It is expected to surpass the Lakers
Everyone thinks that this season, the San Antonio Spurs will be like the Rockets and Thunder, on the road to the end of the swing, but who would have thought that at the end of the season, they will get a wave of three consecutive wins, only one win away from the Los Angeles Lakers, the tenth in the West. In the next schedule, the Spurs are much easier than the Lakers, and if Popovich wants to, they can even surpass the Lakers and take away the last play-off place, making the Lakers with the big three completely a laughingstock.
In this game, the Spurs will take on the Houston Rockets, the penultimate team in the West. The Rockets have also been in good shape lately, beating the trailblazers in two consecutive games against missing major generals, winning a combined 36 points in both games, and the morale of the team is high. Facing such a young and talented team, the Spurs cannot be careless.
The Spurs refused to reverse
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Spurs showed their strength, Murray shot 4 of 4, a variety of long-range jumpers, 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, simply unstoppable. Another reverse leader, Kelden Johnson, did not hesitate to let go, with 9 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-7 shooting, and the Spurs bombed 39 points in a single quarter, but the Rockets also scored 31 points, including Green with 10 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist on 4-of-6 shooting, and Porter also had 10 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. After returning from the second quarter, both teams began to feel less.
Green and Porter Jr. teamed up to score 10 points, the Rockets only had 24 points, and the Spurs only scored 28 points, including Murray on 5-of-6 shooting with 11 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. So at the end of the half, the Spurs led the Rockets by 12 points at 67-55. In the second half, Murray's hand dropped, only 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, but the team still got 29 points, while Green scored 10 points and 1 assist, Porter Jr. had 7 points and 7 rebounds, the Rockets only got 29 points, and the Spurs still held a 12-point lead.
In the final quarter that determined the outcome of the game, the Rockets continued to catch up, and Christopher on the bench stepped forward again, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal on 3-of-4 shooting, leading the team to bomb 36 points in the final quarter, but the Spurs still withstood the pressure, Murray scored 8 points, 1 assist and 1 steal, Johnson and Pelter both scored 6 points, and the team finally narrowly defeated the Houston Rockets 123-120 and successfully won 4 consecutive wins.
Say good to the point
Spurs 4 consecutive wins, sending the Lakers out? Murray 33+7+11, Rockets 30 points. Everyone thinks that this season's Spurs are going to be rotten, but who would have thought that they not only cultivated an All-Star Murray, who blasted 33 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists in this game, as well as 2 steals and 2 blocks, and only 2 turnovers, and also got a wave of 4 consecutive wins, only 0.5 wins from the Tenth Lakers in the West, and there is a great hope of surpassing the Lakers. It can be said that Popovich probably hopes to send the Lakers out!
The Spurs' best players are not only Murray, But also Kelden Johnson also has 21 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, Pelter has 17 points and 13 rebounds, Richardson on the bench has 15 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, and Collins has 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. In other teams, Collins is only a face-to-face person, but when he comes to the Spurs, he has re-proved himself. Rockets' leader Jaylen Green also had 30 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, Porter Jr. had 26 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, Christopher had 20 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and Sagu had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.