Today, the San Antonio Spurs ushered in the first game after the 2021-2022 NBA All-Star Game - the Washington Wizards.
As of this game, the San Antonio Spurs have a record of 23 wins and 36 losses, ranking eleventh in the West; the Washington Wizards have a record of 27 wins and 31 losses, ranking eleventh in the East. In terms of rankings, this is a contest of equal strength.
Although also in eleventh place, the Wizards have four more wins than the Spurs, and the momentum is gaining momentum before the All-Stars by double-defeating the Brooklyn Nets without core guard Bradley Beale. But after a recent trade, the Wizards' big center Christaps Porzingis from the Dallas Mavericks is missing due to a right knee contusion, and Bradley Beal continues to be absent, and the lack of two cores will inevitably bring more or less interference to this team.
On the Side of the San Antonio Spurs, Dejuntai Murray replaced Drummond Green, who withdrew from the All-Star Game due to injury, and debuted on the All-Star stage for the first time in his career, and I believe that this experience will make the young point guard more and more courageous. After the trade of Derrick White, the depth of the Spurs' roster was affected to some extent, and Kelden Johnson and Devon Vasell gained more ball possessions and shooting opportunities, which will accelerate their growth. But when Dezhangtai Murray is not on the court, the Spurs' offensive end is always slightly messy, creating a lot of opportunities for opponents.
Overall, this game, the strength is equal, evenly matched, worth looking forward to.
At the beginning of the game, after the Spurs Pelter and Garford jumped the ball, McDermott received an assist from Pelter and hit an empty layup to give the Spurs a lead. In the face of the Spurs' consecutive scores, the Wizards Pope made a shot to save the situation, Garford and Kuzma also fired collectively on the inside and outside, the Spurs relied on the play of Peltel and Murray to bite the score, and Walker tied the score with a jump shot after receiving an assist from Jones. But the Wizards' eight-village baseman and Avdia scored back-to-back points late in the quarter, giving the Wizards a 33-30 lead over the Spurs in the first quarter.
The second quarter of the game is still glued, Kelden Johnson is like a god, scoring assists as much as not falling, helping the Spurs stop the Wizards. The suspension came back, and after a period of scoring drought, the two teams began to come and go, and the scoring stalemate between the two sides was not hilarious. At the end of the half, the Spurs made it 75-71 to the Wizards.
After the easy side, Kuzma turned around and missed the back, vasell and Peltel scored five consecutive points to stop the Wizards. The Wizards returned from the timeout, and Mike Demot received an assist from Murray, who threw a shot and pulled the gap to double digits. However, the Spurs suddenly muted again, and the Wizards played a wave of 3-17 climax, making the Wizards reverse the score. Late in the third quarter, the Spurs relied on consecutive scores from Jones, Johnson and Walker to take a 101-100 lead over the Wizards into the final quarter.
In the final quarter, the players on both sides still maintained a high degree of vitality, and the Spurs and Wizards always had someone to stand up and help the team maintain a small lead. With six minutes left in the game, Pop's two free throws and Kuzma's three-pointer helped the Wizards rally the score, while keita Bates Diop and Zach Collins helped the Spurs regain the lead, and the Wizards requested a timeout. Back from the timeout, Murray and Peltel played well, quickly pulling the score apart, and with 1 minute and 20 seconds left in the game, the Spurs held an eight-point lead. But the Spurs didn't score in the ensuing minute, and Avedia and Kuzma scored consecutive points in the final minute to help the Wizards drag the game into overtime.
The Spurs' overtime game with the Wizards kicked off with Corey Keyspert's dunk, and the two sides were locked in a tug-of-war. With 25 seconds left in the game, Murray received an assist from Vassell and hit a steady three-point shot, and the Spurs, 145-143, asked for a timeout. With 18 seconds left in the game, Neto broke through the layup and hit a layup to tie the score to 145 and the Spurs requested a timeout. The first overtime match ended with Murray's quick stop jump shot missing and Keyspert's three-point miss, and the two sides drew 145.
Entering the second overtime, the score between the two sides still alternately rose, and the lead changed hands many times, but at the critical moment, the Spurs relied on the continuous scoring of Peltel and Murray to take the lead, and this time the Wizards did not stand up to respond, and finally the whole game ended, and the Spurs narrowly defeated the Wizards in 157-153 double overtime.
In this game, the Spurs scored in double figures, compared to the Washington Wizards, the Spurs had a large advantage in rebounding, free throws and secondary offensive scoring, and this game fully demonstrated the charm of spurs team basketball.
It is worth mentioning that after winning this victory, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich is only 2 wins away from the first man in history, and this achievement is close at hand!