<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-harrison-barnes-shares-striking-admission-streak-busting-loss-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Harrison Barnes shares striking admission about streak-busting loss to Lakers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Harrison-Barnes-shares-striking-admission-about-streak-busting-loss-to-Lakers.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Harrison Barnes shares striking admission about streak-busting loss to Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-27T23:41:45-08:00">November 27th, 11:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-27T23:41:45-08:00">November 27th, 11:41pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs saw their four-game winning streak snapped with a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, 119-101, as LA in turn ended their three-game skid. While the Lakers have overcome their third-quarter woes, the Spurs also didn’t have enough production from their players. For instance, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-makes-lebron-james-look-old-huge-throwdown">Victor Wembanyama had a nifty dunk over LeBron James</a>, but he only scored 20 points on 9-20 shooting, and 2-9 from three. Afterward, Spurs wing Harrison Barnes had something to say about their loss to the Lakers.</p><p>“We know <a href="https://x.com/JeffGSpursZone/status/1862013488853381444" rel="noopener">it wasn’t our best game</a>, and I think we all owned it,” the 12-year NBA veteran told reporters, via Spurs beat writer Jeffrey Garcia on X, formerly Twitter.</p><h2><b>Spurs end 4-game win streak</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Harrison-Barnes-boxing-out.jpg"><figcaption>© Christopher Creveling-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Harrison Barnes was right in that his team didn’t play up to the standards they’d reached in their recent win streak, which included a victory over the surging Golden State Warriors.</p><p>For instance, they failed to take advantage of the Purple and Gold’s tendency to fall asleep in the third quarter, a bad habit dating to last season that appeared in their last two embarrassing blowout losses to the Nuggets and the Suns.</p><p>Moreover, San Antonio looked like the older team, allowing the Lakers to do whatever they wanted on offense. For instance, LA outscored them 58-42 in the paint and out-rebounded them 46-38–most likely part of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jj-redick-change-nba-cup-loss-suns">JJ Redick’s adjustments after the Suns loss</a>.</p><p>The Spurs also missed several defensive rotations in the half-court, and failed to stop the ball in transition, one LA’s strengths since LeBron joined the team in 2019. As a result, the visiting team led for most of the game, with San Antonio’s rallies falling short each time.</p><p>Likewise, the team also failed to limit the Lakers’ role players. New starter Dalton Knecht scored 20 points on 8-15 shooting, while D’Angelo led the bench unit with 17 points and five assists.</p><p>Knecht also scored the last five points that sealed the game, stretching the lead to 19 with four minutes left in the game and forcing the opponent to empty the bench.</p><h2><b>Outlook</b></h2><p>“I thought our <a href="https://www.poundingtherock.com/2024/11/28/24307939/running-on-empty-lethargic-san-antonio-spurs-lose-to-los-angeles-lakers-victor-wembanyama-lebron" rel="noopener">physicality and conviction</a> at the start of the game wasn’t there,” Spurs acting coach Mitch Johnson, filling in for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-gregg-popovich-health-issue-gets-serious-revelation">Gregg Popovich, recovering from a mild stroke</a> he suffered in early November. “That was disappointing, especially in a game where you have an opposition that is not going to give you anything.”</p><p>Still, the Spurs saw Devin Vassell return from injury, who had a solid game with 14 points off the bench.</p><p>Moving forward, the (10-9) Spurs will face Harrison Barnes’ former team, the (9-10) Kings, struggling despite the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-land-demar-derozan-in-sign-and-trade-deal">offseason addition of DeMar DeRozan</a> and the stellar play of De’Aaron Fox, who scored 49 points in their November 17 over the Utah Jazz.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Harrison Barnes shares striking admission about streak-busting loss to Lakers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/how-harrison-barnes-positively-impacts-spurs-growth');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Harrison Barnes positively impacts Spurs’ growth');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/How-Harrison-Barnes-has-positively-impacts-Spurs-growth.jpg"></figure><h1>How Harrison Barnes positively impacts Spurs’ growth</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T05:46:13-08:00">November 26th, 5:46am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T05:46:13-08:00">November 26th, 5:46am</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Had you told San Antonio Spurs management when they were looking to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-kings-bulls-spurs-demar-derozan-trade">trade for Harrison Barnes this summer</a> that he’d win Western Conference Player of the Week to cap the first month of the season, they might not have believed you. Make no mistake, they’d take it and they obviously thought he’d contribute, but their pursuit of the 32-year-old forward came because of everything but stat lines.</p><p>“I don’t really have too many expectations coming into games offensively,” Barnes told Cluchpoints about his recent output.