Even though the San Antonio Spurs are missing their centerpiece in Victor Wembanyama, they have additional great young players in Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell, and De'Aaron Fox. On Tuesday night against the Brooklyn Nets,
De’Aaron Fox broke a tie with a 20-footer with 2.6 seconds left for the last of his 20 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Memphis Grizzlies 130-128 on Saturday night.
Devin Vassell, who broke out of a slump in the second game vs ... scorer in each of the last two seasons as well as this year before the trade for De'Aaron Fox. Now it's teammate Stephon Castle who's struggling. And it correlates to a bad Spurs stretch.
De’Aaron Fox won the inaugural Clutch Player of the Year award for good reason. On Saturday night, he reminded everyone of that with a game-winning pull-up from the elbow that gave a shorthanded Spurs team a win on the road against the Grizzlies.
De’Aaron Fox broke a tie with a 20-footer with ... seven assists to help the Spurs end a four-game losing streak. Devin Vassell matched Fox with 20 points, and Jeremy Sochan added 18.