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Victor Wembanyama fires challenge at Spurs after needing another huge comeback to beat Blazers
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On Sunday afternoon, the San Antonio Spurs moved ahead 3-1 in their first round playoff series against the Portland Trail Blazers with a blowout 114-93 road win. While it might be hard to imagine considering the final score, the Spurs at one point trailed this game by 19 points, before thoroughly dominating the game in the second half en route to the victory.
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It was the second straight game in which the Spurs trailed by 15 or more points and still emerged victorious, and after the game, San Antonio star big man Victor Wembanyama , who returned in this game after suffering a concussion earlier in the series, issued a challenge to his team.
“We need to find the answers before having our backs against the wall,” Wembanyama said, per Michael C. Wright of ESPN. “But that also shows the strength of our team. In adversity, we stick together. We get closer to each other. We feed off each other’s energy.”
Head coach Mitch Johnson also shouted out his team’s poise after falling behind early on the road in both Game 3 and 4.
“On the road, it’s probably four or five times that in terms of where the game can slip away and that other team can ride some momentum. They’ve shown tremendous gall in the response of where we have been a few times in the second half in the last two games,” he said.
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The Spurs now appear to have averted the danger zone after things got dicey when the team choked Game 2 at home, with Wembanyama leaving that game due to a concussion.
The Spurs will look to close this series out and advance to the second round for the first time in nine years when they next hit the floor on Tuesday evening for Game 5 at home.
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