2024-03-26 06:03:27
San Antonio, deprived of its French star Victor Wembanyama, pulled off a surprise by winning against the Phoenix Suns (104-102) on Monday. A defeat deemed “unacceptable” by the Suns coach.
No Wemby… but party nonetheless! San Antonio signed a very nice surprise on Monday by winning against the Phoenix Suns (104-102) of stars Kevin Durant (29 points) and Devin Booker (36 points), without Victor Wembanyama, preserved due to injury. And this defeat in the middle of the race for the playoffs did not please the Suns at all, who thought they had it easy without Wemby and two days after beating the same Spurs by 25 points (131-106).
“We thought it was going to be easy without Wemby”
“It’s a disappointment,” Suns guard Bradley Beal said after the game. “We came here and we failed. We thought it was going to be easy without Wemby. We just got our asses kicked. They came out aggressive, just like coach told us, and we didn’t didn’t respond. Well, we did, but we didn’t resist their blows.”
“It’s simply unacceptable to lose this game,” said Suns coach Frank Vogel. “For our guys, we all said the right things. We all did the right preparation. But we didn’t play with the necessary focus throughout the first half.”
San Antonio regained the lead with a three-pointer from Jeremy Sochan with 29.2 seconds remaining. Phoenix chose not to take a timeout but Devin Booker and Kevin Durant missed their attempt, offering a 16th success of the season to San Antonio, last in the Western Conference. Victor Wembanyama, who encouraged his partners on the edge of the floor, is not sure of playing Wednesday against Utah. “It’s a little more than 50-50,” said Gregg Popovich. But without him, it worked pretty well on Monday
“It’s a key element that we’re missing, and I think that makes us need to be more connected in that sense if we’re missing it,” Jeremy Sochan analyzed. “We have to do what he does, whether it’s defending, getting rebounds, making it difficult for people to score under the basket, because we don’t have him as a key part.”
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