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Talked following Sat’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spurs</a> W with Harrison Barnes about his recent offense output that’s now led to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBA</a> Western Conference Player of the Week</p><p>“For me, I don’t really have too many expectations coming into games offensively”</p><p>Not your typical POW</p><p>Full answer⬇️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PorVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PorVida</a> <a href="https://t.co/Aba92gssfv">pic.twitter.com/Aba92gssfv</a></p><p>— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1861283169904799799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Consider it a bonus then that Barnes joins the NBA’s Eastern Conference POW Giannis Antetokounmpo for the week ending November 24.</p><h2>Harrison Barnes adds scoring punch for the Spurs</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/San-Antonio-Spurs-forward-Harrison-Barnes-40-celebrates.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In three starts during the week for the shorthanded Spurs, Barnes helped lead the young team to a 3-0 record with wins against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Utah Jazz, and Golden State Warriors, two of which sit near the top of the West standings. The steady forward often described as a “true pro” <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barneha02.html" rel="noopener">averaged 22.3 points</a> and 8.7 rebounds while shooting .618 (21-34) from the field and .600 (9-15) from three-point land.</p><p>Coming into the season, Barnes averaged 14 points per contest through twelve seasons in the league. But over the last seven days, he posted three straight games with 20 or more points and recorded his first double-double since April 3, 2022, finishing with 25 points and 10 rebounds in a season-high 36 minutes vs. Utah on November 21. In 100 minutes of play across the three games, Barnes didn’t turn the ball over.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/victor-wembanyama-injury-return-sparks-insane-fourth-quarter-surge-stephen-curry-warriors">His 22 points against a Warriors</a> franchise with whom he entered the NBA and won a title, came with Victor Wembanyama back in the line-up after a three-game absence.</p><p>“We talked about Victor’s passing, being able to cut and move off him. He draws so much attention, [teammates] get open shots. C.P. [Chris Paul], Steph [Stephon Castle]; those guys in a pick and roll – drawing to, probing, making the right reads. For me, it’s just a matter of being active and taking the shots if they come to you,” Barnes told Clutchpoints.</p><p>In his first 14 games of the season, Barnes averaged 9.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game.</p><p>“I think it’s mostly just reading and reacting off the guys who are out there,” Barnes responded to ClutchPoints’ question about how he navigates looking for offense within the Spurs sets, especially with Wemby back.</p><p>“Sometimes you get more shots than others, but I think the biggest thing is just being active, moving,” he continued.</p><p>Now in his 13th NBA season, Barnes set an NBA record for the latest into a career for a player to win a Player of the Week award for the first time, passing Mike Conley and Jrue Holiday who both accomplished the feat in their 12th NBA seasons. He’s the first Spur to earn Player of the Week honors since DeMar DeRozan in 2020.</p><p>Acting head coach Mitch Johnson admits that while the organization thought he’d play well this season, he’s not quite comfortable talking expectation regarding to one of his starting forwards.</p><p>“He’s been extremely efficient. He’s been able to do that over his career. Expectation, I’m not sure, but I wouldn’t say we’re surprised either.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Harrison Barnes positively impacts Spurs’ growth

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-harrison-barnes-honoring-gregg-popovich-absence');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Harrison Barnes gets real on ‘honoring’ Gregg Popovich during absence');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Spurs-news-Harrison-Barnes-gets-real-on-honoring-Gregg-Popovich-during-absence.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Harrison Barnes gets real on ‘honoring’ Gregg Popovich during absence</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-22T15:38:21-08:00">November 22nd, 3:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-22T15:38:21-08:00">November 22nd, 3:38pm</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the San Antonio <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-gregg-popovich-message-to-san-antonio-in-wake-of-mild-stroke">Spurs forge forward without Hall-of-Famer Gregg Popovich</a>, they do so with his presence very much in mind. Veteran forward Harrison Barnes, acquired this summer via trade, hasn’t played many games for the winningest coach in NBA history. That doesn’t mean the magnitude of not having one of the greatest of all-time escapes him.</p><p>“I think that the best way that we can honor him is to go out there and just compete as hard as we can and execute and win,” Barnes said.</p><p>Popovich won five NBA championships while his Tim Duncan-led Spurs became fixtures at or near the top of the league over three decades. The 32-year-old Barnes played under “Pop” for Team USA during the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The 75-year-old coach’s current absence started after the fifth game this season.</p><p>“Pop is, there’s nobody who can fill that void,” Barnes said. “What he brings, what he’s brought, what he’s established, I think everyone – coaches, players, staff – everyone is doing their part to make sure that we’re making him proud every single night.”</p><h2><b>Spurs leaning on new leadership amid Gregg Popovich absence</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Harrison-Barnes.jpg"><figcaption>Kelley L Cox-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The night the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-gregg-popovich-return-timeline-unclear-mild-stroke">Spurs lost Popovich for the foreseeable future</a> because of a mild stroke, they eventually improved to 3-3. Ten games later, they’re still at .500. Mediocre by most standards, the Spurs won just 22 of their 82 games last season. Mitch Johnson <a href="https://x.