<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-12-word-lebron-james-message-signed-jersey');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets 12-word LeBron James message on signed Lakers jersey');   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/2025/12/Stephon-Castle-and-LeBron-James.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets 12-word LeBron James message on signed Lakers jersey</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-11T08:36:09-08:00">December 11th, 8:36am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-11T08:50:25-08:00">December 11th, 8:50am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs have had to play the past few weeks <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-miss-lakers-game-calf-injury">without their star Victor Wembanyama</a>, but it hasn’t been a problem for them, as they’re still winning games. They recently got a big win against the Los Angeles Lakers and have advanced to the NBA Cup semifinals, where they will face the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>One of the big reasons for their win was the play of Stephon Castle, who finished with a team-high 30 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists. He laid the dagger in the Lakers down the stretch of the game with a big 3-pointer. With the stat line, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-joins-spurs-legends-impressive-feat-lakers-nba-cup">he became only the third player</a> in the franchise’s storied history to have 30+ points, 10+ rebounds, and five or more assists in a game by the age of 21.</p><p>After the game, Castle received the ultimate praise from LeBron James, and was able to <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1999120876453683596" rel="noopener">get his jersey</a> that came with a message from the Lakers’ star.</p><p>“Love everything about you, Young King. Keep going up! Strive for Greatness,” James wrote on the jersey.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LeBron James gifted Stephon Castle a signed jersey after Lakers-Spurs last night with the following message:</p><p>"Love everything about you, Young King. Keep going up! Strive for Greatness."</p><p>(📸: <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>) <a href="https://t.co/sxquAYFHFY">pic.twitter.com/sxquAYFHFY</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1999120876453683596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>At this point in James’ career, it is an honor to get a signed jersey from him. There’s no doubt that Castle deserved it, especially looking at the game that he had. With Castle and the rest of the team, they’ve been playing well enough to weather the storm without their best player on the court.</p><p>The good news is that Wembanyama <a href="https://x.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1998994051836899434" rel="noopener">is making progress</a> to get back on the court, and it would not be a surprise if he returned as soon as the semifinals.</p><p>“(He could return) very much so. He had a very good day today. He had a good intent day this morning, and we’ll have to see how he responds and reacts tomorrow,” head coach Mitch Johnson said via Jared Weiss of The Athletic.</p><p>Having the Spurs at full health will be big for them as they face off against the best team in the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets 12-word LeBron James message on signed Lakers jersey

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-joins-spurs-legends-impressive-feat-lakers-nba-cup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Spurs legends with impressive feat vs Lakers in NBA Cup');   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/2025/12/San-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-reats-after-a-basket-and-a-foul-called-on-Los-Angeles-Lakers-guard-Luka-Doncic-77-during-the-first-half-at-Crypto.com-Arena.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Spurs legends with impressive feat vs Lakers in NBA Cup</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-11T04:40:56-08:00">December 11th, 4:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-11T04:40:56-08:00">December 11th, 4:40am</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>Move over, Tim Duncan and Victor Wembanayama. Make some room for Stephon Castle. The reigning Rookie of the Year joined the greatest power forward ever and a player who may go down as one of the absolute greats in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-deaaron-fox-incredible-bucket-lakers-austin-reaves" rel="noopener">San Antonio Spurs’ 132-119 victory vs. the Los Angeles Lakers</a> in the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup.</p><p>Castle became only the third player in the franchise’s storied history to have 30+ points, 10+ rebounds, and five or more assists in a game by the age of 21.</p><p>The former UConn star’s 30 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists all marked team highs in the organization’s first trip to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-dylan-harper-stephon-castle-nba-cup-quarterfinals-lakers">knockout round of the league’s in-season tournament</a>.</p><h2>Stephon Castle’s performance vs. Lakers continues great season</h2><p>The 21-year-old’s outstanding night came in only his second game back after missing three weeks with what the Spurs designated a left hip flexor strain. He played well in a victory vs. the New Orleans Pelicans on December 8 with 18 points, five assists and five rebounds. And he put up those numbers in just 23 minutes <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-stephon-castle-listed-as-questionable-for-pelicans-game">upon his return</a>.