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Lower seed on the road shocks higher seed at home in Game 1. It’s a tale as old as time (e.g., The 2003 playoffs when the number 8 seeded Phoenix Suns stole Game 1 on the road against the number 1 seeded San Antonio Spurs). They say a playoff series truly doesn’t start until someone loses at home. Well, consider this playoff series started!
Dylan Harper led the team with 18 points, plugging in while Stephon Castle battled foul trouble. Victor Wembanyama notched a triple-double with 11 points, 15 bards, and 12(!) blocks.
This atmosphere looked fun. Seemed almost collegiate-like energy.
Victor Wembanyama was on a warpath in the paint on Monday night. The 12 blocks represented the most all-time in a playoff game. That’s the new benchmark, Victor. Let’s go for 13+ next game out and at least triple that amount in points (insert Cheshire grin here).
Stephon Castle shot well from downtown in Game 1, draining 3 out of 5 attempts. Who knows, maybe if he was able to play at least 35 minutes, could have been 4 out of 6 or 5 out of 7. Seems a shame that your second-best player could not stay on the floor for at least 30 minutes because of some circumstances outside of his control (and others within his control, but mostly a lot outside of his control).
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Am I biased? Yes. Am I (probably) wrong? Also yes (probably). Am I coping? Yes, but that’s why they play the game, babyyy (read that in your best Dick Vitale voice).
De’Aaron Fox with the nice dish to find Dylan Harper for the dunk. Fox led the team with 6 assists in a slug fest where both teams found difficulty finding any offensive rhythm. My wife said I should say something nice about the officiating. So if she asks, I did—it’s somewhere in this paragraph if you look close enough. It’s a good thing she doesn’t read my articles unless I ask her to.
OK no more coping. It’s a highlights article for Tim Duncan’s sake. Let’s focus up like Wembanyama was focused up on defense for this entire possession where he got two blocks in a row.
Even though I’ve watched this team all year, the increased minutes in the playoffs for Dylan Harper has made…
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