By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
San Antonio Spurs leader Victor Wembanyama dismissed any worry about opponents playing rough against him following Friday’s victory over the Golden State Warriors at the Frost Bank Center. The blowout extended the defending Western Conference champions’ streak to 11 wins, though the contest took a chippy turn in the second quarter during a run-in with Draymond Green.
With 6:47 left in the half and San Antonio up by 23 points, 36-year-old Green charged at Wemby from behind. As the Spurs big set up for an offensive rebound, Green hit him in the back with a running forearm shove, knocking the center out of bounds. Officials handed the Warriors forward a Flagrant Foul 1.
Asked after the game about the hit, Wembanyama barely reacted. “Do I have any thoughts of it? Not much,” he said. “I mean, it’s not surprising.”
He previously pushed back on the idea that physical defenses or targeted game plans rattle him.
“No, I feel very secure,” he stressed. “I have to be smart, but I feel very secure, and it’s not a good basketball strategy, and it shows. So I’m ready to put my body on the line for the team if that allows us to win by 40.”
San Antonio stretched its cushion to 43 points in the third quarter, which let the coaching staff rest the starters and top reserves for the entire fourth.
The Le Chesnay native went 5-for-11 from the field, logging 21 minutes while picking up his 121st career double-double.
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