</p><p>He played just four more minutes vs. the Lakers in amassing the aforementioned numbers on his way to a 10/14 shooting night from the field.</p><p>For the season, Castle is averaging 17.4 points, 7.4 assists, 5.8 rebounds while shooting 48% from the floor in 31 minutes per game. Those numbers are all significantly up from a season ago when he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-makes-moves-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-contracts">nabbed hardware as the NBA’s best first-year player</a>. Then he averaged 14.7 points, 4.1 assists, 3.7 rebounds, and shot 43% in 27 minutes of action. A reserve for most of last year, Castle started as the season went along with the Spurs decimated by injuries. This season, he’s been in the starting line-up from the get go.</p><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/the-okc-thunder-reason-spurs-must-trade-for-giannis-antetokounmpo" rel="noopener">Spurs linked to Giannis Antetokounmpo trade speculation</a>, either Castle or <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-rookie-dylan-harpers-confidence-continues-to-grow-after-iffy-start-to-year" rel="noopener">rookie Dylan Harper</a> appears to be the player the Milwaukee Bucks would most target as the centerpiece of a possible package. Reports indicate San Antonio has deemed both of them untouchable.</p><p>Continued performances like the one he put up against the Lakers showcase why it’s not hard to see why.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle joins Spurs legends with impressive feat vs Lakers in NBA Cup

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-dylan-harper-stephon-castle-nba-cup-quarterfinals-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle raise stakes for NBA Cup Quarterfinals vs. 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/2025/12/Los-Angeles-Lakers-guard-Luka-Doncic-77-moves-the-ball-against-San-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-during-the-first-half-at-Crypto.com-Arena.jpg"><figcaption> Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle raise stakes for NBA Cup Quarterfinals vs. Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-10T10:19:15-08:00">December 10th, 10:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-10T10:19:15-08:00">December 10th, 10:19am</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">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs may not have Victor Wembanyama for their first-ever knockout round game in the NBA Cup, but what they’ll miss in his talent, they’re making up for in focus. Count <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-rookie-dylan-harpers-confidence-continues-to-grow-after-iffy-start-to-year">dynamic young guards Dylan Harper</a> and Stephon Castle among those who are very much looking forward to facing the Los Angeles Lakers.</p><p>“Try to go win it all,” Harper said of the Spurs’ prospects within the league’s in-season tournament.</p><p>“Big stakes game,” Castle added. “In LA, I mean, it doesn’t get any better than that. So, it should be fun.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Try to go win it all"<br>-Dylan Harper<br>"Big stakes game in LA. It doesn't get any better than that…"<br>-Steph Castle<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spurs</a> set for their 1st <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NBACup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NBACup</a> knockout Rd game tomorrow when they'll face a familiar foe for the 1st time….kind of<a href="https://twitter.com/martinezlawsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@martinezlawsa</a> Report⬇️<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/ezDRarBdW9">pic.twitter.com/ezDRarBdW9</a></p><p>— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1998545641417617554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Though they were competitive in the NBA Cup’s pool play last year, the quarterfinal game in California will prove the Silver and Black’s first foray into its elimination stages.</p><p>And while it’s not the Spurs’ first meeting with the Lakers this season, it will be in several ways.</p><h2>NBA Cup Quarterfinal will feature different Spurs and Lakers teams</h2><p>San Antonio lost in Los Angeles on November 5.</p><p>Not on the court in the 118-116 outcome: Austin Reaves, LeBron James, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-de-aaron-fox-honest-admission-wild-ending-magic-game">De’Aaron Fox</a> or the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-rookie-dylan-harper-has-welcome-to-the-league-reaction-to-road-trip">rookie, Harper</a>. Wembanyama did play that night. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-miss-lakers-game-calf-injury">He won’t this time after the Spurs</a>, amid speculation that he may suit up, ruled him out because of the same calf strain that’s kept him sidelined since mid-November.</p><p>For <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-dylan-harper-breaks-pelicans-back-with-clutch-bucket">Harper, it represents his first shot</a> at one of the NBA’s two most storied franchises.</p><p>“Didn’t get to play in LA the first time,” the former Rutgers star continued. “So, I mean, going to play in LA is fun. But just excited to go out there.”</p><p>With James in the line-up, it also means a shot at one of the game’s all-time legends as well as one of its current premier players.</p><p>“Luka [Doncic] didn’t really come on the scene ’till, like, I was in middle school, high school,” the 19-year-old rookie said. “But, as someone who’s a big guard, you kind of watch him growing up, his film stuff, his pace, his height. He gets to his spots and moves and all of that.”</p><p>Harper then made sure to clarify.