127 - 95

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Fiserv Forum

Officials: Zach Zarba, Marat Kogut, and Jonathan Sterling

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
San Antonio Spurs	37	30	35	25	127
Milwaukee Bucks	24	21	34	16	95

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
San Antonio Spurs	127	49-89	55.1%	14-35	40.0%	15-20	75.0%	9	55	35	6	13	11	2
Milwaukee Bucks	95	38-87	43.7%	14-46	30.4%	5-6	83.3%	9	41	22	18	9	18	5

PLAYER STATS


San Antonio Spurs	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Devin Vassell^SF	24:09	16	6-11	4-7	0-0	2	2	4	1	3	1	0	3	4
Julian Champagnie^PF	22:52	11	4-8	3-7	0-0	1	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	17
Victor Wembanyama^C	30:41	23	7-21	0-3	9-10	4	11	15	6	2	1	3	1	14
Stephon Castle^SG	29:20	22	9-13	2-4	2-3	2	8	10	10	0	0	3	2	19
De’Aaron Fox^PG	20:32	12	6-9	0-3	0-1	0	2	2	6	1	0	1	0	22
Dylan Harper	21:08	14	6-8	2-3	0-0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	19
Keldon Johnson	23:18	16	6-8	2-2	2-2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	26
Luke Kornet	21:24	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	19
Harrison Barnes	18:24	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	30
Carter Bryant	10:55	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	-1
Lindy Waters III	06:37	1	0-3	0-3	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3
Jordan McLaughlin	05:20	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-3
Kelly Olynyk	05:20	1	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	-3
Bismack Biyombo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mason Plumlee	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harrison Ingram	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Jones Garcia	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Emanuel Miller	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Milwaukee Bucks	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Ousmane Dieng^SF	35:43	12	5-14	1-4	1-1	0	6	6	5	4	0	4	1	-16
Pete Nance^PF	30:11	5	2-3	1-2	0-0	1	4	5	3	0	0	0	3	-22
Myles Turner^C	27:48	15	5-12	4-9	1-2	1	5	6	1	1	2	0	4	-28
Gary Trent Jr.^SG	26:08	18	8-11	2-4	0-0	1	0	1	2	2	0	2	2	-9
Ryan Rollins^PG	25:23	12	5-15	0-7	2-2	0	1	1	4	1	1	5	1	-18
Jericho Sims	21:44	10	5-7	0-0	0-0	5	5	10	2	0	0	2	1	-5
AJ Green	26:37	7	2-6	2-6	1-1	0	3	3	3	0	2	0	1	-18
Taurean Prince	25:36	5	2-8	1-6	0-0	0	3	3	2	0	0	2	3	-29
Andre Jackson Jr.	13:37	11	4-9	3-7	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	-16
Cormac Ryan	07:12	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	1
Bobby Portis	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Antetokounmpo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Giannis Antetokounmpo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Thanasis Antetokounmpo	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Harris	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Kuzma	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Porter Jr.	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

CorporateKnowledge5 | Spurs

156 | 8 hours ago

Everyone said we’d be a play in team. Clinched 2nd with 8 games to go and now everyone just says something to the effect of, “of course, the spurs are stacked”.

moongaming | Spurs

84 | 8 hours ago

So stacked the odds were calling 40 wins on the season…

bigpapi-did-steroids | Spurs

33 | 7 hours ago

Now some are saying that we’re a superteam. 😭

Falling4Strangers | Celtics

23 | 7 hours ago

I’m confused by why you guys were rated so low to start. I’m not an expert but I expected you guys to be top 3 in the west just because it was Wemby year 3, first full year of Fox, 2nd year of Castle, and signing Kornet (biased Celtics fan obviously who maybe was but ended up not overrating him).

fab_frog_disco

32 | 7 hours ago

I miss Spurs fan but honestly it made sense. Look at the West on paper entering this season. There’s been a lot of things that have gone wrong for several teams. In theory this was going to be a ridiculously deep conference.

