Teams have learned that the best chance of stopping the Spurs is to send waves of defenders at Victor Wembanyama and wear him out as he tries to fight through a forest of defenders to get to the basket. The Spurs haven’t found the answer for that strategy, which resulted in a fifth foul on Victor early in the fourth quarter which caused him to miss most of the quarter. He came back halfway through the quarter, but he fouled out late, missing a chance to help hold off Luka Doncic and the surging Lakers.

The Spurs had some good contributions from players who hadn’t played in a while—Jeremy Sochan, in his first game returning from injury, played solid defense on Luka and made key plays on offense, scoring 16 points in limited minutes. Lindy Waters III showed why the Spurs acquired him this s

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