</p><p>“But now we’re competing, so just going out there with that mindset of we’re all the same.”</p><p>The Lakers sit second in the season’s Western Conference standings. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-mitch-johnson-real-loss-to-cavs-tough-streak">Spurs hover around the fifth spot</a>, though only a loss separates the two heading into their match-up.</p><p>“It’s the never-ending fight when you play a team sport,” Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson said. “And it’s my job to make sure that we win that battle and impose our will, that we are going to do what’s best for the team every single time, knowing that it won’t happen, ’cause no one’s perfect. But that will be the standard that we play to and strive to play to.”</p><p>The winner will face the winner between the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Phoenix Suns in the semifinals of the West bracket in the NBA Cup. The final four of the tournament takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada. The loser will face the loser between OKC and Phoenix. The Spurs would host that game before their season resumes as scheduled vs. the Washington Wizards on December 17.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Dylan Harper, Stephon Castle raise stakes for NBA Cup Quarterfinals vs. 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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-stephon-castle-listed-as-questionable-for-pelicans-game');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle listed as questionable for Pelicans game');   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/2025/12/Spurs-Stephon-Castle-listed-as-questionable-for-Pelicans-game.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle listed as questionable for Pelicans game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-07T22:57:40-08:00">December 7th, 10:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-07T22:57:40-08:00">December 7th, 10:57pm</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>The San Antonio Spurs appear to be getting half of their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/3-takeaways-spurs-without-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle">one-two Rookie of the Year punch</a> vs. the New Orleans Pelicans. The team lists Stephon Castle as “Questionable” on the injury report published the day before what’s set to be their third meeting against the Pels already this season. Every other injury report the team had put out since the former UConn star suffered a left hip flexor strain had the reigning ROY as “out.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-out-weeks-calf-strain">Victor Wembanyama is still listed as “out.”</a> San Antonio Express News Spurs Beat Writer Jeff McDonald reported that the generational big man participated in the team’s practice the morning of the aforementioned injury report and rated Wemby’s chances of playing in the Spurs December 10 NBA Cup Quarterfinal vs. the Los Angeles Lakers as “iffy.”</p><h2>Stephon Castle set for first game in three weeks</h2><p>On November 16, when the Spurs emerged from the locker room for the second half of a game against the Sacramento Kings, they did so with Castle. He just didn’t play the rest of the way, matching the team’s announcement at the intermission that he wouldn’t return because of a left hip issue.</p><p>The Spurs won that game as well as six of the nine contests they’ve played since then.</p><p>Coming off a season in which he gave the Spurs a second consecutive Rookie of the Year after Wembanyama captured it in 2023-2024, Castle was already eclipsing his own award-winning numbers. His 17.3 points per game compare favorably to 14.7, the assists have gone from 4.1 to 7.5, the rebounding has also improved, from 3.7 to 5.8 as have the steals, 0.9 to 1.7.</p><p>Castle is playing about six more minutes per game, assuming the starting point guard duties, especially since De’Aaron Fox started the season in the injured list.</p><p>Fox, who’s led the team in scoring since mid-November, returned earlier in the month, and the second overall 2025 draft pick, Dylan Harper, is back from a calf strain that sidelined him for about three weeks. The two of them, along with Castle and Wemby, have yet to play a game together.</p><p>With Castle expected back against a New Orleans team the Spurs have beaten twice this season, the Silver and Black are inching closer to that reality.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle listed as questionable for Pelicans game

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/3-takeaways-spurs-without-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle');   ga('set', 'title', '3 takeaways from Spurs stretch without Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle');   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/2025/12/an-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-and-forward-Victor-Wembanyama-1-on-the-bench-during-the-first-half-against-the-Memphis-Grizzlies-at-Frost-Bank-Center.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>3 takeaways from Spurs stretch without Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-02T10:38:23-08:00">December 2nd, 10:38am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-02T10:38:23-08:00">December 2nd, 10:38am</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>After starting the first two weeks of the new NBA year without star De’Aaron Fox, the San Antonio Spurs have been without both <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-wemby-stephon-castle-get-injury-updates-after-win-vs-kings">Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle</a> for the last two-plus weeks. Throw in 2025 second overall pick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-dylan-harper-upgraded-injury-nba-cup-blazers">Dylan Harper’s absence for most of November</a> and the Spurs have already lost perhaps their four best players (definitely their best three) to injury at various parts of this young season.