The Spurs entered the year with Victor having not played in half a season from blood clots

Their second best player having a pretty mediocre finished of the year and having surgery on his hand

And real no clue who the third best player was. The candidates for that were someone who at the time was considered extremely overpaid and underperforming in vassell, a solid rookie of the Year winner and Castle, who most people thought wouldn’t have even won it if McCain was healthy, and…. Maybe Johnson? Who at the time was considered in empty stats player who didn’t really have the numbers that backed up the notion that he contributed to winning, that was consistently considered one of the worst Defenders in the League

Fox has been great, Victor’s been healthy, Castle, Julian, Devin, and Johnson have all taken leaps. Luke has been one of the better backups in the league, and Harper is arguably the best backup point guard in the entire NBA as a rookie.

A lot has gone right for San Antonio. That was definitely hard to predict entering the off-season

Falling4Strangers | Celtics

5 | 7 hours ago

I guess. I was just fully in on em so when I kept seeing the low numbers I was wondering why everyone was thinking differently than me lol. Glad to finally get one right.

General_Shanks | Spurs

10 | 5 hours ago

I’m a die hard Spurs fan and I didn’t expect this. My best case was 5th, 6th seed with a chance to win a 1st round series in the playoffs. The Spurs have widely exceeded my expectations already.

AchtCocainAchtBier | Spurs

3 | 5 hours ago

When I’m bored, I sometimes revisit old prediction threads. This one is funny in hindsight.

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

3 | 4 hours ago

shoutout to you for being right, but i don’t get how it was impossible to rate them low

I expected them to be 6th at best, not because of them but more due to the rest of the west teams on paper being stacked & how they were just in the playoffs. Minnesota was in the WCF, Denver took the champs to 7 with no bench (so them getting JV, CJ, THJ, BB made them stronger on paper), Houston looked scary with KD (nobody knew Fred would go down) and despite my Lakers having holes in the roster, you cannot count out Luka, Lebron & now Austin

jl_theprofessor | Spurs

4 | 7 hours ago

This is all simultaneously why Sochan lost his rotation spot.

J-man3000

7 | 7 hours ago

To those that watched last year, the spurs were competitive to dominant in wemby minutes but as soon as he sat we would hemorrhage points. Zollins gave effort and was ride or die (middle finger to refs) but was a complete traffic cone. Kornet was undoubtedly one of the best off season acquisitions in the league. Early in the year it allowed us to stem the tide and now with the ascension of castle and others, we can even build on leads. Combine that with under performance by Houston and Denver it opened up a clear path for a spurs surge.

I’m still like 80% sure we don’t get a chip this year, but next year everyone is just gonna get better and i don’t doubt a high 60s win total and being finals favorites.

dreamweaver7x | Spurs

6 | 5 hours ago

Spurs Legend Zach Collins.

Funyarinpa-13 | Nets

4 | 6 hours ago

Thunder, Nuggets, Rockets, and Wolves were on playoffs last year, of course people would be leaning on those especially the big KD trade and the supposed depth pieces of Nuggets in the offseason. Oh and Lakers with Luka and Bron.

Pls_Drink_Water | SAS

1 | 7 hours ago

Someone who watched Wemby the last 2 years would say the same. 90% of NBA ‘fans’ doesnt watch shit

Boneless_Chuck | Spurs

-3 | 7 hours ago

Only because nba journalists are lazy. Predictions are alerts just last seasons final standings plus whatever team made a splashy move over the summer moving up. Making an actual prediction might make them look bad, so why stick out?

redmostofit | Nuggets

12 | 7 hours ago

Play in? More like slayin.

CorporateKnowledge5 | Spurs

5 | 7 hours ago

Nailed it

lethalizered | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

2024 OKC was the same. You get used to it.

Summer_Chronicle8184 | Supersonics

3 | 3 hours ago

I had y’all as top 4 seed locked and yeah got a lot of pushback

xbhaskarx | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

ESPN had the Sacramento Kings winning 3.5 more games than the Spurs this season and gave the Spurs a 7% chance of making the playoffs… now months later the Spurs being just about tied with OKC was an inevitability.

Lyranx

104 | 8 hours ago

Shout to Castle for being so well rounded

Spinwheeling | Spurs

15 | 5 hours ago

And with the triple double!

