There are many eyes on the San Antonio Spurs this season, thanks in very giant half to rookie sensation Victor Wembanyama. The group that completed with the second-worst report within the NBA final season was given 19 nationally televised video games for the 12 months, as the prospect to see Wembanyama in individual has been one of many league’s hottest tickets. However after a good first week, the Spurs haven’t received a basketball sport since November 2nd.
NBA: Spurs Are Driving An 11 Sport Shedding Streak
Wembanyama’s identify was misspelled on his jersey 😅
He has now switched to an accurate one pic.twitter.com/j7Ge1qiG3L
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 25, 2023
The recent begin was promising. Not solely had been the Spurs 3-2 after ending final season with a complete of simply 22 victories, however two of their wins came visiting the NBA Last hopeful Suns. Within the second of a back-to-back in opposition to Phoenix, Wembanyama scored a career-high 38 factors and pulled down 10 rebounds, and had dedicated fewer turnovers (2) than in any sport as much as that time.
The Spurs haven’t been within the win column since. As of November twenty fifth, they’ve misplaced 11 straight video games, and never lots of them have been significantly shut. The Pacers scored 152 factors in regulation and beat San Antonio by 41 on November sixth. They misplaced to the Knicks by 21 two days later, then misplaced by 36 to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder per week after that.
Issues Received’t Get Any Simpler In Early December
The Spurs have misplaced 11 straight video games 😳 pic.twitter.com/fUMKmGledR
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) November 25, 2023
Most not too long ago, the Spurs fell to the Warriors on Friday evening, a sport that they misplaced by 6 regardless of the Warriors capturing 46.3% from deep to their 25.5%. Issues received’t get any simpler any time quickly, with their subsequent sport being in opposition to the defending champion Nuggets. Of the 9 video games that comply with, 8 might be in opposition to groups which might be presently in playoff place of their respective conferences.
There hasn’t been a drop-off in consistency from Wembanyama through the dropping streak, as he’s averaging related numbers to those who he did over the primary week and a half. However the group merely lacks the veteran scoring presence to have the ability to pull them by way of robust video games, because the younger gamers lack the mandatory expertise.
The Spurs don’t personal the longest present dropping streak within the NBA, although. The Detroit Pistons have now misplaced 13 in a row after beginning the season 2-1.