</p><p>It sounds as though the Silver and Black will be without their back to back Rookies of the Year for a little while longer.</p><p>“The updates have been great in terms of they are progressing,” head coach Mitch Johnson said. “They’re on the court, they are doing well. They’re doing really well.”</p><p>The Spurs first year head coach stopped short of giving a timeline for their return though.</p><p>“I hope they continue to ramp up and then how do you feel tomorrow and continue that process that we always do. But, hopefully, those guys are going to be getting a little bit more alive and continuing to progress. They’re doing very well.”</p><p>With their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-gets-tentative-injury-update-on-hip-flexor">dynamic duo out</a>, here are three takeaways from the Spurs time without two of their three leading scorers.</p><h2><b>De’Aaron Fox has picked up the slack</b></h2><p>Wembanyama hasn’t played since November 14 vs. the Golden State Warriors. Castle went out at halftime of the next game. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/deaaron-fox-spurs-special-season-injuries">After scoring 24 in that loss to the Warriors, De’Aaron Fox put up 28</a> in the aforementioned victory against the Sacramento Kings two days later. It’s a trend he’s continued, scoring at least 24 points in San Antonio’s six games since, with the exception of 15 in a victory at the Denver Nuggets and including 37 in a win at the Portland Trail Blazers.</p><p>An NBA All-Star in 2023, Fox is hitting the numbers the franchise envisioned when they traded for him in February. He looks very much like the player who’s averaged at least 25 points per game just about every season since 2020.</p><h2><b>The Spurs are getting surprise performances</b></h2><p>In a 135-126 victory vs. the Atlanta Hawks, the Spurs got 12 points, six assists and five rebounds from David Jones Garcia. While those aren’t earth shattering numbers in pro ball, they stuck out considering <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-summer-league-star-proves-dad-right-with-dream-come-true-moment-vs-hawks">Jones Garcia is already a journeyman at just 24 years old</a>. The organization’s Summer League star took that performance to the NBA for a night.</p><p>When San Antonio clinched the toughest group in the NBA Cup, Julian Champagnie poured in 25 points to help beat the Nuggets in Denver and win Group C. The former St. John’s standout averages 11 points per contest.</p><p>Though not surprising considering they’ve <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-harrison-barnes-sounds-off-surprise-move-clutch-vs-grizzlies">contributed over their NBA careers, Harrison Barnes</a> and Keldon Johnson have put up several performances that have propelled the Spurs.</p><h2><b>The Spurs are good</b></h2><p>Including the game in which Castle went out at the intermission, Mitch Johnson’s team is 5-2 without Wemby and Castle. That includes victories vs. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-devin-vassell-drops-truth-bomb-on-nba-cup-group-win">the Nuggets in a winner-take-all Cup game</a>, a Hawks team that had just lost a five game winning streak, and a Memphis Grizzlies squad that has since won five of the last six.</p><p>On December 10, the Spurs will play in the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. In the meantime, they continue to rank among the top half of the Western Conference.</p><p>Not bad. Especially considering <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-3-players-primed-step-up-victor-wembanyama-absence">they have yet to field a complete team</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 takeaways from Spurs stretch without Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-gets-tentative-injury-update-on-hip-flexor');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets tentative injury update on hip flexor');   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/2025/11/Stephon-Castle-5-dribbles-in-the-first-half-against-the-Sacramento-Kings.jpg"><figcaption>© Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets tentative injury update on hip flexor</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-18T14:35:10-08:00">November 18th, 2:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-18T14:35:10-08:00">November 18th, 2:35pm</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Antonio Spurs have <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1990902733793341949" rel="noopener">provided an update</a> on the status of guard Stephon Castle ahead of their upcoming matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies.</p><p>According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Castle has been diagnosed with a left hip flexor strain and will be re-evaluated in one to two weeks. The 21-year-old missed the second half of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-wemby-stephon-castle-get-injury-updates-after-win-vs-kings">Sunday’s 123–110 win over the Sacramento Kings</a> after being ruled out due to hip discomfort. He logged just 16 minutes in the game, finishing with four points and five assists before exiting.</p><h2><b>Stephon Castle’s injury leaves Spurs shorthanded vs. Grizzlies</b></h2><p>Castle has emerged as one of the Spurs’ key contributors in his second NBA season. Through 13 games, he is averaging 17.3 points, 7.5 assists, and 5.8 rebounds per contest. His absence will be a significant loss for San Antonio as they attempt to maintain momentum during their five-game homestand.