He’s a lot of fun to watch, his ball handling and playmaking are an under-rated weapon for the Spurs

GaySexFan | Australia

5 | 3 hours ago

I think that Rookie of the Year award is going to age well after all.

CasualRead_43

-14 | 6 hours ago

Tanking works

someguyfromtecate | Spurs

15 | 5 hours ago

Why doesn’t every team just tank for 2 years to pick up a generational big and a stellar 2-way guard? Are they stupid?

-xXxMangoxXx- | Raptors

8 | 5 hours ago

And then get Dylan Harper

drgreenair

7 | 5 hours ago

I think they would have had Flagg if Nico didn’t pull the fucking Luka fiasco. That would have been diabolical.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

43 | 8 hours ago

Sorry Wemby Castle was the better player today

d1b2z3l4

11 | 7 hours ago

Facts

nicfanz

5 | 7 hours ago

Of course a raptors fan 😂

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

37 | 8 hours ago

Wemby is already the best player in nba history, I can’t name a single other player that could play that bad on offense and still be by far the best player on the court

Neuroxex | Bucks

55 | 8 hours ago

Not Wemby slander, but in fairness this was a very easy court to be the best player on.

siphillis | Spurs

17 | 7 hours ago

I dunno, Stephon Castle is REALLY good when the jumper’s falling

murdered-by-swords | Spurs

12 | 7 hours ago

That’s fair enough. What a letdown of a year for Milwaukee; without Giannis this just isn’t a competitive roster. And, uh, somehow I get the sense that coaching isn’t gonna be the difference-maker either.

Neuroxex | Bucks

6 | 6 hours ago

Yeah pretty miserable but it is what it is. All good things must come to an end, had some truly great years, life goes on. And truthfully I’ve enjoyed watching the NBA in a way where my rooting interests just don’t really matter - it’s fun to get to appreciate great basketball players without having that emotional little part of you chipping in with ‘But we’re better, right?’

murdered-by-swords | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

I was really, really hoping that Giannis would be a Milwaukee lifer, but it doesn’t look like that’s happening. At least you got the ‘chip, and hopefully the parting happens under better terms than our divorce with Kawhi.

Armanewb | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

and hopefully the parting happens under better terms than our divorce with Kawhi.

The bar for that is in hell lol, nephew gets relentlessly booed here 6 years later.

Actual-Movie-4236 | Bucks

1 | 6 hours ago

With Giannis and with prime Phil Jackson this isn’t a competitive roster. So take Giannis out most of the season and give us the worst coach of all time, and this is what you get.

And I genuinely thought we would be a playoff team preseason. Sports delusion is a helluva drug.

murdered-by-swords | Spurs

3 | 6 hours ago

I don’t think that’s unreasonable, at least for a team in the East in the era of the Play-In. Giannis could’ve superhuman’d a zombie roster into the play-in if a bunch of the reliably lifeless teams over there hadn’t decided that this was their year to look alive again.

Impossible_Collar2 | Thunder

8 | 8 hours ago

bruh yall gotta watch basketball from before 2020

Zywooooooo181

9 | 8 hours ago

How bad is it that I can’t tell if he is joking?

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

4 | 7 hours ago

It started as a joke but wemby seriously has such a physical advantage over every other player in the league, I just don’t see how he ever loses.

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

4 | 8 hours ago

Wemby could stand still and do nothing and still be a top 10 player just from his size alone. He’s the best talent any sport has ever seen. If he’s not the undisputed goat by the end of his career something went very wrong.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

11 | 7 hours ago

not religious but lord help this man

Zeeron1 | Thunder

2 | 7 hours ago

You sound like Shaq when he was talking about Bol Bol. Thats not a good thing lol

pika_pie | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

Okay, pause. It’s not just because he’s tall and long that he’s good at defense—he’s also freakishly flexible and mobile for his size. We’ve had people with his height before, but they always seemed to lumber around stiffly. Wemby just seems to be able to twist and fold to get his limbs wherever they need to be to discourage or disrupt passes and shots in a way that no one else at his height seems to have done before.

