitch Johnson requests the challenge, it will not be reversed, and the Spurs therefore lose their final timeout. The Spurs are forced to immediately foul Clarkson, who does not tremble and converts his two attempts, Julian Champagnie puts in a winning shot which maintains a semblance of hope on the Texan side, but Collin Sexton in turn comes to score his two throws after the fault to definitively kill the match. A cruel end for Spurs and for Wemby, who had done everything to keep his team alivebut which also precipitated his fall due to this avoidable fault. Come on, it doesn't matter, there will be other victories, it's now a matter of getting our heads back on track, and the rest will come by itself. The address has already returned to this match, which is a rather good sign! And besides, know that this is already his third game with at least 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 blocks and 5 successful 3-point baskets, that's already more than Kristaps Porzingis for example, who played almost 6 times more matches than him. A Kristaps who takes his stray bullet, because… why not.
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