Is this LeBron’s final season?
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What game did the Spurs win and what were the implications?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily presented by Amazon Prime for January 29th, 2026. I'm Dave DeFore here with Zena Kata coming up. The Spurs pick up a big win in the West. We talked to Dan Wojcicki about LeBron and we were wondering, is this his last season?
Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Zena. How's it going?
Always wonderful after you see a great night of basketball.
Yeah, it wasn't bad. I mean, listen, it's the schedule is kind of up and down right now. There's bad weather stuff affecting everything. But, you know, we get a big Knicks Raptors game. We're going to talk to S in a minute because he was there for that game. But first, before we get to that, Houston, San Antonio, big Western Conference matchup. And I have been doubting the Rockets.
How did the Knicks perform against the Raptors?
I spent the first two and a half quarters of this game being ready to eat crow on the show. OK, and, you know, look, we found out yesterday that Stephen Adams had season ending surgery on on that left ankle that he injured. And this has been one of my big concerns about them. And every single one of my concerns about the Houston Rockets came back. to fruition the last 18 minutes of the basketball game. The Spurs win 111-99, and largely, Zena, because the Rockets don't generate enough threes. Their offense doesn't have enough rhythm, really, when you're able to sag off a men Thompson the way that the Spurs were able to and just dare him to shoot. That worked, and without Steven Adams, they weren't owning the offensive glass, so they weren't getting those second-chance points.
It was a rough night for the Rockets, and they started out so well.
They really did, and the Spurs were able to recuperate in the second half, which is huge considering the fact that they weren't at home. They're still getting back to having Devin Bissell back into the lineup, and they came in. You were like, it looks like the athleticism for Houston and just the – Ability to create shots and hit them is going to outlast the Spurs, but thank God for Victor Webinyama. Ended up with 28-16 for the night, 13-9 in that fourth quarter. He really came alive, but it was a full team effort, incredibly balanced.
Is this potentially LeBron James' last season?
You saw Devin Bissell doing what he needed to do, not only from a defensive end, but also just being able to organize this team, which is always great, being able to allow De'Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle and everyone to be in the right places out on the floor when you have him. He's such a connector for their different lineups. You saw Victor Wemenyama be good all the way throughout a game, which is so huge, especially against an opponent like this. We've seen Victor Wemenyama be phenomenal, be absurd, make crazy plays, have crazy games, have crazy stat lines. But it's been a matter of, can he do it consistently? Can he do it back to back? And being able to do this against a team like the Rockets that
Technically not at full health, especially with Steven Adams out. But they had Tari Eason back. They had Jabari Smith Jr. They had the length. And Clint Capella is not a center I would scoff at.
Well, again, the first two and a half quarters, the offensive rebounding was there. I mean, look, when you look at the box score, 17-8 offensive rebounding advantage for the Rockets. The problem was that it dried up in the second half, right? Like, it's just...
And the Rockets went one for six from three. Right. And that was a change, right?
What are the challenges faced by the Houston Rockets?
We were in the first quarter like, I was going to eat crow about the whole comment we keep making about the Houston Rockets can't shoot. Reed Shepard was out there shooting. Jabari Smith Jr. was out there shooting. Albert Changoon found a shot. I mean, it was just threes galore, it felt like, in the first half. And then all of a sudden, you recognize and realize, ooh, these are the Rockets we're talking about. And you realize how much, how much pestering Stephon Castle can do. Because he was on... Kevin Durant I was gonna say Kavon Durant he was on Kevin Durant like white on rice it was annoying he was in his jersey and then that and you saw Houston resort back to what they do when defense picks up if physicality picks up they go one-on-one a lot and that's when their offense kind of shut down
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What game did the Spurs win and what were the implications?
0:07–0:59
2
How did the Knicks perform against the Raptors?
0:59–2:23
3
Is this potentially LeBron James' last season?
2:23–3:30
4
What are the challenges faced by the Houston Rockets?
3:30–5:25
5
How did Victor Wembanyama impact the Spurs' game?
5:25–6:47
6
What were the main issues with the Raptors' performance?
6:47–21:49
7
What did LeBron's tribute video reveal about his emotional state?
21:49–30:49