By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
From a 13-point deficit to a 27-point lead, the Miami Heat took down the San Antonio Spurs, 128-107, in Kaseya Center.
Opening the NBA Sundays schedule, the team coached by Erik Spoelstra snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 21-20 in the Regular Season.
Serbian Nikola Jovic chipped in 16 points with 6/9 field goals, including four three-pointers in a team total of 17/31 from beyond the arc. Off the bench and playing just under 24 minutes, he added five assists, two rebounds, and two steals. Swedish teammate Pelle Larsson checked in four the last two minutes and scored two points. After a split in meetings with the Spurs and Denver Nuggets in Miami, a three-game homestand ends with the Portland Trail Blazers visiting on Tuesday.
On the losing end of Sunday’s matchup, French Victor Wembanyama posted a 21-point, 10-rebound double-double alongside three assists and one block over 30 minutes as the team guided by Mitch Johnson dropped to 19-22 and two games outside the West’s Play-In zone with a third loss in a row. Heading to the capital of his home country, the Spurs will clash with the Indiana Pacers in Paris on Thursday and Saturday.
With his injury updated to a bilateral lumbar spine bone bruise, Polish Jeremy Sochan was ruled out for a fifth straight game. Georgian Sandro Mamukelashvili lasted nine minutes, tallying four points, two assists, and one rebound. French Sidy Cissoko had four points and one rebound in two minutes.