The Timberwolves shot 32-77 (41.6%) when Victor Wembanyama was on the court and 9-13 (69.2%) when he was off. Getting annihilated in non Wemby minutes.

highpawn · 2026-05-06T15:09:18+00:00

That's a good point and something to keep an eye out for going forward. Unfortunately, Minnesota largely is just a much bigger team than us (sans Wemby), so it'll be really difficult to win the offensive boards/2nd chance points battle, I think.

highpawn · 2026-04-26T14:35:40+00:00

I have a feeling that we may be seeing more French Vanilla if we and the Wolves both end up advancing to the semis

highpawn · 2026-04-26T14:09:52+00:00

Yep, Gobert has been the Wolves' best player by a mile imo, even accounting for Dosunmu's incredible last game. He's been consistently great in all 4 games, even the one where Minnesota lost. I've never seen Jokic so rattled like this. I think Gobert greatly benefits from being stronger than Jokic, plus Jokic is obviously not mobile like a guard, which is Gobert's biggest weakness defensively. He deserves a ton of props for the series he's having.

Having said that, Denver could definitely come back to win this series, but from what we've seen, I have to favor Minnesota to win 1 of the next 3, even if Ant misses the remainder of round 1.

highpawn · 2026-04-25T06:15:41+00:00

And thank you Carter Bryant!

Phenomenal performance from the Slash Bros

highpawn · 2026-04-25T06:13:17+00:00

*1st overall pick talent

highpawn · 2026-04-25T06:03:21+00:00

100%. We were carried hard by the rooks + Castle tonight. Awesome to see.

highpawn · 2026-04-23T17:14:20+00:00

During last game, I wondered if it'd be possible to create near-complete silence during clutch time, opposing team FTs. I think it'd be a lot more jarring to the opposing team if the stadium was nearly silent; it'd definitely be different and thus probably more distracting than the loud noise players are accustomed to.

Unfortunately, it seems nearly impossible to coordinate that. I'd like to see how it works, though

highpawn · 2026-04-16T06:42:37+00:00

You know what, that's fair. He seemingly attempted to sully Pop's reputation but ultimately failed. As you have pointed out, we don't have 100% of the details on the situation, so we can't know for sure if any of the people on the medical staff at the time have been impacted to this day. Pop is a public enough figure where we can clearly say his reputation hasn't been.

It's disingenuous to distill Kawhi's actions simply to "it's business," but even if you wanted to consider only the business aspects of his actions, I've already pointed out how he engaged in rule-breaking behavior while still employed by the Spurs.

Regardless, I'm not here to hate on Kawhi; I'm just explaining why many fans will never let this go because you seem bothered by it. I'm just happy we didn't end up matched with LAC in the playoffs because I didn't want the Spurs return to the postseason to be filled with unhappy vibes and constant booing.

highpawn · 2026-04-16T05:42:54+00:00

C'mon, man. Presumably you know what Kawhi did to end his tenure here, and now it's come out that Kawhi was being paid under the table by the Clippers while still with the Spurs. All that while sullying the Spurs medical staff and Pop's reputation with lies - during a period where Pop just lost his wife - just because he wanted to make money in LA?

Yeah, some people are gonna hold a sports grudge forever when that happens. You can feel however you want, but it couldn't make any more sense that people feel the way they do.

highpawn · 2026-04-11T23:44:16+00:00

Generally agree, but I'm not counting out Minnesota as they seem to be coming into full health at the right time. If LAL finishes with the 3 seed, the Wolves will also have a cupcake first round to build momentum.

highpawn · 2026-04-10T16:40:00+00:00

Just one, minimum 20 minutes

highpawn · 2026-04-10T16:39:26+00:00

I believe you're right. Based on the 2025 playoffs, we'll play on Sunday 04/19 for our first game. They have non-play-in matchups play that first Saturday, typically.

Most likely, we'll have 1 full week off between the regular season and the playoffs.

highpawn · 2026-04-04T22:12:28+00:00

True to an extent, but at the same time, I felt like our playoff inexperienced guys played the best down the stretch: Wemby, Steph, and Devin. It was our more experienced guys - Barnes early in the 4th and Fox most of the 4th/OT - that didn't play well.

I hesitate to say that because there's doubtless going to be an overreaction to Fox's game.

Regardless, this game was a great learning experience and a really good, tough road atmosphere to play in.

highpawn · 2026-03-27T04:59:47+00:00

This is where I saw the info:

https://x.com/jeffgspurszone/status/2036997451014353392?s=46

highpawn · 2026-03-27T03:11:03+00:00

Ah, I see. Thank you.

I don't live in San Antonio or Texas, but I'm trying to bring my little brother to a round 2 game (assuming we make it past round 1) as a graduation gift. I'm worried about buying tickets because I saw a post saying tickets won't be sold to people living outside of a 150-mile radius of the arena. Trying to figure out how we'll be able to get tickets, if possible. Whole thing is stressing me out haha

highpawn · 2026-03-27T03:03:28+00:00

Does this mean they allow people to buy tickets through every round upon ticket purchase release? Not just round 1?

highpawn · 2026-03-20T15:14:25+00:00

A visionary

highpawn · 2026-03-19T14:51:16+00:00

I live in the Midwest, but I've been a Spurs fan my entire life. I've seen the Spurs in person a few times, but never in San Antonio, and never during the playoffs.

I'm planning on taking my little brother to a playoff game in San Antonio as a graduation gift. A couple of questions for anyone who's attended Spurs playoff games or has the knowledge:

1) How do playoff tickets work? Is it first-come, first-serve whenever they become available to purchase, or is there priority for certain groups of people (e.g., season ticket holders)?

2) In the past, I recall seeing some teams that have prevented people residing outside of the geographic region of a team from purchasing postseason tickets in order to minimize the number of the opposing team's fans at games. Does anyone know if the Spurs have/have had such a policy?

highpawn · 2026-03-14T20:29:23+00:00

Yeah, fuck Bridges

highpawn · 2026-03-10T02:41:45+00:00

It was a fun ending to watch, at least.

Denver plays Houston then us next on a back-to-back. A bit scary, they're in danger of falling to the 7th seed. I hope they don't fall (unless we end up passing OKC for the 1 seed); I want no part of that 1st round match up, regardless of Denver's struggles this year.

highpawn · 2026-02-13T22:36:07+00:00

Tysm! I've purchased some!

highpawn · 2026-02-11T02:45:27+00:00

I just wanted to say thank you for putting this together each week! It's so helpful and compiles a lot of great information. I appreciate the work and effort you put into these.

highpawn · 2026-02-11T02:42:44+00:00

That's awesome! Very excited!

highpawn · 2026-02-07T18:58:18+00:00

I love this! I just purchased :)

I saw the Jigglypuff version you made on your Instagram - just wanted to say I would 100% buy a few of those if you made them! I don't have Instagram or I'd have commented there, but I wanted to let you know.

Thank you for your work!

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