Unlocking the Spurs’ Secret: What’s Fueling San Antonio’s Unstoppable Rise in the NBA?
The Spurs have outscored opponents by a whopping 179 points in the 323 minutes that Wembanyama has played during the streak — far and away the highest plus-minus in the NBA in the month of February. That averages out to plus-25.9 points per 100 possessions, with San Antonio scoring like the best offense in the NBA and allowing a mere point per possession in his minutes.
Whether he’s incinerating an opponent to the tune of 40 points in three quarters, like he did to the Lakers, or mitigating a down shooting night by simply suffocating them, as he did to the Raptors in the fourth quarter on Wednesday or the Nets on Thursday, the sheer geometry- and probability-warping power of how Wembanyama deploys his dimensions necessarily makes every game he appears in about him. That kind of gravity has a way of bending outcomes in your direction; when Wemby’s on the floor, performing like this, things seem to go the Spurs’ way a whole hell of a lot.



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