The San Antonio Spurs started the game minus an injured Tim Duncan and were soon without coach Gregg Popovich following a fiery ejection.
The Spurs needed an emotional and physical lift against the tenacious Minnesota Timberwolves, and they got it on the massive shoulders of 7-foot-3 rookie Boban Marjanovic.
Marjanovic scored 17 points on 7-for-7 shooting, helping San Antonio hold off Minnesota 101-95 on Monday night to remain undefeated at home.
«I feel happy because I am part of this win,» Marjanovic said. «In the first half we played like, so-so, and in the second half much better and we showed we are a team. We showed in bad times that we can be a good team.»
San Antonio joined the 1978 Portland Trail Blazers and 1986 Houston Rockets as the only Western Conference teams to open a season 18-0 at home.
San Antonio sigue invicto en condicion de local, pese a tener un arranque frente a Minnesota Timberwolves sin Tim Duncan lesionado y sin su tecnico Gregg Popovic suspendido….
Los Spurs necesitabana esta victoria y para ello tuvieron una jornada emotiva y con gran aporte del novato Boban Marjanovic de 7’3 quien aporto 17 puntos en una serie de 7-7 ayudando a San Antonio a la victoria 101-95 en la noche para mantener el invocto en casa que ahora los tienen 18-0, igualados con Portland Trail Blazers de 1978 y los Houston Rockets de 1986 como los unicos equipos de la Conferencia del Oeste que han tenido una racha de comienzo de temporada como locales de 18-0…