NBA Season 2025-26

[ozgod]

Spurs beat the Thunder again. 130-110. Wemby only played 23 minutes.

Even without Wemby I feel like they match up to OKC pretty well, they have lots of guards and wings they can throw at Shai and they can go two-big with Luke and Wemby to counter Holmgren and Hartenstein. But OKC must have started thinking about Christmas pudding in the 2nd half, they let the Spurs shoot 65% from the floor, and a lot more volume from 3. Everyone hates 3s but if you make a lot more of them than the other team, even if you take a lot more, you're probably going to win.

[Goldstar88]

Spurs beat the Thunder again. 130-110. Wemby only played 23 minutes.

Even without Wemby I feel like they match up to OKC pretty well, they have lots of guards and wings they can throw at Shai and they can go two-big with Luke and Wemby to counter Holmgren and Hartenstein. But OKC must have started thinking about Christmas pudding in the 2nd half, they let the Spurs shoot 65% from the floor, and a lot more volume from 3. Everyone hates 3s but if you make a lot more of them than the other team, even if you take a lot more, you're probably going to win.

Completely agree. If Wemby is fully healthy come playoff time, they are going to be a real problem.

[Phantom255x]

A Spurs-Thunder playoff series would be awesome

[Who]

Jorge Sierra: FYI: Nikola Jokic has passed Larry Bird in assists.

Bird - 13 years 897 games 5,695 assists
Jokic - 11 years 774 games 5,699 assists

That is cool (and a little sad!). I always say Jokic is a 6-11 280lb version of Larry Bird.

Got me curious where how close / far apart they are in other stats:

Rebounds: Bird 8,974 > Jokic 8,488
Points: Bird 21,791 > Jokic 17,047

Jokic might catch Bird in rebounds by the end of the season. Still, impressive for Bird. Jokic is a big time rebounder at center and Bird is still ahead of him. Looks like Jokic will need another 2 full seasons to catch up to Bird in points. Jokic more of a slow starter scoring wise. Barely broke 20ppg his 1st 5 years in the league.

Steals: Bird 1,556 > Jokic 992
Blocks: Bird 755 > Jokic 559

Fair dues to Larry. Won both steals and blocks. Convincingly too.

[Phantom255x]

Wait, so SAS-OKC played last night. And now they play again tomorrow against each other on Christmas?