</p><p>In addition to Castle, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-out-weeks-calf-strain">Spurs are also without star forward Victor Wembanyama</a>, who is recovering from a left calf strain. Charania reported Monday that Wembanyama is expected to miss several weeks.</p><p>San Antonio, currently 9–4, has been among the early-season surprises in the Western Conference. The team will face the 4–10 Grizzlies on Tuesday night at 8:00 p.m. ET on NBC Peacock. Memphis is dealing with its own injury issues, including Ja Morant, who is sidelined due to a right calf strain and is expected to be re-evaluated in two weeks.</p><p>With two of their core players sidelined, the Spurs will rely more heavily on their bench and rotational depth to keep pace in the West. Castle’s progress over the next two weeks will be closely monitored as San Antonio looks to avoid further setbacks during a promising start to the 2025–26 campaign.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle gets tentative injury update on hip flexor

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-deaaron-fox-obvious-truth-bomb-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-absences');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox drops ‘obvious’ truth bomb on Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle absences');   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/2025/09/Spurs-DeAaron-Fox-1.jpg"><figcaption>Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox drops ‘obvious’ truth bomb on Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle absences</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-17T09:31:39-08:00">November 17th, 9:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-17T09:31:39-08:00">November 17th, 9:31am</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>Without what may very well be three of their four best players, the San Antonio Spurs were trying to hold on and avoid a three-game losing streak. Frankly, it helped that the struggling Sacramento Kings were the opponent. But combine the King’s individual talent with the absence of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-wemby-stephon-castle-get-injury-updates-after-win-vs-kings" rel="noopener">Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle, and Dylan Harper</a>, and securing a win would prove no simple feat for De’Aaron Fox and the Spurs, who were on the court.</p><p>An All-Star in 2023 and one of the NBA’s top consistent scorers for the better part of the last six seasons, Fox has frequently talked about why the Spurs traded for him from Sacramento last February.</p><p>ClutchPoints asked the nine-year veteran <a href="https://x.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1990252965232627791" rel="noopener">if the 123-110 victory represented one of those instances</a>.</p><p>“You kind of still stay within..,,” Fox responded before pausing and clarifying a bit.</p><p>“Yeah, I mean, I try to stay aggressive regardless of who’s out there, but, obviously, not having two guys who have the ball in their hands a lot, yeah, I know I’m gonna have the ball a little more.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A game after the L to GS, the ball was again in De'Aaron Fox's hands</p><p>Talked w/him about potentially taking control given the  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spurs</a> injuries…<br>⬇️"I tried to stay aggressive regardless…but…I know I'm going to have the ball a little more…</p><p>More coming in report…<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PorVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PorVida</a> <a href="https://t.co/cidDeuprMh">pic.twitter.com/cidDeuprMh</a></p><p>— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1990252965232627791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“We had a group of guys that all stepped up, and for me, it’s continuing to try to do what I’m doing and be a little more aggressive, but knowing that I have other guys that are able to put the ball in the basket as well,” the former star at Kentucky added.</p><h2>De’Aaron Fox carries Spurs to shorthanded victory</h2><p>The NBA’s Clutch Player of the Year was coming off probably his roughest outing as a Spur. After losing to the Golden State Warriors in the first of back-to-back contests against the Dubs, the Silver and Black built a ten-point lead more than midway through the fourth quarter. But missed shots and turnovers plagued Fox and the Spurs down the stretch. That included a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-victor-wembanyamas-admission-last-second-deaaron-fox-miss-loss">misfire on a potential game-winner at the buzzer</a>.</p><p>Given his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-trade-grade-deaaron-fox-blockbuster">arrival past the midpoint of last season</a> and surgery on his shooting hand that ended his year prematurely, Fox has played in just 22 games total with the Spurs.</p><p>ClutchPoints talked with Harrison Barnes about Fox’s prowess as a creator and scorer. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-harrison-barnes-called-shot-victor-wembanyama-breakout-mvp-campaign">14-year NBA vet</a> spent five-plus seasons with Fox in Sacramento.</p><p>“Absolutely. I mean, I think this is maybe his fifth, fourth, sixth game back,” Barnes responded, alluding to what he’s seen time and again from Fox over his career.</p><p>“[He] Didn’t have training camp, you know what I mean?” Barnes continued. “I think there’s still a process of him getting his legs underneath him, but he’s starting to get into form, continue to be himself. I think as the season goes on, he’s just going to get better and better. And I think just the collective reps that we get with him as the point guard, him on the floor in different situations, it’s only gonna get better.”</p><p>Fox’s 22 points per game through just five games this season (hamstring injury in the off-season delayed his start) ranks second behind Wemby’s 26.2.</p><p>Although <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/is-victor-wembanyama-playing-tonight-spurs-kings-injury-report">in Wembayama’s absence</a>, Fox is more than comfortable assuming a role he’s known for years – a role the Spurs will need plenty more of if they are to contend.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox drops ‘obvious’ truth bomb on Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle absences