Impossible_Collar2 | Thunder

-2 | 7 hours ago

holy hell lmao he hasn’t even played in a playoff series yet

u guys need to watch past eras, LeBron’s prime wasn’t even that long ago and ur saying this

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

1 | 7 hours ago

At the end of the day LeBron was 6’9, wemby is 7’5. Theyre not even in the same stratosphere. LeBron needs the ball to have an impact on the game, wemby just needs to be on the court to impact the game.

Vpzlol

7 | 7 hours ago

is this really the only glaze you could come up? step up, do better.

Impossible_Collar2 | Thunder

5 | 7 hours ago

this shows me u didn’t watch basketball in the past

LeBron was a DPOY top 2 level guy

One of the 5 or so best playmakers in history

he doesn’t need to have the ball directly to impact the game that’s kind of his whole reputation

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

2 | 7 hours ago

He needs to make plays with the ball, and he was a top 2 dpoy level, wemby is greatest defender ever level, even on his off nights.

siphillis | Spurs

-2 | 7 hours ago

Talent, yes. He’s the greatest ever.

Ability? You’re still a few years too early, if he even gets there at all

Impossible_Collar2 | Thunder

5 | 7 hours ago

that’s still up for debate too

u can’t comprehensively say he’s a better talent than LeBron or Shaq yet

OneOfTheOnly | Raptors

1 | 7 hours ago

lebron or…shaq? lol

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

-1 | 7 hours ago

That’s the crazy part, he doesn’t even need to improve at all, in fact he could get much worse offensively and HE’D STILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST EVER.

VeniceRapture | Spurs

-1 | 7 hours ago

It’s bait bruh

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

1 | 7 hours ago

It’s really not, spurs fans who watch all the games should realize it, wemby is literally a cheat code.

VeniceRapture | Spurs

9 | 7 hours ago

It’s precisely because I watch every Spurs game that I know Wemby has a lot of flaws to his game.

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

-2 | 7 hours ago

Even with all the flaws he’s still the best player in the league, by far, that’s what im saying.

Impossible_Collar2 | Thunder

9 | 7 hours ago

by far??

he hasn’t won a playoff series yet

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

1 | 7 hours ago

Does it matter? Whether he wins or loses doesn’t change how impactful he is. He could average 0 points and still be the best player on the court

TheKajMahal | Pistons

4 | 7 hours ago

There’s just no way you actually think this. You think a guy who has literally won nothing (not his fault he’s just young) is the best ever?

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

-4 | 7 hours ago

Yes, and it won’t be close, wemby and the spurs should run the table for a decade + as long as he’s healthy.

HugoNext | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

And in fact Castle was the best player on the court today.

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

-1 | 3 hours ago

Only because wembys gravity allowed him to be

jl_theprofessor | Spurs

28 | 7 hours ago

I started this game excited to see an afternoon game and it ended up being so, so boring.

trinquin | Bucks

30 | 7 hours ago

What do you think the Bucks are?

Acrobatic_Lynx_3362 | Spurs

13 | 5 hours ago

I’m looking forward to more boring spurs wins just like 1997-2017

Neuroxex | Bucks

22 | 8 hours ago

Andre Jackson Jr career high FGA (9)

StealYoBall | Suns

15 | 6 hours ago

I love me some Stephon Castle. That boy nice

HurryClear1442

14 | 8 hours ago

Unsuccessful stat padding by Wemby

wowlock_taylan | Spurs

15 | 7 hours ago

Love games like these from Castle.

Also Unc Barnes having the game high +30

moongaming | Spurs

11 | 8 hours ago

Just a bunch of haters here now.

Castle was a monster today!

Wemby obviously affected by the talk but this is a meaningless game where the starters could have sat after 15 min and he controlled the game defensively. On to the next one!

Blackdiamond2 | Spurs

7 | 6 hours ago

This Bucks lineup without Giannis is absolute cheeks. They couldn’t defend for their lives the whole game, they were collapsing under zero pressure and giving wide open 3s or free drives all day.

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-9 | 8 hours ago

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theplothasbeenlost

11 | 8 hours ago

Dawg go enjoy your weekend. You’ve been posting this comment all over. It’s gonna be okay bro.

moongaming | Spurs

12 | 8 hours ago

bro literally cried when he saw Wemby entering the court in the 4th quarter. true hater.

siphillis | Spurs

1 | 7 hours ago

When I was younger, I ignored LeBron because I got caught up on him joining the Heatles.

