The Spurs discovered themselves residing out Groundhog Day in late February with a repeat loss to the New Orleans Pelicans by way of giving up a late lead for the second time in as many match-ups with their Southwest Division rivals.
Devin Vassell led the workforce with 20 factors, and De’Aaron Fox chipped in with 15 factors and an unbelievable 6 steals for the sport. Chris Paul and Bismack Biyombo every notched a double-double with Paul scoring 12 and shelling out 10 assists whereas Biyombo supplied plus anticipated worth on his second 10-day contract with 10 factors and 12 rebounds.
Fox made up for an inefficient taking pictures night time by stealing the present with 6 swipes on the defensive finish. We received a teaser of the Fox/Victor Wembanyama expertise earlier than the All-Star break, but it surely’ll be wheels up subsequent season seeing this duo on the defensive facet with Fox assuredly taking extra excessive threat/excessive reward gambles defensively realizing Wemby is patrolling the paint behind him.
Demise, taxes, and Keldon Johnson taking it robust to the ring. Additionally, I don’t imply to get political, however fudge brownies > paying taxes. Don’t flood my inbox with hate mail please, simply out right here offering highlights to each red-blooded American. My e-mail is absolutively not nicoharrisonsecretspursfantogetlukatradedoutofdivision@gmail.com
Sandro Mamukelashvili got here in scorching from out of body on the final minute like Sting swooping down right into a triple-cage metal match on the final minute in a battle between nWo and nWo Wolfpac. I peg Mamu as a Wolfpac disciple, and there’s nothing you may say to persuade me in any other case.
Incredulously, De’Aaron Fox discovered Harrison Barnes within the nook for a 3 with this last-second dime. The previous Sacramento Kings/present San Antonio Spurs teammates displayed an otherworldly show of ESP as if Fox knew all alongside the place Barnes would arrange store and drew the protection in to get his man open.
You name it on-court chemistry, I name it . . . on-court chemistry too. I’m not right here to quibble.
On this sequence, I simply love how frenetic and decisive Fox is together with his motion: he glides into the tooth of the protection and coolly threads the ball to an open Jeremy Sochan who virtually casually lays it in like, “Yeah, I knew my PG was going to search out me all alongside proper in time earlier than the buzzer goes off. Ho hum. Give me one thing tougher: like what are the mathematical odds the Atlanta Hawks miss the playoffs, the Spurs make the play-in, aaand we get Cooper Flagg?”
De’Aaron Fox is routinely doing two-way issues on the basketball courtroom that Travis Hunter is getting further media consideration for. Fox would make an awesome nook again/broad receiver within the NFL, however I feel few would argue he made the correct choice to see how this NBA gig works out.
You’ll be able to’t inform, however the refs disqualified Chris Paul on this play for not taking a shot however quite passing it to an open Bismack Biyombo for the dunk. Talking of the All-Star Expertise Problem, return and take a look at Paul and Victor Wembanyama’s run. I’ve by no means seen CP3 smile that massive or look happier. There must be a rule the place you can’t disqualify a 20-year NBA veteran from a ceremonial exhibition occasion for having pure pleasure together with his 21-year-old teammate. CHRIS PAUL WAS DRAFTED INTO THE NBA WHEN WEMBANYAMA WAS ONE-YEAR-OLD!
Nearly forgot that Paul performed in opposition to his former workforce, the New Orleans Pelicans. Nicely, they had been the Hornets again when he ran with them, and have become the Pelicans when Paul went to the Clippers. Contemplating they performed the Phoenix Suns final week, one other former workforce of Paul’s, and so they’re taking part in the Houston Rockets on Wednesday, one other former workforce of Paul’s, don’t assume I forgot that Glenn “Huge Canine” Robinson II received a hoop with the Spurs again in 2005 both.
What does that need to do with the Pelicans, Chris Paul, or the Saturday Night time Stay fiftieth Anniversary Particular that I nonetheless want to look at? Nothing. I simply miss watching Victor Wembanyama play basketball. Right here’s wishing good well being to him and Gregg Popovich.
Should you missed the sport since you had been too busy remembering the knuckle calendar mnemonic to find out what number of days February has left, listed here are the full-game highlights:
Subsequent up, the Spurs head nearer to residence with a date in Houston to tackle the Rockets on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
