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Victor Wembanyama will miss Spurs' game Friday in New Orleans with hip tightness
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama has been ruled out of San Antonio's game against New Orleans on Friday because of right hip tightness, the first time that the highly touted rookie will sit for a contest this season. The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft averaged 19.3 points and 9.7...
Young scores 45 as Hawks rally past Wembanyama, Sochan to hand Spurs 13th straight loss
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Trae Young was practically unstoppable in the fourth quarter, but his defensive stop made the biggest impact against the San Antonio Spurs. Young scored a season-high 45 points and drew a charge from Jeremy Sochan with 2.7 seconds left as the Atlanta Hawks handed...
Gregg Popovich has no regrets telling Spurs fans to stop booing Kawhi Leonard
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gregg Popovich called Spurs' fans booing of Kawhi Leonard “hateful” and “mean-spirited,” and the San Antonio coach has no regrets taking the microphone and imploring the home crowd to knock it off. “Absolutely not,” Popovich said Friday night before...
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich chastises home fans for booing Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich grabbed the microphone and chastised the crowd at the Frost Bank Center on Wednesday night, telling fans to stop booing former Spurs All-Star Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers. “Excuse me for a second,” Popovich said,...
Kawhi Leonard leads Clippers past Spurs amid boos that prompt Popovich to admonish crowd
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 26 points while hearing boos that prompted San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich to admonish the crowd, Paul George added 24 and the Los Angeles Clippers beat Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs 109-102 on Wednesday night. Wembanyama, the No. 1...
Wembanyama has a rough debut at Madison Square Garden as the Knicks rout the Spurs 126-105
NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama saw the retired jerseys, soaked in the atmosphere and quickly understood why his coach and so many others told him Madison Square Garden was the best place to play basketball. “I think no matter how many times I will play here, it will always be...
Bill Self on his lifetime contract from Kansas: 'I'm excited that I will finish my career here'
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self intends to finish his coaching career at Kansas, making his clearest statement yet one day after the announcement of a lifetime contract that will pay the Hall of Famer $53 million over the first five years and make him the most highly compensated men's basketball...
Victor Wembanyama's NBA education is underway. The French teen is passing the early tests
Here’s some of what San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama has experienced so far in the NBA: Scoring 38 points in a game, playing in a back-to-back for the first time, being part of two 40-point losses, wasting a huge lead and losing, overcoming a huge deficit and winning. It’s been...
Haliburton, Pacers get Carlisle his 900th win with 152-111 rout of Spurs
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored 23 points, and the Indiana Pacers routed the San Antonio Spurs 152-111 on Monday night for coach Rick Carlisle's 900th career victory. Carlisle, second among active coaches in wins, beat the all-time leader, active or otherwise, in Hall...
The NBA's In-Season Tournament is finally set to begin, giving teams another trophy shot
Someone asked San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich this week about the chances the Spurs and rookie Victor Wembanyama have of winning the NBA Finals this year. Popovich politely laughed. “Talking about the Spurs and the finals is premature,” he said. But there is...
