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[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (41-16) defeat the Detroit Pistons (42-14) behind Devin Vassell’s 28 PTS, 114-103.

[Highlight] The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Detroit Pistons 114-103 in Detroit. It’s the 9th straight win for San Antonio, which is their longest streak since the 2018-19 season.

[Highlight] Ausar tickles Wemby

Cade Cunningham against the San Antonio Spurs put up 16 points 6 rebounds 10 assists 2 steals and 3 blocks on 5-26 FG 2-9 3PT 4-5 FT

Giannis to Booker: “You make everything look cool, man, but you wear a different jersey than me, you could wear the same jersey as me, I’m like Isaiah Stewart, I’ll fight for you.”

[Haynes] BREAKING: Utah Jazz starting center Jusuf Nurkić will undergo a surgical procedure on his nose Wednesday that will sideline him for the remainder of the season, league sources tell me.

[Highlight] Cade Cunningham shoved Stephon Castle which results in a chippy confrontation between the two teams:

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama with the unreal block on Cade Cunningham’s floater attempt, as Stephon Castle makes the corner 3 at the other end, to the delight of Wemby (with replays)

Max Kellerman on Luka Doncic: “Luka statue is going to be him complaining to the refs. Every trip down the floor you are complaining to the refs. Every trip down the floor? Even when he hits the shot. No you are not going to get the and 1, it can’t be that the refs blow every call on Luka”

[Highlight] Jalen Duren posterizes Wemby!

[Pereira] just unconscionable shit. Vince Williams has a team option next year and if he’s going to be out for 6-12 months because of this, Tari Eason just cost him 3 million bucks.

[Highlight] Replay of Cade Cunningham shoving Stephon Castle to the ground and standing over him. Technical foul assigned to Keldon Johnson & Jalen Duren. None for Cunningham

Steph Curry is no longer eligible for awards selection, this will mark only the 2nd time since the 2013-14 season he does not make an All-NBA team

[Highlight] Castle locks up and blocks Cade on one end, comes down for the and-1 on the other

[Highlight] Stephon Castle putting Cade Cunningham in hell for two-and-a-half minutes

Draymond Green on Memphis hotel: “[Anthony Edwards] is pretty blunt about it, but yeah. We stopped staying there because their sprinklers just went off for no reason in the room… Drenched all of [Andrew] Bogut’s stuff, and they didn’t want to do anything about it. So, it’s been an issue.”

[Highlight] Dylan Harper says Cade is his favorite player and he’s been watching him since 8th grade

Victor Wembanyama in the win against the Pistons: 21 points on ⁶⁄₁₆ shooting, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 6 blocks, and 1 steal

Stephon Castle shines on both ends against the Pistons and puts Cade in jail with 16 PTS, 4 REB, 11 AST plus elite defense

[Highlight] For your viewing pleasure: Wembanyama’s dominant night v. the Detroit Pistons

[Todd] Multiple sources believe that Vince Williams Jr. suffered a significant ACL injury. He’ll have an MRI in Salt Lake tomorrow. Left the arena on crutches.

[Todd] Tari Eason went to the Jazz locker room right after the game to check on Vince. Said there was no malicious intent and wanted to make sure that Vince knew he was never trying to hurt anyone.

91% of all NBA champions have won 40 games before 20 losses. Thunder, Pistons and Spurs have locked it in. Celtics have to win 3 straight.

Bill Simmons on Luka Dončić calling for fouls: “It’s so bad that even LeBron is like, wow.”

[Lowlights] All the 80 3-pointers Dyson Daniels took this season, so far, with breakdown of his shots in the body text (done by me).. He is ¹⁰⁄₈₀ (12.5%) from 3 this season, in 56 GP. 12 air balls out of 80 3PA (15.0%).

[Highlights] Victor Wembanyama blocks Paul Reed with his fingertips, taps the ball to himself, and finishes the alley-oop dunk off a lob by Stephon Castle. Dannis Jenkins with the layup, Victor Wembanyama taps the offensive rebound and castle finds Wemby for the easy slam (with replays)

The 2025-26 San Antonio Spurs Are the First Team Since the 1992-93 Knicks (33 Years) to Record 5 Wins Against the League’s Best Record in a Single Season

[Highlight] Wemby gets up for the block on Reed, then pays it off with the oop finish

[Injury] Josh Okogie steals the ball and finds Tari Eason, who finishes with the fastbreak dunk after bumping into Vince Williams Jr., who got injured and carried to the locker room (with replays). Rockets and Peacock commentaries

[Post Game Thread] The Sacramento Kings (13-46) defeat the Memphis Grizzlies (21-35), 123-114 to end their 16-game losing streak!

Jaylen Brown to on LeBron James talking about Brown’s MVP case: “I feel like I’m the best two-way player in the world. I play both ends on the court night-to-night… It’s an honor for LeBron, who’s arguably the best player to ever play the game, giving me some high praise. So, I’m just grateful”

[Highlight] The Eastern Conference No. 1 Pistons and Western Conference No. 2 Spurs matchup tonight for the first time this season. Both teams rank in the top 3 in Team Defensive Rating.

Wemby reaches double digit games with 5+ blocks for the 3rd straight season

[Highlight] The Spurs with a beautiful ball movement that ends with a wide open look for Harrison Barnes, who nails the corner 3 (with a replay)

With 6 blocks and 4 assists today, Victor Wembanyama now has 18 games this season with more blocks than assists

[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama with the alley-oop dunk in one single motion (with a replay)

[Highlights] Victor Wembanyama spikes the dunk attempt by Daniss Jenkins, Stephon Castle with the corner 3, and then Wembanyama blocks Cade Cunningham and finds Devin Vassell for the easy layup at the other end (with replays)

Two fans holding the flag of Serbia were escorted out during Nikola Jokic’s free throws last night (the flag was too big)

[Highlight] Pressured Victor Wembanyama finds Stephon Castle for the wide open layup

[Highlight] Austin Rivers: “Jalen Duren has this thing where it’s like he’s sagging his pants but he’s not - I don’t understand it. It’s like they are on his hip, but they are not on his hip”

[Los Angeles Magazine] Grand Jury Clears Former NBA Player Patrick Beverley, Declines to Indict in Texas Assault Case.

Luka Doncic has a 1-10 record in the regular season and playoffs against the Celtics since 2022-23

[Highlight] — “Victor” is Latin for “Winner” — Spurs win 9th straight, Winner Wembanyama stuffs the stat sheet.

[Highlight]Cade Cunningham strips Victor Wembanyama from behind and finishes with the one-handed jam at the other end (with replays). Peacock and Pistons commentaries

With this 1st quarter block against the Pistons, Victor Wembanyama has now blocked a shot against all other 29 NBA teams.

[Highlight] Devin Vassell scores the jumper off the hand off by Victor Wembanyama, and Ausar Thompson was subbed out during the timeout, never to return again (he was not injured)

Bomani Jones on the importance of the regular season today vs 15 years ago: “The LeBron Miami Heat, for 4 years, every game they played mattered. We were doing A-1s on television shows basically every time the Heat played.”

LeBron on his relationship with Jaylen Brown: “Our relationship has been pretty respectful. Besides the shit he said about Bronny in Summer League. But other than that we’ve been all right.”