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-wemby-stephon-castle-get-injury-updates-after-win-vs-kings');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Wemby, Stephon Castle get injury updates after win vs Kings');   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/2025/11/Spurs-Wemby-Stephon-Castle-get-injury-updates-after-win-vs-Kings.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Wemby, Stephon Castle get injury updates after win vs Kings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-16T22:15:03-08:00">November 16th, 10:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-16T22:15:03-08:00">November 16th, 10:15pm</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>Already missing the second overall pick in this summer’s NBA Draft, the San Antonio Spurs announced they’d be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/is-victor-wembanyama-playing-tonight-spurs-kings-injury-report">without superstar Victor Wembanyama</a> before they attempted to break a two-game losing streak in a match-up with the Sacramento Kings. A couple of hours later, they shelved their reigning NBA Rookie of the Year, Stephon Castle.</p><p>The Spurs aren’t offering detailed information about either, though their decision regarding Wemby appears grounded in precaution, while Castle’s injury doesn’t seem to be serious either.</p><p>“I think it was just something that he felt. I don’t think there was a specific play,” head coach Mitch Johnson said about Wembanyama.</p><p>The Spurs headed into the Kings contest off two hard-fought games <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-victor-wembanyamas-admission-last-second-deaaron-fox-miss-loss">vs. the Golden State Warriors – both losses</a>.</p><p>“Obviously, we’ve seen around this league recently, the calf tightness thing is not something you want to take lightly,” Johnson added. “So, just got to get some more information and don’t want to push it there.”</p><p>The 7-foot-5 center’s absence marked his first of the season. Asked if an afternoon tip-off following a later-than-usual start time two days prior played a role in the decision to keep their best player out, Johnson didn’t hesitate.</p><p>“Probably not. Calf tightness, there’s certain things that you don’t want it to be a gateway thing or anything like that. So you just need to be clear on what’s going on. So added precaution here.”</p><h2>Mitch Johnson shares latest on Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper</h2><p>Right as halftime vs. the Kings was coming to a close, the Spurs announced that Castle would not return because of a right hip issue. The former national champion at UConn stayed on the bench as opposed to heading to the locker room for the remainder of the afternoon.</p><p>“To be honest, I’m not sure. I believe it’s his hip, but I don’t know anything,” Johnson said afterward.</p><p>“I just was told that he wasn’t coming back in the game. There was no drastic fall or big incident, I don’t believe. Maybe there was a play, but I’m not sure.”</p><p>Castle played 16 minutes, scoring four points and dishing out five assists in the 123-110 victory. The second half represented the first action he’s missed this season.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/how-spurs-dylan-harper-played-summer-league-cooper-flagg">Dylan Harper, whom the Spurs took</a> right after the Dallas Mavericks selected Cooper Flagg in June, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/what-we-know-about-spurs-rookie-dylan-harpers-concerning-calf-injury">has not seen the court since a November 2 setback</a> at the Phoenix Suns. Harper left that contest in the first half of a night that saw the Spurs lose their first game of the year.</p><p>“He’s progressing. It’s getting better. He’s out the boot,” Johnson said, “And so again, you’ve just got to build that thing up. For every day that you are in the boot or off the court, you’ve probably got to hit it on the other side. It’s getting better and it’ll be good to have him back on the court ramping up here pretty soon.”</p><p>While Harper won’t play in the Spurs next game, which comes two days after the Sacramento win, the jury is still out on Castle and Wembanyama.</p><p>“I have not got any more information since we talked pregame,” the Spurs first-year head coach said of Wemby during the presser afterward.</p><p>“But, again, I know he’s chomping at the bit. He wanted to play 82 games,” Johnson elaborated. “Calf tightness, we’ll see what that means and when we dive into it, but we’re not gonna, we’re not going to risk it.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Wemby, Stephon Castle get injury updates after win vs Kings

