Spurs complete a perfect February

« You told me about it first, so to cut through the noise… I guess we could take the microphone to him? », send a Victor Vembanyama teasing a reporter who questions him about the Spurs’ ability to stay focused despite the attention their current streak is generating.

With the win in Brooklyn last nightThe Spurs won their 11th in a row to have a perfect month of February (11-0). This is just the third time in franchise history that the Texans have gone a month undefeated. And for the first time since March with 16 wins during the 2013/14 season.

« that’s nice. We feel like we’ve accomplished something. Looking back, I guess you could say it was a satisfying month. I think we only had one win by less than ten points. That doesn’t mean everything was perfect, not at all. But in hindsight, since it’s never going to be perfect, it’s pretty useful », qualifies the Frenchman.

In this series, his team won by an average margin of 14 points showing, according to Mitch Johnsondiversity to win. ” That’s the hallmark of a team that’s growing, that’s continuing to learn about itself, and that doesn’t have an identity where one, two or even three players will take most of the shots every night. So there is strong collective participation from both sides of the field, and that is what we require », notes the coach.

In terms of shot distribution, seven players were served against the Nets with 12 points or more, and all starters with at least eight shots on a night where the Spurs had 36 assists on 43 shots.

There is no way to win

« If we look at this month more closely, there was no man who had a historic streak or just one way to win every night. We’ve faced many different styles of teams, with very varied game patterns. Some guys had ‘their’ night, so to speak. Others have not experienced theirs, at least as far as shooting is concerned », continues Mitch Johnson.

As if they would better emphasize that the Spurs did not fall into “Wembey addiction” in this series. Proof, in his last two outings, the Frenchman settled for just 12 points on average. Half his average in the previous 9 games (25 points and 12 rebounds).

The person in question appreciates that his training, with this series, has gained consistency, ” one of the weak points » Spurs. ” I’m thinking specifically about the loss to Utah at the end of 2025, after a good run of big games, we had some pretty mediocre losses. As a team that has potential, that is growing and has some success early in the season, for me those are things that we have to go through “, he judges.

His coach sees ” a sign of maturity for a team that at one point probably depended too much on its dynamics. At the beginning of the season we were still trying to figure out this regularity. I find it rewarding to have struggled this month, or to have faced teams and circumstances that forced us to find other ways to win », term Mitch Johnson.