Spurs closed their season-high eight-game home-stand with two victories
With 10 games remaining in the 2023-24 season, the Spurs are 16-56 following Monday’s home win over the Phoenix Suns.
The Silver and Black defeated the Suns 104-102 despite not having the services of VDub who sat out the contest due to injury. Jeremy Sochan led the Spurs with 26 points and a career high 18 rebounds while Devin Vassell also had 26 points in the game.
Monday’s win comes on the heels of a 131-106 home loss to the Suns on Saturday. That game VDub had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block and 5 turnovers. Monday’s loss comes at a bad time as the Suns are currently eighth in the Western Conference, and a half game behind Dallas and Sacramento for the West’s sixth seed.
In response to whether tonight’s performance was the best of his career Sochan said, “It might be. It’s just good to have a win. Good to have a win [with] the season we have had. So, against a team like that, we ended with three wins and one loss against them. So, I think that shows a lot and just feels good to get a good team win and have good energy around the locker room.”
What was the difference between Saturday’s loss and Monday’s win?
Mostly turnovers.
“We said those are the two things that are most important to us in evaluating each game with this group of players. It’s how did we shoot from three and how did we handle turnovers? So, we got one of them really right tonight with just 7 turnovers. That at least keeps you in a game where you have a chance. You’re out of the game when you give up too many turnovers and shoot poorly. We only shot 25% from three, so it’s not like we burned it up, but we really handled the ball well.”, said Coach Popovich.
The Spurs closed their season-high eight-game homestand with two victories, including one in Austin as part of the franchise’s regional outreach. They also win the season series 3-1 against Phoenix.
Upcoming Games:
Wed, Mar 27 @ *(12)Utah (29-43) 8pm
Fri, Mar 29 vs *(4)New York (43-28) 7pm
Sun, Mar 31 vs *(10)Golden State (36-34) 6pm NBATV
Tue, Apr 2 @ *(1)Denver (51-21) 8pm
*-denotes team’s current Conference standing.
