22 points. That is the margin of advantage that the Spurs had at halftime this Sunday to win against the Toronto Raptors. But everything collapsed. Popovich's team began to make mistakes in the last quarter and even Wembanyama, who had just put in a stellar performance against the Suns, was affected by his team's decline (123-116).
The French prodigy grabbed the winning rebound for the Texans in the fourth quarter, but was hit by a teammate before releasing the ball and the Raptors took advantage of this play to score the basket that gave them the tie and sent the game to overtime. , when they would finally take victory.
Wembanyama once again left good feelings on the hardwood, despite this setback that condemned the Spurs. The 2.24 meter basketball player scored 20 points and gave four assists in 37 minutes, in addition to getting nine rebounds and five blocks. His first game in “European” time, in prime time, did not prevent him from continuing to be transcendental for his team.
'Wemby' even launched a triple with 30 seconds left in overtime that could have been another feat for the 19-year-old player. The rim stood in the way of San Antonio getting within one of its rival.
The American forward, Scottie Barnes, led Toronto (30 points, 11 rebounds, six assists, three steals and three blocks), especially in the fourth quarter and was buried by the great work of Dennis Schroder and O.G. Anunoby. Both with a haul of 24 points that seemed key to the comeback that gave Darko Rajakovic's team its first away win.
The Memphis Grizzlies achieved their first victory of the season this morning, after beating the Portland Trail Brazzers at the Moda Center (100-112). The first joy of the 2023-24 season for the Taylor Jenkins in the NBA coincided with the debut of Santi Aldama.
The Canarian finished the game with seven points, three assists, five rebounds and two turnovers. A notable performance within the 20 minutes that the Spanish basketball player played, being the second highest scorer from the bench on his team. A good way to demonstrate why he recently renewed with the Memphis franchise until the 2024-25 season.
The player from Gran Canaria suffered a sprained ankle in October that prevented him from making his debut with the Western Conference team, on the first day against the New Orleans Pelicans. Aldama joined a long list of casualties in the Grizzlies in which players like Brandon Clarke or Steven Adams are still in the infirmary, or Ja Morant who is still serving a 25-game suspension.
