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Spurs: The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 133 to 95 in a game where both V. Wembanyama (19pts,15rebs,2blks) and D. Fox (16pts,2stls) started strong and lead by example! Both players set the tone early and often and trusted in themselves and the system that lead to the rest of the team feeding off that energy! The Spurs will go as far as these two young stars can take them so it is important for them to just play their games and not panic. Speaking of no panic, there is no panic in S. Castle (21pts,4rebs,4ast) and D. Harper (11pts,7rebs,5ast) as the two lived in the paint and constantly put pressure of Minnesota’s guards. People sometimes forget this is only the seventh playoff game for each player including Wemby! The two combo guards helped push the pace as San Antonio outscored Minnesota in transition 29 to 5. Minnesota does have size and experience, but the Spurs have youth and health as well as more bodies to push tempo and expose how slow the Timberwolves are as a team. San Antonio shot 41% from deep in this game and credit goes to them finding the right shooters as J. Champagnie (12pts) 4-6 from deep and D. Vassell (10pts) 2-6 from deep were the players tasked with opening up the court! The Spurs bench was awesome during this game as L. Kornet (4pts,2rebs,2stls,3blks) K. Johnson (9pts,10rebs) and H. Barnes (12pts) rebounded, played solid defense and gave energy when the starters sat. Even C. Bryant (2pts,2rebs,2ast) brought a different element to how the Spurs will guard Minnesota’s stars and how San Antonio will push the ball on every oppurtunity! This was a great answer by the Spurs who are a three pointer away from being 2-0 in this series. Now more game planning is necessary to counter to what Minnesota will try and do to rattle these young Spurs. A lot of people were saying the Wolves would sweep the Spurs and were constantly chattering, trying to discredit this group that won 62 games this season. Now that humble pie has been served it will be up to the young Spurs to go up North and continue to attack and let the haters run their mouth! Keep doing what got you here and let your game do the talking, because Karma will always stand true in the end!

Wolves: The Timberwolves played a subpar game at best as J. Randle (12pts,0blks) N. Reid (11pts,0blks) could not stop any Spurs guard from getting to the rim! Both were a -26 for the game and if R. Gobert (5pts,10rebs,0blks) cannot stay in the game and control the paint, having three bigs will make Minnesota slower getting back in transition. Even on made baskets the Spurs pushed as the three big lineup for the Wolves could not contend with San Antonio’s speed! A. Edwards (12pts) was talking his usual trash but at -33 for the game one has to wonder what exactly is the point? J. McDaniels (12pts) was decent for the Wolves but having him guard players like Fox, Castle and Harper who can all get to the rim at will, the question is can his stamina hold up having to focus so much energy on defense. The twist of that is San Antonio’s guards are not Denver’s guards as all three can hold their own on the defensive side of the ball! The one bright spot is Edwards got plenty of rest and game three is their chance to strike back.