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-the-epic-new-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-nickname-fit-for-alien');   ga('set', 'title', 'The Spurs’ epic and new Victor Wembanyama-Stephon Castle nickname is fit for an alien');   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/2025/11/Victor-Wembanyama.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>The Spurs’ epic and new Victor Wembanyama-Stephon Castle nickname is fit for an alien</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-13T17:23:30-08:00">November 13th, 5:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-13T17:23:30-08:00">November 13th, 5:23pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-epic-triple-double-feat-victor-wembanyama-spurs-stephon-castle-wanting-more">remarkable as a dynamic duo for the San Antonio Spurs</a> this season. Which is why they have an alien-like nickname when it comes to their star talent.</p><p>Wembanyama and Castle have made strides in developing chemistry with one another in their second NBA season together. Both have been crucial to San Antonio’s hot start to the year, giving them a chance to compete for playoff contention.</p><p>ESPN writer Michael Wright published an article about Wembanyama and Castle’s growing chemistry. With the number of plays they have given each other whenever both of them are on the court, <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/46944318/area-51-spurs-duo-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle" rel="noopener">they have formed a nickname</a> that symbolizes their unique skillsets.</p><p>“What he didn’t divulge was the one-on-one time he spent with Castle during his jet-setting summer working to nail down the intricate details that make this new duo — the 21-year-old point guard and the 21-year-old big man — perhaps the most fearsome in all of basketball. This, they say, is “Area 51,”” Wright wrote.</p><p>“Combining their jersey numbers and Wembanyama’s “alien” nickname, Castle and the Frenchman played in just 45 games together last season, spending a total of 779 minutes on the floor. Castle tossed 36 dimes Wembanyama’s way for 11 dunks over that span, according to GeniusIQ.”</p><h2><b>What lies ahead for Victor Wembanyama, Spurs</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Spurs.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Spurs have greatly benefitted from the growth between Victor Wembanyama and Stephon Castle, which now puts them in the mix for playoff contention.</p><p>11 games into the year, Wembanyama is averaging 26.2 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, 3.6 blocks, and 1.1 steals per game. He is shooting 50.5% from the field, including 34% from beyond the arc, and 85.2% from the free-throw line.</p><p>Castle has grown as all-around player for San Antonio, especially as a playmaker. He is producing 18.9 points, 7.9 assists, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.8 steals per contest. He is shooting 49.7% overall, including 23.4% from downtown, and 70.7% from the charity stripe.</p><p>San Antonio boasts an 8-3 record on the season, holding the third spot of the Western Conference standings. They are 0.5 games above the Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Lakers while trailing the Denver Nuggets by one game and Oklahoma City Thunder by three games.</p><p>The Spurs will continue preparation for their upcoming matchup, being at home. They host the Golden State Warriors on Nov. 14 at 9:30 p.m. ET as a part of the NBA Cup group stage.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The Spurs’ epic and new Victor Wembanyama-Stephon Castle nickname is fit for an alien

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-defense-claim-wemby-connection');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle makes defense claim about Wemby connection');   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/2025/10/Victor-Wembanyama_ab1c28.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle makes defense claim about Wemby connection</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-13T08:50:20-08:00">November 13th, 8:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-13T08:50:20-08:00">November 13th, 8:50am</time><address><a>Jayesh Pagar</a>Jayesh Pagar is currently pursuing Sports Journalism from the London School of Journalism and brings four years of experience in sports media coverage. He has contributed extensively to NBA, WNBA, college basketball, and college football content, delivering in-depth analysis and breaking news coverage across multiple platforms.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Stephon Castle and Victor Wembanyama have developed a special defensive partnership for the San Antonio Spurs. The reigning Rookie of the Year has been a key part of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-overtime-clutch-shot">team’s strong start to the season</a>, and he recently opened up about what makes their two-way connection click.</p><p>Castle shared his <a href="https://www.espn.in/nba/story/_/id/46944318/area-51-spurs-duo-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle" rel="noopener">thoughts on the defensive bond</a> he shares with Wembanyama.</p><p>“We both take pride in being two-way players,” Castle said, via Michael C. Wright of ESPN. “Our identity on this team is defense, and I feel like we’re the heads of that. So, how many pick-and-rolls that we guard together, how many times we have to read off each other’s guy, how much I have to help him rebound, just all those little things on that side of the floor just makes it so much more important for us as a team.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-make-wrong-kind-of-nba-history-in-loss-to-warriors">duo made franchise history against the Golden State Warriors</a> when both recorded triple-doubles in the same game. Castle finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists while Wembanyama posted 31 points, 15 rebounds, and 10 assists in the 125-120 defeat.