For the past few weeks, the San Antonio Spurs have been playing at a much higher level than they had been for the remainder of the year. Despite sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, they look like a completely different squad and have been competing with some of the better teams in the league.
On Sunday night, they welcomed the Philadelphia 76ers to town for a Joel Embiid-less matchup, as the star big man ended up sitting out of this game. Unfortunately, the 76ers outlasted the Spurs in overtime by a score of 133-126. Tyrese Maxey exploded for 52 points.
After the game, Spurs forward Julian Champagnie spoke about what went wrong for the Spurs. (H/t ESPN)
“Their intensity definitely picked up, in the second overtime especially,” Champagnie said. “I think we could have handled it better.”
Champagnie finished the game with 17 points, eight rebounds, three assists, and two steals while shooting 5-of-10 from the field and 3-of-6 from beyond three-point line.
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