The star rookie wasn't a 'happy camper' after learning he would have to sit out against Thunder.
Reduced to serving as the world's tallest cheerleader, Victor Wembanyama wasn't in the best of moods when he arrived at Paycom Center for the Spurs ' final road game of the season. Making matters worse, he had to sit through the 38-point pounding the Oklahoma City Thunder put on the shorthanded visitors in a game between teams that had played the night before. 'I'm sure if we won, he'd be a little bit happier,' Spurs center Zach Collins said.
The best Spurs coverage in Alamo City, delivered to your inbox But without their rookie sensation, the Spurs never stood a chance against a Thunder squad that jumped out to a 34-11 lead in the first quarter on its way to shredding the Spurs' skeleton crew 127-89 Wednesday night to improve to 55-28 and stay in contention for the No. 1 seed in the West. Had Wembanyama played, things might have been different.
takeaways as depleted Spurs get routed by Thunder with Wembanyama out 'I feel badly because he's not a happy camper right now with me,' Popovich said. 'He wants to be out there, but I'm looking at the long view and we've had some trouble with this particular injury during the season, and as everybody knows, we've had to limit minutes for quite a while and had to keep him out of back-to-backs.
How to watch the game, notable stats, player news Rookie Sidy Cissoko finished with 14 points, five rebounds and three assists in 28 minutes, all season highs. Tre Jones and second-year two-way guard RaiQuan Gray each had 13 points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 26 points. Josh Giddey contributed 20 points and Gordon Hayward had 18.
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