The San Antonio Spurs keep winning high-stakes games without Victor Wembanyama. Each player has doubled their payday to $106,187 if they go no further in Emirates Cup Play, and the two-way contracts get half of that. A neutral court in Las Vegas awaits them for a date with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the semifinals on Saturday as they try to pull off the upset.

Manu Ginóbili posted that he was pleased to have missed his bedtime for one of the team’s top wins of the season. They derailed the Lakers’ transition offense and were sharp in ball security and rebounding, although the stat that might catch everyone’s attention is that they had 20 fastbreak points at intermission when leading by a dozen.

Consider how it took beating two reputable teams, the Denver Nuggets and the Los Angeles Lak

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