Coming off a win vs the Philadelphia 76ers, the Spurs traveled to Toronto to tackle the Raptors. What adopted was full and utter domination from the tip-off to the top. After the Spurs outscored the Raptors 36-16, they didn’t take their foot off the gasoline. They stole the ball 15 occasions and cashed within the Raptors’ 22 turnovers into 30 factors. The Spurs finally received 123-89.
Devin Vassell led the best way with 25 factors on 11 of 14 taking pictures, six rebounds, three assists, two steals, and a block. In one among Dev’s most effective video games of the season, the Spurs’ supporting solid responded with lockdown protection. Dev’s sizzling taking pictures solely spells nice issues to shut out the season.
Two-way participant! Dev will get the steal and outraces everybody for the breakaway slam!
Julian Champagnie had a strong sport with 20 factors, 5 rebounds, three steals, two assists, and a block. Imagine it or not, that is Julian’s first sport scoring 20+ factors since December sixth the place he dropped 30. He drained 4 threes whereas displaying off his pickpocketing abilities with three steals.
BUZZER-BEATER PUTBACK! Julian slams residence the Jeremy Sochan miss on the buzzer to shut out the third!
Stephon Citadel dropped 15 factors, 5 rebounds, an help, a steal, and a block. Having performed solely 20 minutes, Steph made probably the most of his restricted time by taking pictures eight of ten from the free-throw line. Aggressive Steph at all times means nice issues for the squad.
Endurance is vital! After the Harrison Barnes steal, Steph runs the fastbreak with Dev, just for Dev at hand him the ball again for the simple slam!
Harrison Barnes dropped 10 factors and three rebounds. HB splashed two threes, together with this wide-open laser from the nook!
Jeremy Sochan dropped 9 factors, 5 rebounds, two assists, two steals, and a block. Taking a backseat to Bismack Biyombo after beginning the final two video games, Jeremy nonetheless made probably the most off the bench in 20 minutes, together with displaying off the hops on this alley-oop slam!
Blake Wesley dropped eight factors, 4 assists, three steals, and a rebound. Blake has been enjoying properly since he began getting key minutes off the bench. His vitality and hustle has been a spark plug for this group, particularly on protection. Right here, he picks off Scottie Barnes’ move and slams it residence on the opposite finish!
Chris Paul dropped two factors, six assists, and a rebound. Have you ever ever performed NBA2K and stored urgent the shoot button a number of occasions? That’s precisely what CP3 did to Colin Castleton to get house for the open middy!
Malaki Branham dropped 4 factors and an help. It’s good to see Malaki get enjoying time even it comes throughout a blowout. He even obtained an and-one end! Take a look at the bench go loopy!
Total, this was a dominant win for the squad. Actually punishing one other group’s errors and capitalizing means their probabilities of getting again into the sport dwindle. Discover how most of those highlights got here off a steal. Having a defensive identification is paying homage to playoff-contending Spurs groups, and it may possibly solely assist this group’s chemistry to finish this season and to start out subsequent season.
Lastly, listed below are the total sport highlights.
The Spurs tackle the Detroit Pistons in Little Caesar’s Area this Tuesday at 6:00 P.M. (CST) on FDSN-SW.
