Here’s what Mitch Johnson and Harrison Barnes said following the team’s road loss in Minnesota.
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves 141-124 on the road. The Timberwolves scored a season-high 141 points in their win over the Spurs.
De’Aaron Fox scored 22 points and three rebounds, Keldon Johnson scored 13 points, and Chris Paul had seven points and seven assists.
Jeremy Sochan added five and three rebounds. Stephon Castle finished with 20, and Harrison Barnes recorded 15.
Victor Wembanyama will miss the remainder of the season due to deep vein thrombosis, and Charles Bassey did not play due to an injury.
The Spurs are 26-36 this season and will take on the Mavericks Monday night in San Antonio.
Here’s a sample of what the teams said after the game.
Mitch Johnson:
“Give them (Minnesota) credit they played a good game, they made some tough shots. I thought first half we got lost a few times off the ball, screens that hurt us, the offensive rebounds crushed us, I think they hit four, maybe five in the first half alone, not sure in the second half but that’s seven or eight right there just in the offensive rebounds and then just getting lost on off ball screens and we know they’re gonna hit some tough ones.”
“Yeah, it was difficult. You know, we’re in a tough stretch here, defensively you know, we haven’t been great, but I think it’s starting to go back. Seeing what things, we can pull from this game, and we turn around tomorrow.”
Donte DiVincenzo:
“We had a lot of assists tonight, what was it 30 plus? 38, yeah that’s great basketball. We can play many different ways, and I think we’ve been proving that over the last couple of games.”