Due to the serious fires that have been affecting Los Angeles for several days, the meeting initially scheduled for the night of Saturday to Sunday, January 12 between the Spurs and the Lakers has been postponed.
As a result, Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio players have been stuck in the hotel for five days, after their arrival in California on the night of Wednesday to Thursday January 9.
” We can not do anything with it “
Near the San Antonio Express News Spurs player Devin Vassell detailed the conditions of this isolation: “We’re in our hotel room, we can’t go anywhere, we can’t do anything. There’s nothing open. And what’s more, with everything that’s going on, do we really want to do anything? It’s a bit as if Covid had started again. »
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The meeting between the Spurs and the Lakers should be played on the night of this Monday to Tuesday, January 14 after an unusual withdrawal from competition in the NBA, where players regularly play three times a week. In the absence of matches, Gregg Popovich’s men trained twice a day, with a long video analysis session on Saturday January 11. Wembanyama and his teammates remain on three consecutive defeats.
