The Milwaukee Bucks ended their losing streak on Thursday evening by beating the Utah Jazz thanks to a good Damian Lillard. Victor Wembanyama has been rather discreet with the Spurs.
Damian Lillard ended a six-game losing streak for the Milwaukee Bucks and Victor Wembanyama was quiet in San Antonio’s success against Portland on Thursday in the NBA. After six consecutive defeats and a failed start to the season, the Milwaukee Bucks bounced back against the Utah Jazz, another team in great difficulty (123-100). Leader Damian Lillard shone (34 points, 7 assists) alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo (31 points, 16 rebounds), who had missed the previous match, and offered a little respite to their coach Doc Rivers. In a match of intermittent intensity, the San Antonio Spurs achieved their 4th success of the season (5 defeats) against the Portland Trail Blazers (118-105).
Despite more playing time than in recent weeks, Victor Wembanyama showed little importance, with 12 points, 8 rebounds, 4 interceptions and 3 blocks in 32 minutes. San Antonio played its fourth game without its emblematic coach Gregg Popovich, at the head of the team since 1996, absent for health reasons without any clarification provided by the franchise. The Spurs explained on Monday that Popovich would be absent for at least two games, but the 75-year-old American did not return for the third, at home. “He’s fine, I spoke to him, but I have to remain vague on the subject, I don’t know,” evacuated his assistant Mitch Johnson, who took charge of the team.
San Antonio is still playing without fullback Devin Vassell, who will begin his season in the coming days, and now without power forward Jeremy Sochan, who suffered a broken left thumb and is out indefinitely. The Minnesota Timberwolves, finalists of the Western Conference in the spring, defeated the Chicago Bulls (135-119) thanks to an excellent fourth quarter (45-24). Anthony Edwards was once again untenable (33 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists) and French pivot Rudy Gobert achieved his best offensive performance of the season with 21 points (9 rebounds, 3 assists).
Bronny James, son and teammate of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, was sent Thursday to the franchise’s reserve team, which plays in the G League, the NBA’s development championship. Young player (20 years old) chosen in 55th position in the draft in June, Bronny James formed at the start of the season with LeBron the first father-son duo on the same NBA court, and will, as expected, go back and forth between the NBA and G League to continue its progress.