I will never get those moments back and I regret not watching probably the greatest basketball ever played.

Trad Emu is making the exact same mistake

Acrobatic_Lynx_3362 | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

Ironically the Heatles made me a spurs fan lol still fuck the heat to this day because I became a fan in the 2013 finals. Good thing 2014 happened

siphillis | Spurs

5 | 8 hours ago

“Begging in the media” i.e. “Listed three reasons after a reporter asked for three reasons.”

We get it. You hate Wemby. Want a fucking medal?

fab_frog_disco

2 | 7 hours ago

You guys are literally posting threads trashing Victor for not playing enough minutes.. And for the first time in literally weeks his team lets him play 4th quarter minutes and get above 30… Which again he hasn’t done in forever and of course you’re going to complain

So what is it…. Do you want him playing more minutes or are you cool with him playing? 25 because that’s all it takes to absolutely annihilate 90% of NBA teams

Make up your damn mind

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-15 | 8 hours ago

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moongaming | Spurs

10 | 8 hours ago

probably the first time he plays garbage minutes in weeks but okay.

ButteryBaked

9 | 7 hours ago

yall wanted him to play more minutes, well this might be the only way since the spurs keep blowing everyone out

Zywooooooo181

5 | 8 hours ago

Most fans like him, so it’s cool.

Round_Clock_3942

3 | 7 hours ago

Lol what, people were complaining that he shouldn’t be in MVP contention because lower minutes = less value a couple of hours ago

Zywooooooo181

2 | 7 hours ago

What? I mean if someone actually said that, then you just block them, cause they obviously know nothing about basketball.

Round_Clock_3942

3 | 7 hours ago

How do you block everyone from an entire state though

WhyNotMosley

-5 | 8 hours ago

yep & that’s sad asf. cus if anybody else fav player does it, they get buried, whatever he does gets loved on

siphillis | Spurs

8 | 8 hours ago

I know, it’s a real shame people actually enjoy watching someone play basketball for a change

Zywooooooo181

-2 | 8 hours ago

Eventually people will start hating Wemby as well. That’s just how things work unfortunately.

For example, do people not remember how loved Luka was in his first few seasons, and especially after he outscored the Suns in game 7? Eventually they turned on him as well.

WhyNotMosley

-2 | 8 hours ago

oh yah it’s coming, give it two more seasons for it to marinate.

Zywooooooo181

0 | 7 hours ago

I can see it happening next year if he wins the MVP this season.

WhyNotMosley

-1 | 7 hours ago

they better not give bro that shit 🤣🤣 but ik it’s just media talkin points, SGA got it for sure. they’re trying to create buzz

Adorable-News-9364 | Spurs

2 | 8 hours ago

His first 4th quarter in 4 games. Let the man put some shots up lol

nicfanz

1 | 7 hours ago

Thunder bum or Lakers stan

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-13 | 8 hours ago

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QuickDrawMcStraw | Spurs

11 | 8 hours ago

Why do bots keep posting this bum ass question?

moongaming | Spurs

6 | 8 hours ago

Are those months in the room with us?

Adorable-News-9364 | Spurs

7 | 8 hours ago

Which months has Wemby been worse? I know there are some I’m just curious which ones are in your opinion.

siphillis | Spurs

7 | 8 hours ago

You already got a thread, you don’t need to spam your trash opinion in the comments section too

tinkady | Warriors

1 | 8 hours ago

Because you can add up the total stats and impact and see who is better

https://dunksandthrees.com/epm/actual

Several_Hour_347

-17 | 7 hours ago

Lmao attempted stat padding against a tanking team and not able to hit 50% as a center is wild

nicfanz

9 | 6 hours ago

FTA fanboy 😂😂😂😂

EbolaDP

-16 | 7 hours ago

We need to address the fact that Castle is carrying Wemby.

nicfanz

13 | 6 hours ago

We need to address how dumb you are

The San Antonio Spurs (56-18) defeat the Milwaukee Bucks (29-44) 127-95 and clinch finishing no worse than 2nd in the West behind a 22/10/10 performance by Stephon Castle