SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs lost to the Timberwolves 106-92 at home. They are now 1-1 against the Wolves this regular season.
Victor Wembanyama led the team with 20 points,12 rebounds, five assists, and seven blocks. Harrison Barnes had 17 points and two assists, and Chris Paul had nine assists.
Jeremy Sochan added 17 points, Devin Vassell recorded four, and Julian Champagnie finished with 11 and six rebounds.
Due to injury, San Antonio was without Keldon Johnson, Zach Collins, and Tre Jones. Head coach Gregg Popovich was also out due to illness. Assistant coach Mitch Johnson assumed head coaching duties for the game.
The Spurs are 13-13 this season and will host the Hawks on Thursday night.
Here's a sample of what the Spurs said after the game.
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Mitch Johnson:
"We missed a lot of shots—19 turnovers for 30 points for them (Wolves). Give them a lot of credit. A heck of a defensive team and we didn't help ourselves in some situations, I think probably with strong passes, strong catches, strong creating leads. That's a team that, if you allow them to out-physical you, they have very, very good individual defenders and they're very connected as a team defensively as well."
Barnes:
"I think we're confident with what we're doing. Where we're at. I think we're developing continuity, guys getting healthy, and things like that. I don't think there's any concern from the group at all. I think we actually like where we are."
Wembanyama:
"I think it was a mix of lack of discipline and execution. We let ourselves be impacted too much by them (Wolves). A mix of things, probably. They definitely switched the coverage from last time. I think they were making everything hard for us, like little details, and we weren't paying enough attention to them."