{"id":399896,"date":"2026-11-08T14:43:57","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/?p=399896"},"modified":"2026-11-11T07:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T07:34:08","slug":"unstoppable-runners-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbamaniacs.com\/en\/unstoppable-runners-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Unstoppable runners-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Not only are they joint leaders of the Western Conference<\/a>, level with the Thunder and the Lakers (8-2), but they are the form team in the NBA, as their run of eight consecutive victories shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After shaking off the rust with which they began the season, falling to two big opponents in the Rockets and OKC, they have picked up steamroller momentum, taking advantage of a kind schedule, with the Timberwolves as the only truly serious opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last night’s game could have been one too, had they had their full squad. But the Portland Trail Blazers hosted the Spurs at the Moda Center with blunted extremes. No Ja Morant on the perimeter and no Robert Williams III in the paint. Would the outcome have been different with them? We don’t know, but without them the defeat was emphatic: 103-125.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was an opportunity, on the other hand, to rescue Yang Hansen from obscurity and to do it in style; against none other than Victor Wembanyama, the top contender for MVP alongside Luka Doncic and SGA, and to answer the challenge with his first NBA double-double: 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Chinese centre, whose maximum in the rotation over the previous five games was thirteen minutes. Against San Antonio he went up to twenty-six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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