Despite not having Victor Wembanyama in action on Monday night, the San Antonio Spurs pulled off a big upset win over the Phoenix Suns.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Wembanyama's left ankle injury isn't too serious and listed his chances of playing against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night in Salt Lake City as "a little better than 50-50."
Picking up that 104-102 win over the Suns without him, however, made the outcome all the sweeter for San Antonio (16-56).
"That's a big win," Devin Vassell shouted over the P.A. system after the game. "That's a big win."
Jeremy Sochan scored 26 points, including a big 3-pointer down the stretch, and hauled in a career-high 18 rebounds to fill the void left by San Antonio's Rookie of the Year candidate.
"He's a key piece we are missing, and I think that makes us, we need to be more connected in that sense if we are missing him," Sochan said of Wembanyama. "We got to do stuff he does, whether that's defense, rebounding...
