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\n San Antonio extended their winning streak to nine games with a 114-103 victory over Detroit in a physical matchup between two top NBA teams. Victor Wembanyama recorded 21 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks while Devin Vassell led scoring with 28 points and seven three-pointers.\n <\/p>\n
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DETROIT \u2014 In what could serve as a preview of the NBA Finals, the San Antonio Spurs demonstrated they won\u2019t be intimidated by aggressive play, matching Detroit\u2019s physicality with skill and determination during Monday night\u2019s 114-103 victory over the Pistons.<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama delivered an impressive performance with 21 points, 17 rebounds and six blocked shots, while Devin Vassell led all scorers with 28 points as San Antonio extended their winning streak.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely a night where we confirmed progression and confirmed potential as well,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cThat was a good test.\u201d<\/p>\n
San Antonio successfully met that challenge despite their franchise player experiencing shooting difficulties. Wembanyama connected on just 6 of 16 attempts, but his supporting cast stepped up significantly with Vassell draining seven three-point shots and three additional players reaching double-digit scoring. The team collectively hit 18 three-pointers on 40 attempts from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know how talented Wemby is and how impactful he can be, but it\u2019s not a one-man show over there,\u201d Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. \u201cThey have a bunch of talented perimeter players.\u201d<\/p>\n
The victory marked San Antonio\u2019s ninth consecutive win, a season-best streak that positions them second in the Western Conference behind only defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.<\/p>\n
Detroit, currently leading the Eastern Conference, saw their five-game winning streak end. The Pistons will face another test Wednesday night when they host Oklahoma City in another measuring stick game against elite competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo matter who the opponent is, our guys are looking forward to those challenges,\u201d Bickerstaff said.<\/p>\n
Cade Cunningham struggled significantly against San Antonio\u2019s defense, particularly with Stephon Castle as his primary defender. Cunningham made only 5 of 26 shot attempts, finishing with 16 points and 10 assists.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what the playoffs are like, but I know we\u2019re going to need some of that,\u201d said Wembanyama, who is in his second NBA season with a franchise that hasn\u2019t reached the postseason since 2019.<\/p>\n
Detroit aims to make significant playoff progress this season after not advancing past the first round since 2008. Last season marked one of the most dramatic turnarounds in NBA history for the Pistons, who ended a lengthy playoff drought but fell to the New York Knicks in the opening round.<\/p>\n
Tensions escalated during the first half of Monday\u2019s contest. Cunningham received an offensive foul call after extending his arms and sending Castle to the floor. Spurs forward Keldon Johnson retaliated by shoving Cunningham, prompting Pistons center Jalen Duren, who recently served a league suspension, to point his finger at Johnson\u2019s face.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat sparked a lot of energy on our team because we\u2019re not going to back down,\u201d Castle said.<\/p>\n
Following official review, both Johnson and Duren received technical fouls during the second quarter of the tightly contested game.<\/p>\n
The NBA recently suspended Detroit center Isaiah Stewart for seven games after he left the bench during a fight in the team\u2019s game at Charlotte. Stewart remained suspended during San Antonio\u2019s visit, while Duren previously served a two-game suspension for his role in initiating that altercation.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama characterized Detroit\u2019s approach as \u201cbully ball,\u201d expressing appreciation for experiencing their aggressive style of play.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is probably the team that is most capable of playing that ball,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
San Antonio proved capable of matching Detroit\u2019s intensity and physicality throughout the contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are going to test your toughness,\u201d Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. \u201cDetroit just toes the line. I don\u2019t think they cross it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio extended their winning streak to nine games with a 114-103 victory over Detroit in a physical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[80926,80927,7,80920,80928,80922,80923,80921,80924,6,969,474,4075,4074,534,80925],"class_list":{"0":"post-621256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-102-3","9":"tag-102-3fm","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-fine-day","12":"tag-fine-day-102-3","13":"tag-fine-day-fm","14":"tag-fine-day-media","15":"tag-fine-day-radio","16":"tag-have-a-fine-day","17":"tag-nba","18":"tag-san-antonio","19":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","20":"tag-sanantonio","21":"tag-sanantoniospurs","22":"tag-spurs","23":"tag-weller-radio"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116124105198832706","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}