San Antonio Spurs Extend Win Streak to 11 in NBA Cup Rout; Ravens Suffer Lamar Jackson Injury Blow
Stephon Castle and Victor Wembanyama propelled the red-hot Spurs to their 11th consecutive victory in a 123-85 dismantling of Golden State, while the NFL landscape was upended by news of Lamar Jackson’s multi-week absence.
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs delivered a resounding masterclass of two-way basketball dominance on Friday night, dismantling the Golden State Warriors 123-85 in Emirates NBA Cup group play to extend their blistering winning streak to eleven consecutive games and solidify their position atop the Western Conference standings.
Dynamic guard Stephon Castle spearheaded the offensive onslaught with a season-high 32 points on dazzling 12-of-17 shooting, while generational center Victor Wembanyama exerted complete defensive dominance inside the paint. Wembanyama needed only twenty minutes of floor time to notch a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double, anchoring a suffocating Spurs defensive rotation that held Golden State—playing without injured superstar Stephen Curry—to a miserable 34 percent shooting performance from the field.
The blowout victory advanced the Spurs to a pristine 11-1 regular season record, their best start to a campaign since the championship eras of the late 2000s. Elsewhere across Friday night's cup slate, Houston Rockets center Alperen Şengün authored a historic 43-point masterpiece to outlast the Utah Jazz, while the Los Angeles Clippers executed a thrilling 113-112 comeback upset over the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder despite a 40-point clinic from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Meanwhile, seismic developments rocked the professional football landscape as the Baltimore Ravens confirmed that two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson suffered a severe lower-extremity injury that will sideline him for six to ten weeks. The devastating medical update severely jeopardizes Baltimore's AFC North title defense and throws the conference playoff picture into chaos, forcing backup quarterbacks into high-leverage roles as the NFL enters the second half of the regular season schedule.
With college football bowl races tightening, the Las Vegas Raiders preparing rookie Fernando Mendoza for his first career start against Seattle, and the Patriots and Lions staging their historic international clash in Munich on Sunday, mid-November is delivering an exhilarating, high-stakes chapter across the American sports calendar.
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