Kevin Durant on Gregg Popovich: 'He means so much to me and the game of basketball'
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“We talked after the game. He left me a nice bottle of wine. I know we drank one together after we won gold. We have some incredible memories even though it was a short amount of time in Japan.”
Devin Booker on Gregg Popovich.
Coached him to Olympic gold in Tokyo. #Suns #Spurs pic.twitter.com/QvROydTrs2 – 12:20 AM
Gregg Popovich saw this coming: Takeaways from Suns blasting Spurs #Suns #Spurs azcentral.com/story/sports/n… via @azcentral – 12:05 AM
“He means so much to me and the game of basketball.”
Kevin Durant on Gregg Popovich as he watched Spurs play while in college at Texas.
“Just a real human being.”
Popovich coached Durant to Olympic gold.
Hugged before game.
“Tell him I love him.”
Wine bottle incoming. #Suns pic.twitter.com/5sJ3AMmx8P – 12:05 AM
“I love playing. I don’t really be tripping, but it’s always good to see us play good, solid ball from 1st quarter to the 4th.”
Kevin Durant as Suns led by as many as 32 and never trailed in 131-106 win over Spurs.
On defending Victor Wembanyama: “It was a team effort.” #Suns pic.twitter.com/b0Si9tFGVO – 11:59 PM
Players with 300+ points this month:
Luka Doncic
Kevin Durant
Jayson Tatum
And Jalen Green. pic.twitter.com/Pjvgpgqjyx – 10:35 PM
Final: PHX 131, SAS 106
Booker: 32 Pts, 9 Ast, 7 Reb, 14-24 FG
Durant: 25-4-4-3, 12-16 FG
Beal: 13 Pts, 12 Ast, 6-10 FG
Gordon: 12 Pts, 4-5 3P
Wembanyama: 13 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast, 5-7 FG
Suns with 36 assists to 10 team turnovers (most of which came in garbage time) – 10:10 PM
The minute totals for Booker and Durant will be in the top-5 of their lowest for the season. Suns haven’t had many of these types of blowouts and another on Monday would be welcome for them before the gauntlet begins on Wednesday. – 9:55 PM
#Suns probably looking to rest Booker and Durant the whole 4th quarter.
Lineup: Beal, Gordon, Bol, O’Neale and Eubanks.
Up 103-74 with 11:25 left in 4th. – 9:45 PM
3Q: Suns by 32. PHX wins the 3Q by 14.
Keldon 14 pts
Wemby in 21 mins: 13 pts, 5 reb, 4 ast, 1 blk
Jones 10 pts
Booker 32 pts
Durant 25 pts
Gordon 12 pts
Beal 11 pts
2s and 3s: Suns +40
FTs: Spurs +8 – 9:43 PM
End of 3Q: PHX 103, SAS 71
Booker: 32 Pts, 9 Ast, 7 Reb, 14-24 FG
Durant: 25-4-4-3, 12-16 FG
Beal: 11 Pts, 11 Ast, 5-9 FG
Gordon: 12 Pts, 4-4 3P
Wembanyama: 13 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast, 5-7 FG – 9:43 PM
Nurkic threw a lob that Durant and Booker both went after. Durant finished it.
Laughter all around and Beal did the pat on top of head move for someone getting dunked on.
#Suns up 84-56. – 9:27 PM
Devin Booker and Kevin Durant have combined for 45 points.
They’re scoring from almost anywhere on the floor
Suns by 26 pic.twitter.com/083RjMTPT7 – 9:25 PM
#Suns 65 #Spurs 47 Half.
Same 18-point halftime lead for Phoenix (63-45) when San Antonio came back to win, 115-114, Halloween at Footprint Center
PHX: Durant 17 points, Booker 16.
SAS: Wembanyama 11. – 9:10 PM
Half: Suns by 18. PHX wins the 2Q by 9.
Wemby in 14 mins: 11 pts, 4 reb, 2ast, 1 blk
Durant 17 pts
Beal 16 pts
2s and 3s: Suns +21
FTs: Spurs +3
SA shooting 24% from three – 9:04 PM
Halftime: PHX 65, SAS 47
Durant: 17 Pts, 4 Reb, 8-12 FG
Booker: 16 Pts, 5 Reb, 5 Ast, 7-12 FG
Beal: 6 Pts, 8 Ast, 3-5 FG
Gordon: 9 Pts, 3-4 FG
Wembanyama: 11 Pts, 4 Reb, 4-6 FG – 9:03 PM
Suns needed a half like this. Up 19 now with 14 apiece from Book and KD while holding the Spurs to 34% shooting – 8:54 PM
Durant 14, Booker 14.
Bol pull up jumper. #Suns up 53-34 as Nurkic scores.
3:25 left in half. – 8:53 PM
#Suns current lineup: Booker, Allen, Durant, Bol, Nurkic.
Thoughts. Phoenix up 45-31 with 5:30 left in 2nd quarter. – 8:50 PM
#Suns current lineup: Booker, Allen, Durant, Bol, Nurkic.
Thoughts. Phoenix up 43-31 with 6:30 left in 2nd quarte.r – 8:49 PM
1Q: Suns by 9. Suns holds Spurs under 20 points.
Wemby in 7 mins: 6 pts, 3 reb, 1 blk
Booker 12 pts
KD 6 pts
2s: Suns +12
FTs: Spurs +3
Spurs struggling from three again, shooting 1/9 – 8:34 PM
End of 1Q: PHX 26, SAS 17
Booker: 12 Pts, 5 Reb, 5-9 FG
Durant: 6 Pts, 3-5 FG
Allen: 4 Pts, 2-4 FG
Wembanyama: 6 Pts, 3 Reb, 1 Blk – 8:34 PM
Durant drive w/Wembanyama on bench. Timeout #Spurs. #Suns up 13-8 with 6:46 left in 1st. – 8:19 PM
The Suns have KD guarding Wemby and Nurkic guarding Sochan.
Nurkic is roaming in the paint and leaving Sochan wide open from three, to be around in case Wemby tries to attack inside – 8:16 PM
Sochan being out there allows Durant to go on Wemby. Nurkic OK with leaving him.
Wemby in a drop and Booker targeting that early. – 8:15 PM
Durant guarding Wembanyama. #Suns force turnover first #Spurs possession as Wemby forced pass. – 8:11 PM
Starters for Spurs vs Suns:
Jones vs Booker
Vassell vs Beal
Champagnie vs Allen
Sochan vs KD
Wemby vs Nurkic
The Suns are favored by 10. – 7:49 PM
“He’s advanced in so many areas.”
“He likes to play on the perimeter, but we’re forcing the issue a little bit inside on the block. Last time I checked, he’s pretty tall.”
“He’s a wonderful listener.”
“He wants to be great.”
Gregg Popovich on Victor Wembanyama. #Spurs #Suns pic.twitter.com/rAYWRqgTuX – 7:02 PM
“On the one hand, I haven’t watched them all, because I don’t care. Last time I checked, we won two or three games. So I spend my time looking at my film and seeing what we can do. Not being a wise guy, it’s just true. I already know those guys.”
Gregg Popovich on #Suns Big 3. pic.twitter.com/wGuEqKDTft – 6:58 PM
“I think we’ll probably beat them the same way we did those 1st two games.”
A joking Gregg Popovich as Spurs beat Suns twice in Phoenix 4th, 5th game of season.
“That was preseason, warmup, try to break a sweat for them. We took advantage of it. This is a new day.” #Suns #Spurs pic.twitter.com/e6AT5JL7gX – 6:31 PM
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