Victor Wembanyama tasted the playoffs before his time

Awkward and pushed, Victor Vembanyama still heavy in The Spurs won in Detroit. The All-Star pivotwhose name is circulating more and more in the MVP race, he collected 21 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 blocks! However, in front of him was the best team in the east and interior who play hard.

“I don’t think it’s a game where we learn the most about ourselves, but it’s obviously a game where we confirm our progress and potential. It was a good test.” Wembi believes. “It was a tough night shooting. That’s their way: if they don’t want you to score, they don’t let you score! And that’s why I talked about the progress: tonight everyone was connected. In the second half, on both ends of the court, but throughout the match, everyone was connected offensively. And the statistics show that: we had six players who shot more than 110.”

As after the win against the Magic, Wembanyama insists on it the desire of the Spurs to play basketballand not engage in trench warfare. “Everybody ate tonight, if you know what I mean. Because we were connected and because we fought against the wall the whole game. We tried to make it a real basketball game, to score, and the only way to do that is to pass the ball.” he continues.

Vembanjama thinks he goes to ground too often

Faced with a rough and provocative formation, the Frenchman did not try to save himself nor lightly. And once again we saw him on earth. Every time the Spurs tremble, but everything is fine. It’s just that Vembanyama prefers to go to the ground rather than fight. Especially since it can cost teammates points…

“Sometimes I think I fall too much. But sometimes you have to fall, because otherwise you waste energy trying to stay awake.” he shades. “For example in the action with Cade: the previous action, I tried to go for contact, to be physical, and Devin took a 3-pointer. This does not “penalize” the behavior of the defender. And if I go to the side and he fouls me, then it punishes the action. So sometimes the fall is not a bad thing, even if I think I fall too much.”

In the end, if he believes it was a “good test”, Wemby first of all got a taste of the playoffs, which he never experienced.

“I don’t know what the playoffs are, but I know we’re going to need things like this.” he concludes, invoking the defense of Castle Stephon. “It’s definitely a top-5 physical game. If you look at the season as a whole, they’re probably the team most suited to play that way. They attack rebounds, they force tough shots, they try to play very physical, hard…”