The San Antonio Spurs acquired into their resort in Orlando at 4 a.m. on Wednesday. Simply 14 hours later, the Spurs needed to battle for 48 minutes to drag out a victory within the second recreation of a back-to-back. De’Aaron Fox made clutch performs on the offensive finish, and Luke Kornet had probably the greatest defensive performs of the season as time expired to seal a 114-112 win for San Antonio.
In a tie recreation, with about 6 seconds left on the clock within the fourth, Fox went 1-on-1 with Franz Wagner, getting by the Magic wing solely to be met by stout defender Jonathan Isaac. Fox needed to put up a shot with time expiring. Isaac acquired his hand caught within the cookie jar and was referred to as for a reach-in foul whereas Fox was taking pictures. After nailing each free throws, the Magic had the ball sideline out of bounds with 1.4 seconds left, simply sufficient time for a clear look. Wagner caught the ball over Julian Champagnie on the block, pump faked, and went up for the layup. Seemingly out of nowhere, Kornet got here flying in to erase the shot and safe the victory for San Antonio.
Fox led all scorers with 31 factors and added 5 assists within the victory. Dylan Harper chipped in with 16 factors, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists off the bench, together with some clutch buckets within the fourth quarter. Wagner and Jalen Suggs led the way in which for the Magic. Suggs had 24 factors and three steals, however fouled out with 25.6 seconds left within the recreation. Wagner had 25 factors and 6 assists.
The Spurs will journey north for a matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday, the place they’ll look to increase their successful streak to a few video games.
