If you're one of the skeptics who repeatedly reminded the optimists what a small sample size the five wins were, then you must also acknowledge that one loss is a smaller one. Nothing went right for the Spurs last night, and it took a complete outlier of a game for someone to stop the roll the Silver and Black were on to start their season.
The Spurs' loss to Phoenix was due to several factors
Let me count the ways... Victor Wembanyama scored nine points. He's only been held to double-digits five times in his career, so that's not something you can really count on to continue.