To say the Spurs were short-handed coming into Sunday’s game versus the Western Conference-leading Phoenix Suns was an understatement. In addition to big men Jakob Poeltl, Jeremy Sochan and Dominick Barlow, forward Doug McDermott was a late scratch. Over on the wing, Josh Richardson joined Blake Wesley on the bench. By game’s end, Romeo Langford would join the group in street clothes with a right ankle sprain sustained late in the first half, but more concerningly, Devin Vassell went to the locker room late in the fourth and did not return. Even the coaching staff was thin, with head coach Gregg Popovich remaining sidelined as he recovers from a minor medical procedure.
Injury-depleted Spurs team drops 11th straight to Phoenix Suns
