{"id":372513,"date":"2025-12-28T06:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/372513\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T06:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:35:50","slug":"shai-gilgeous-alexander-following-0-3-mark-to-spurs-we-have-to-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/372513\/","title":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander following 0-3 mark to Spurs: ‘We have to get better’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Spurs defeated the Thunder 117-102 on Christmas Day, moving them to 3-0 against the league-leading squad this campaign. All of the defeats have come in the last two weeks, including the NBA Cup semifinals. <\/p>\n

“You don\u2019t lose to a team three times in a row in a short span without them being better than you,\u201d Gilgeous-Alexander said following the game, according to Yahoo’s Kelly Iko<\/a>. \u201cWe have to get better, look in the mirror, and that\u2019s everybody from top to bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Thunder were unable to get their offence rolling on Christmas: they shot just 39 per cent from the field and 25 per cent from three. They also managed to hold reigning MVP Gilgeous-Alexander to 22 points on 7-of-19 shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we learned that when you play a team multiple times in short stretches, there\u2019s a familiarity obviously that it breeds,\u201d Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson told reporters. \u201cAnd when you play a team of this calibre, the details are that much more magnified, and I thought we did a phenomenal job as the game progressed at adhering to those details and nuances.\u201d<\/p>\n

OKC is 0-3 against the Spurs, but 26-2 against the rest of the NBA. While San Antonio has now improved to 23-7, which is just two-and-a-half games behind the Thunder for the league’s best record.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing that defines us is we’re going to try and use the weaknesses of other teams,\u201d the Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama told reporters. \u201cWe can use everybody on the court. We\u2019re never going to let the talent of one guy take away from the collective. That\u2019s what allows us to beat great teams like that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Spurs defeated the Thunder 117-102 on Christmas Day, moving them to 3-0 against the league-leading squad this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-372513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}