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1859823906950889487" rel="noopener">is serving as the franchise’s acting head coach</a>.</p><p>“I think you always want to build upon previous games,” Johnson said. “Hopefully, you take away something even from the losses but I definitely think we’ve showed ourselves a little bit and now can hold ourselves accountable to some of the good stuff that we’ve show the last two games for sure.”</p><p>Wins vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz have been especially impressive considering San Antonio was missing Victor Wembanyama, Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan in each. Though, the Spurs needed a big second half to avoid a loss to now 3-12 Utah.</p><p>“I didn’t think we came out with good energy. I didn’t like our reactions to some of the things that happened in the first half, the body language, confidence – or lack thereof. It felt like we were indecisive. Give Utah credit for that. Obviously, they’re well coached and they came out playing with a lot of pace,” Johnson said, sounding a lot like Popovich.</p><p>“I didn’t like how we reacted to some mistakes and it felt like we had some better moments than it probably felt like. It felt like we poked ourselves in the eye a couple of times. We’d get a turnover and dribble off our foot or we’d miss a lay-up and they’d come down and get a bucket off that.”</p><p>Thursday night vs. the Jazz represented the kind of game the Spurs would’ve lost in the last couple of years.</p><p>“I thought we did a good job of regrouping in the second half and keeping it together.”</p><p>It appears missing Popovich isn’t the only difference so far for the 2024-2025 Spurs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Harrison Barnes gets real on ‘honoring’ Gregg Popovich during absence

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-harrison-barnes-uses-experience-lead-crunch-time');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Harrison Barnes uses experience to lead in crunch time');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Harrison-Barnes-uses-experience-to-lead-in-crunch-time.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Harrison Barnes uses experience to lead in crunch time</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-21T04:45:23-08:00">November 21st, 4:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-21T04:45:23-08:00">November 21st, 4:45am</time><address><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LedesmaHector">Hector Ledesma</a>Hector Ledesma has been covering the Spurs in San Antonio since 2005, but he has been following them for even longer than that. An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>San Antonio Spurs forward Harrison Barnes has made the playoffs in five of his 12 full seasons in the NBA, including two trips to the Finals, a championship and a berth two years ago. At 32 years old, the former Golden State Warrior, Dallas Maverick and Sacramento King is an old man on a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-news-keldon-johnson-posterizes-shai-gilgeous-alexander-in-kentucky-on-kentucky-basketball-crime">Spurs squad that has Keldon Johnson</a> as its longest-tenured player.</p><p>Barnes was instrumental in San Antonio’s shorthanded <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-mark-daigneault-credits-keldon-johnson-spurs-collapse">upset of the Oklahoma City Thunder.</a> The University of North Carolina alum scored 20 points in 32 minutes, several coming in a crucial fourth quarter.</p><h2>Harrison Barnes helps Spurs’ fourth-quarter stand</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Harrison-Barnes-uses-experience-to-lead-in-crunch-time-2.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Despite playing without Victor Wembanyama, Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan, the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHKdnOpQyOI">Spurs outscored OKC by 13 in a third quarter</a> that opened up what was a tied game at the half to a 21-point advantage. The Thunder then began to chip away.</p><p>ClutchPoints asked Barnes if, as Oklahoma City was mounting a run to get within six, he vocalized any messages to his young teammates.</p><p>“There was a lot of communication because we’ve been in that situation earlier this season. We’ve seen how turnovers can let a team back into it, obviously. We get that stop, we’re on the break, Steph [Stephon Castle] throws that lob to Zach [Collins]. We have a turnover that ends up a score on the other end.”</p><p>“I think it’s just always having that communication of just valuing the ball and knowing that we’ve done 36, 40 minutes of work, whatever it is, to put ourselves in this position,” the 2012 first-round draft pick continued.</p><p>Barnes’ 20 points Tuesday night were second most on the squad behind Johnson’s 22 in what may have proven the Silver and Black’s most impressive win given who they were missing against the then 11-3 Thunder.</p><p>“Let’s not give it back just being careless.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Spurs postgame</p><p>Asked Harrison Barnes if he offered advice to his young teammates when OKC was getting back into the game in the 4th quarter…</p><p>“There was a lot of communication…”</p><p>Full answer ⬇️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spurs</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoSpursGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoSpursGo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PorVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PorVida</a> <a href="https://t.co/aybsXPYTdb">pic.twitter.com/aybsXPYTdb</a></p><p>— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1859144624343810055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2>Barnes notices a different Spurs team</h2><p>Tuesday night’s contest at the Frost Bank Center represented a second meeting against OKC already this season. The Spurs lost 105-93 in Oklahoma on October 30.