Sunday night, the San Antonio Spurs took a agency loss by the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves thanks to 2 lackluster efforts from key gamers.
Devin Vassell completed with a -30 plus-minus ranking and Stephon Fort completed at -23 because the Timberwolves put the Spurs to mattress in San Antonio. The pair completed with simply six factors mixed – the bottom amongst all gamers who performed greater than 10 minutes of play.
Vassell shot 2 of 11 from the ground and went 0 of 6 from deep with out recording a single different statistic. Fort completed the sport 1 for 8 from the sector, however managed to gather 5 assists on the sheet earlier than the sport ended.
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Contemplating Vassell is presently averaging over 17 factors per sport, his efficiency is among the main lacking substances to the Spurs’ secret sauce.
Fort, nevertheless, had 5 assists. Due to this fact, followers may surprise why his ranking was so low for Sunday evening’s sport. For this, the reply is easy: turnovers.
Fort ended up with three turnovers on his personal with out recording a steal within the course of. The help numbers are good to see, however till the assists to turnover ratio corrects itself, the younger Spur will nonetheless have a methods to go within the NBA.
The loss pushes San Antonio again to .500 on the season at 13-13 and elevates the Timberwolves to 14-11.
Spurs have now misplaced 4 of their final six video games, together with three at residence.
“Everybody has the best intention,” Harrison Barnes mentioned. “Guys try to make the best performs… (however) while you’re taking part in half court docket, you must struggle for the main points. I believed we misplaced them tonight.”
For San Antonio, the speedy path ahead does not get any simpler, as Trae Younger and the Atlanta Hawks await the Spurs on December 19. This match will kick off at 7 p.m. CST in San Antonio.
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