Spurs Triumph Despite Missing Wembanyama Against Suns

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00:00Donny, of course, we got the big news that Victor Wemenyama, now out for the remainder of this

00:04season. It was supposed to be a celebratory night for the Spurs, not in San Antonio,

00:09but elsewhere in the Lone Star State in Austin, as the Spurs were hosting the Suns, a homecoming

00:16of sorts for Kevin Durant, back where he spent his only year of college basketball, inside the

00:22Moody Center at Texas, but that was also spoiled by San Antonio, even without Wemby. The Spurs

00:30went outright by double digits, 120-109, as a two and a half point underdog. We talked about

00:37Victor Wemenyama in the prognosis DRS for San Antonio down the home stretch. Could they factor

00:43in to the play-in tournament race? There was some optimism because of Wemby, the all-star,

00:48in the big blockbuster deal ahead of the deadline, De'Aaron Fox. Well, De'Aaron Fox

00:52showed out last night, 26 points, nine boards, seven dimes, to lead San Antonio to the outright

00:58upset victory against Phoenix. Yeah, and by the way, you take a look at these spread-out scoring

01:03now. Usually, we'll see how long this is going to last. We usually get that bump, like, hey,

01:07superstars, outlets, everybody, you know, hold down the fort, because everybody that played off

01:10the bench, Ben, 15, 12, 15, and 10 points, double digits for every person that came into the game.

01:16That's incredible. Now, but the starting lineup, 13, 26, 13, and they shot eight and eight. You

01:20almost had every single player on your team get into double digits. You win a lot of basketball

01:25games if you do that, but it's more for me that now the Spurs improved to 24 and 29, not necessarily

01:30going anywhere this season, even if they had Victor Wemenyama, but more of the focus for me

01:34turns over to the Phoenix Suns, where 26 and 29, one of those games where, hey, you know, it's going

01:38to be a tough game. We understand that. It's on the road, but not necessarily in the home arena

01:41for the San Antonio Spurs. Best player, get bad news throughout the day. You should win that game,

01:46and you end up just getting trounced by double digits once again. It's not working out, and when

01:50you say it's like, you know what, what's the reason here? Well, Bradley Beal just gave up

01:53on the season. He still came off the bench, played 33 minutes, and gave you 19 points,

01:57eight of 14 from the floor. Like, it's not even working when your stars are active,

02:00healthy, and playing. It's just a disconnect in Phoenix.