</p><p>“The biggest thing that Mitch [acting head coach Mitch Johnson] told us before the game was just go out there and be aggressive. We’re going to make mistakes. I think the first time that we played them, we didn’t approach it with the same energy and force that we needed to play with. I think guys were maybe overthinking, being timid, things like that,” Barnes said.</p><p>The Thunder, who sit near the top of the Western Conference standings and are expected to make another long playoff run after falling in last year’s second round, were without standout big man Chet Holmgren for this second meeting. Considering the Spurs were without three key pieces, including Holmgren’s rival Wembanyama, another factor proved more telling.</p><p>“I think the biggest thing for us was just going out there and playing with energy, knowing we’re going to make mistakes, having the full confidence of the coaching staff behind us and seeing how it plays out.”</p><p>It’s effort that helped San Antonio break a two-game skid in winning their fourth out of their last seven contests.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Harrison Barnes uses experience to lead in crunch time

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An award-winning journalist born and raised in San Antonio, Hector has worked across all types of television and radio platforms. His work extends online and through social media (@HectorLedesmaTV) where he continues that work with ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A San Antonio Spurs franchise that’s lived in the NBA Playoffs for the better part of its existence is looking to get back. Newly a<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-spurs-won-3-team-trade-kings-bulls">cquired veteran Harrison Barnes</a> outlined what it’ll take for one of the youngest teams in the league to reach the second season.</p><p>“It starts with the habits,” Barnes answered when asked by ClutchPoints how he manages expectations considering the Spurs’ reality.</p><p>“When it comes to game time, it’s just executing the little things, not letting two minutes, four minutes go here or there, helping young guys understand that any game can create momentum, positive or negative, in a season,” the 13th year forward continued.</p><h2>Harrison Barnes candid on playoff talk</h2><p>ClutchPoints asked the five-time playoff participant, who was a member of the 2015 champion Golden State Warriors, about postseason possibilities for an organization that hasn’t been there since 2019.</p><p>Barnes actually experienced something similar recently.</p><p>“For a long time in Sacramento, we were trying to end the playoff drought there, but it just starts with building good habits – in training camp, in practices,” Barnes, who joined the Kings the same season as the last time the Spurs qualified for the playoffs, responded.</p><p>“One game that you should’ve lost that you won may lead to a four-game win streak, which may change the season,” Barnes added.</p><p>“Last season, talking to guys, some of the losing streaks were extremely difficult and it kind of took the air out of the season. I think it’s just staying locked in and sustaining the focus to do the little things.”</p><p>San Antonio suffered a team-record 18-game losing streak that started in the fall of 2023.</p><h2>Barnes sees advantages to Spurs youth</h2><p>Outside of Barnes and fellow off-season addition Chris Paul, Zach Collins ranks as the oldest Spur. He’s 26 years old. It speaks to the youth of a rotation <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/spurs-victor-wembanyama-shifts-learning-expectations-to-winning-entering-2024-25-season">led by 20-year-old Victor Wembanyama</a>.</p><p>“The beauty of it is the energy level. Being youthful and having energy, that’s going to keep you in a lot of games but I think the message that’s going to be preached a lot this season is going to be sustaining. Can we sustain our focus? Can we sustain the level of detail necessary, not only in the second quarter but also in the third and fourth. I think that’s going to be a big thing for us,” Barnes pontificated.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">At <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spurs</a> Media Day</p><p>Asked Harrison Barnes how he views the playoff expectations that his younger teammates are set on this season.</p><p>“It starts with the habits…”</p><p>Complete answer ⬇️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoSpursGo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GoSpursGo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PorVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PorVida</a> <a href="https://t.co/sSrAnPcSAo">pic.twitter.com/sSrAnPcSAo</a></p><p>— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1840968600430977511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 1, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In winning seven of their final eleven games last season, a Spurs team that was shorthanded by then avoided the worst record in franchise history.</p><p>“You have guys who’ve played in late game experience toward the end of the season when it comes to seeding and things like that and some guys haven’t,” Barnes said.</p><p>Last year marked the second straight 22-win season and the fifth straight in which the Spurs finished with a losing record.</p><p>“How do you do that all on the fly and set up the expectation to win and want to make it to the postseason?”</p><p>It’s a question the young Spurs hope Barnes already has an answer for.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.6	4.0	1.6	0.2	0.3

2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
10.6	4.0	1.6	0.2	0.3

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