At 11:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 30, the NBA regular season continued, and the Trail Blazers staged back-to-back rematches with the Spurs at home.
The two teams have already met once on the 29th, and the Trail Blazers were beaten in the first quarter and fell behind by 28 points at one point, and finally lost 105-118.
Previously, Popovich said that Wembanyama, who has not fully recovered from the injury, will take a break in back-to-back games with the Trail Blazers, and since Wembanyama played the game on the 29th, it means that Wembanyama is very likely to be suspended for the game on the 30th. And after playing the first game with the Trail Blazers on the 29th, the Spurs assistant coach said again in an interview that Wembanyama may not play.
The 5-25 Spurs are in the bottom of the league, scoring 111.1 points per game, ranking 25th in the league, conceding 122.6 points per game, ranking fourth in the league in points conceded, and having a 3-12 record on the road.
Wembanyama, who averages 18.3 points per game, is the top scorer in the Spurs, followed by Vassell who averages 18.1 points per game and Keldon Johnson, who averages 17.5 points per game, and these two are also relatively strong players for the Spurs. Collins, who averages 12.9 points per game, and Sochan, who averages 11 points per game, are the other players in double figures per game for the Spurs, and the rest of the players have few bright spots.
The 8-22 Trail Blazers are second to last in the West, averaging 108.6 points per game, second to last in the league, conceding 114.8 points per game, ranking 18th in the league, and have a 4-11 home record.
Anfernee Simmons, who averages 27.1 points per game, is the top scorer of the Trail Blazers, and played against the Spurs on the 29th.
Grant, who averages 22.2 points per game, is the Trail Blazers' No. 2 scorer, and veteran Brogg averages 15.4 points and 5.7 assists per game, both of whom scored 29 points in a game on the 29th.
In addition to the above five starters, Henderson is averaging 11.1 points per game, and CBA veteran Dupp Reese is averaging 8.6 points per game.
The Trail Blazers are a team with limited offensive ability but decent defense, ranking 27th in the league in offensive efficiency, 29th in the league in shooting percentage, and 23rd in three-point shooting percentage. Defensively, he ranks second in the league in steals per game and 18th in the league in defensive efficiency.
The Spurs are a team that can't attack or defend, otherwise how could they rank first in the West? The offensive efficiency is the first in the league, the defensive efficiency is the sixth from the bottom in the league, the shooting percentage is fourth from the bottom in the league, and the three-point shooting rate is fifth from the bottom in the league.
One of the few bright spots for the Spurs is sharing the ball, ranking fourth in the league in assists per game, ranking first in the league in assists percentage, although the team's strength is limited, but the offensive options are relatively reasonable, and the Spurs delivered 33 assists in the game against the Trail Blazers on the 29th.
Wembanyama's absence will make the first from the bottom of the West and the second from the bottom of the West pecking at each other further missing highlights, as of press time, the injury status of several starters of the Trail Blazers has not been updated, as for the trend of the game, the rookies pecked each other and there are too many uncertain factors, and we can only ride a donkey to read the record book.