Two proud franchises battled it out with out their generational, once-in-lifetime, worldwide superstars (I’m actually not attempting to pour salt on the Mavs’ wounds, simply nonetheless actually shocked that commerce truly occurred in actual life). The snake-bitten rivals from the north aspect of I-35, nonetheless, didn’t go quietly into the Texas sundown (an additional hour’s price!). Harrison Barnes led all gamers with 29 factors whereas Devin Vassell chipped in 24 factors. Stephon Fortress and Keldon Johnson every scored 14 and 28, respectively to steer the Spurs bench.
Harrison Barnes known as up Father Time (or slid into his DMs as at this time’s youngsters’ dad and mom say today—I feel Gen Alpha has moved on to weirder lingo) and instructed him to carry off because the wily ahead uncorked a season-high veintinueve on a scorching 12 -14 from the sphere and a Carolina Reaper-esque 4 – 6 from downtown. Man was simply on hearth.
I imply does this seem like the knees of a grizzled NBA veteran that’s taking part in in his thirteenth season? No, it seems just like the springy knees of Tim Duncan in his 18th season however after mainlining some Da Bomb sizzling wings for that additional kick (notice: First We Feast shouldn’t be a sponsor, however I wouldn’t say no if I had that authority—which I don’t. I checked.).
It was so clairvoyant of me to declare Stephon Fortress as bona fide rookie of the 12 months candidate approach again when the season first began, similar to again when the season first began I appropriately predicted that the Mavericks would commerce Luka Dončić to the Los Angeles Lakers for Antonio Davis and ah by no means thoughts—nobody would ever imagine that.
In case you gradual this sequence down 1.5x, it seems like Keldon Johnson, Sandro Mamukelashvili, and Devin Vassell every took turns operating right into a rubber wall of defenders and bouncing the ball backwards till KJ drains the jumper.
Devin Vassell danced his approach into the paint for this powerful two. The swingman is having fun with an offensive renaissance in his final 6 video games, scoring within the double digits and averaging 19.8 throughout that span.
De’Aaron Fox easily glides up excessive for the dunk. Fox’s current peformances have been muted in his previous few video games, however the star guard will definitely look to construct as a lot chemistry together with his new teammates as doable for the remainder of the season.
Positive, Vassell makes a cradle shot into the basket and the gang goes wild, however I strive the identical factor with my spouse’s potted Monstera and abruptly I’m now not allowed round her “valuable infants.”
I’m a nasty, uninformed Spurs fan as a result of I didn’t understand Fox is left-handed. I needed to ask my Google Residence gadget “Is De’Aaron Fox left or proper handed” interrupting my daughter’s stream of Disney songs, which she was not comfortable about.
It was price her temporary anger to substantiate my suspicions after seeing Fox throw a frozen rope throughout the court docket to an open Fortress.
In case you missed the sport since you have been too busy spam-emailing Sean Evans to ask Tim Duncan to the following episode of “Sizzling Ones,” listed below are the full-game highlights:
Subsequent up, the Spurs stay at dwelling to play (look ahead to it) the Dallas Mavericks once more! The rematch happens on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
