On Tuesday evening, the San Antonio Spurs continued their winning ways with a blowout win over the Sacramento Kings. The win gave the Spurs their 19th win in their last 21 tries and allowed them to keep pace with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference.
In this, the Spurs made an astonishing 41 assists, and also broke the franchise record of 25 threes.
After the game, point guard De'Aaron Fox, who was playing against his former team in the Kings, spoke about why San Antonio was able to enjoy so much success on Tuesday night.
X, formerly of Twitter, said, "We enjoy playing together," he said, according to Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News. "We enjoy seeing each other succeed. It makes sharing the ball a lot easier."
Indeed, the Spurs have shown a remarkable team chemistry this year, despite this being the first full season this group has been together.
Of course, the head of the snake is superstar Victor Wembanyama, who didn't have to do all that much in Sacramento on Tuesday, but the Spurs' front office deserves credit for building an elite supporting cast around the former number one overall pick, which includes Fox, last year's Rookie of the Year Stephen Cassel and an assortment of solid three-and-D wings, not to mention this year's rookie standout, Dylan Harper.
It's extremely rare that teams make deep playoff runs on their first attempt in the postseason, but this Spurs team may be the exception to the rule, as Wembanyama estimates there will be many sleepless nights for whichever coaching staff is tasked with gameplanning against him in a postseason setting.
The Spurs next take the field against a potential playoff opponent in the Phoenix Suns on Thursday evening.
