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The San Antonio Spurs can breathe a little easier. Behind 36 points from Devin Vassell, the team defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 129-115 on Friday to snap a franchise-record 18-game losing streak and improve their record to 4-20. San Antonio's last win had been on Nov. 2. It was a career high in points for Vassell, who shot 12-of-19 from the field (5 of 10 from 3-point range) with six rebounds and three assists. Victor Wembanyama chipped in 13 points, 15 rebounds, five assists, two steals and two blocks. The Spurs jumped out to a double-digit lead early in the first quarter against the Lakers, who were missing Anthony Davis (groin), D'Angelo Russell (migraine) and Cam Reddish (knee). The lead peaked at 25 points in the second quarter, but the Lakers battled back to cut it as close as four points before halftime. San Antonio reasserted control with another run early in the third quarter. Even against a shorthanded Lakers team, the Spurs will take a win after coming so close against the same team two days earlier. The Spurs fell 122-119 to the Lakers, who had Davis but not LeBron James, on Wednesday, nearly erasing a 20-point fourth quarter lead. Meanwhile, the NBA's longest losing streak remained intact Friday. The Detroit Pistons were blown out 124-92 to bump their run of losses to 22, six short of the NBA record set by the Sixers in 2015.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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