The Spurs outlasted one other short-handed opponent for his or her second win in a row. Victor Wembanyama led the staff with 29 factors, 11 rebounds, and three blocks. Harrison Barnes contributed 19 factors, and De’Aaron Fox scored 17, whereas Stephon Fort chipped in 18 off the bench.
Congratulations to De’Aaron Fox on his 900th profession 3. Right here’s to 900 extra and all hopefully with the Silver and Black.
You may’t train imaginative and prescient and chemistry, however good factor Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Fort have each in spades.
OK Carter Bryant, I used to be not accustomed to your recreation. Apparently the rookie has been grinding tape of Chris Paul lobs. Talking of which, CP3 goes to be a Spur proper? I imply the nice guys are the second seed in a stacked West, and possibly they might use the depth, basketball knowledge, and veteran presence—he’ll carry the identical tenacity and accountability that the Clippers wished no a part of?
Focus on amongst yourselves. I’ll throw in a second topic to debate: For the sake of random chaos, let’s carry again these artificial basketballs the NBA tried to make use of 10 years in the past after which subsequently ditched to return to the previous leather-based balls as a result of the gamers complained (moderately so) that it tore up their palms like paper cuts.
On Thursday night time, you can not cease Cooper Flagg, you may solely hope to comprise him. Dylan Harper did his greatest with this recent and so clear block on the rookie large man. Whereas Flagg has the unenviable process of shouldering the Mavericks franchise within the aftermath of Luka Doncic’s commerce to L.A. and Anthony Davis’s commerce to Washington, Dylan Harper has been afforded each alternative to develop and develop his recreation with the Spurs.
The members for the 2026 3-Level Contest haven’t been finalized with solely Charlotte Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel being the primary confirmed participant. To that time, I feel we’re all ready for Wembanyama’s invite. He may simply casually step over every cart after coolly draining threes from every space behind the arc. I’m quite occupied with him creatively discovering a method to acquire a bonus just for officers to step in and declare it “unlawful,” much like final 12 months’s abilities contest with Chris Paul.
You can’t spell so environment friendly planchettes with out Stephon Fort. However you don’t want a Ouija board to have the clairvoyance to know that Fort made probably the most of his 21 minutes off the bench, scoring 18 factors, knocking down 7 boards, dispensing 6 assists, and swiping 3 steals.
When you surprise how Fort may very well be so environment friendly in so little minutes, it’s on account of performs like this the place he has a steal and an help in beneath 10 seconds flat.
Fort neatly turned down the invitation to reappear within the Slam Dunk Contest as a result of you already know they’re simply going to unearth Mac McClung from the depths of house to return rumbling in on the final minute in entrance of a panel of biased and misguided judges? Yeah, I mentioned it and am nonetheless salty over final 12 months’s snub for Fort.
Which bears a respectable thought train: The NBA shouldn’t announce who’s taking part within the dunk contest. What if we turned the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest into an unhinged, chock filled with shock, professional wrestling-style extravaganza? Think about an over exuberant Kevin Harlan on his fifth cup of espresso dropping his thoughts when he sees a thriller participant come down the ramp, “OH MY GOODNESS I CANNOT BELIEVE IT . . . IT’S . . . ANTHONY EDWARDS!! AND HE’S WEARING A CAPE!! WHY DID HE JUST HIT RUDY GOBERT HIS OWN TEAMMATE IN THE BACK WITH A METAL CHAIR? WHO CARES?! HE’S ABOUT TO THROW DOWN A REVERSE, INVERTED, 360 BACK FLIP ONOMATOPOEIA BOOMSHAKALAKA DUNK OVER A WALL OF FLAMESSS! I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE!!”
When you missed the sport since you had been too busy cataloguing each Macho Man Randy Savage monologue, listed here are the full-game highlights:
Subsequent up, the Spurs return to San Antonio for a right away rematch with the Mavericks on Saturday, February 7, 2026.