</p><p>Castle has started the season strong with averages around 18 points, six rebounds, and eight assists through the first 10 games. His defensive versatility at 6-foot-6 pairs naturally with Wembanyama’s rim protection and length.</p><p>The second-year guard previously acknowledged needing to improve his off-ball defense despite praise for his on-ball work. That self-awareness has helped him develop alongside Wembanyama, whose 96-game block streak continues to anchor the Spurs’ defensive schemes.</p><p>Their partnership extends beyond individual stats. Castle’s ability to initiate offense and attack downhill creates spacing that benefits Wembanyama, while the 7-foot-4 center’s defensive presence allows Castle to roam more freely on that end.</p><p>The Spurs built their identity around defense this season, and Castle recognizes the responsibility that comes with being a foundational piece. His comments highlight a mature understanding of how small details like communication and rebounding create winning habits.</p><p>Despite the historic performance, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-epic-triple-double-feat-victor-wembanyama-spurs-stephon-castle-wanting-more">Castle and Wembanyama wanted the win more</a> than the individual milestone, showing their team-first mentality continues to guide San Antonio’s young core.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle makes defense claim about Wemby connection

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-epic-triple-double-feat-victor-wembanyama-spurs-stephon-castle-wanting-more');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why epic triple-double feat with Victor Wembanyama left Spurs’ Stephon Castle wanting more');   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/2025/11/San-Antonio-Spurs-guard-Stephon-Castle-5-and-San-Antonio-Spurs-forward-Victor-Wembanyama-1-look-on-in-the-first-half-against-the-Brooklyn-Nets-at-Frost-Bank-Center.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Why epic triple-double feat with Victor Wembanyama left Spurs’ Stephon Castle wanting more</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-13T07:21:46-08:00">November 13th, 7:21am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-13T07:21:46-08:00">November 13th, 7:21am</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>Throughout their storied history, never before had the San Antonio Spurs seen more than one player record a triple-double in the same game. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-make-wrong-kind-of-nba-history-in-loss-to-warriors">That changed in a 125-120 loss to the Golden State Warriors</a>.</p><p>Stephon Castle scored 23 points while registering 10 in both assists and rebounds. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-block-streak-draymond-green-rejection">Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs</a> with 31 points and 15 rebounds to go with ten assists, which equaled Castle for team high.</p><p>ClutchPoints asked Castle <a href="https://x.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1988962230948528244" rel="noopener">if it surprised him</a> that he and Wemby accomplished a feat that no Spurs had ever accomplished.</p><p>“Yeah, it is surprising.</p><p>With all the history and good players that we’ve had here, it’s very surprising to hear,” Castle responded.</p><p>“It’s definitely something great to be a part of, proud to be a part of it.”</p><p>The reigning Rookie of the Year then added the caveat.</p><p>“But, we need the win to add on to it.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Yeah, it is surprising. With all the history and good players we've had…It's definitely something great to be a part of it. But, we need the win to add on to it."</p><p>-Talked with Steph Castle about making <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Spurs</a>  history in defeat⬇️<a href="https://twitter.com/martinezlawsa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@martinezlawsa</a> Report<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/VHKE3mWatd">pic.twitter.com/VHKE3mWatd</a></p><p>— Hector Ledesma (@HectorLedesmaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/HectorLedesmaTV/status/1988962230948528244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It marked the first triple-double of Castle’s young NBA career.</p><h2>Victor Wembanyama’s take on team history</h2><p>Though the Warriors had the game in hand heading into the last minute, Spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson left Wemby and Castle on the court until the final seconds.</p><p>Asked if he was aware of how close he was to a triple-double, Castle, who hadn’t accomplished the statistical feat in the pros, answered affirmatively.</p><p>“Yeah, I was. I was aware. I had a couple games like that last year where I missed it by one. So, yeah, obviously we wanted to win, but happy to get it.”</p><p>Wemby also acknowledged an understanding of where his stat line was in the waning moments.</p><p>“I was thinking about it, of course. But, I think we made the right decision. I don’t know if I remember the score, but I think it was the right decision,” the generational talent shared in seemingly talking about the decision to leave both stars in the contest when the game had been realistically decided.</p><p>Perhaps a reason that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-admit-1-area-needs-work">Castle was given the chance</a> to reach the triple-double was the in-game roadblock he faced getting there. The former national champion at UConn picked up a fourth foul midway through the third quarter. Johnson left him in the game for several more minutes. Similarly, Castle was called for his fifth foul with quite a ways still to go in the fourth period. He didn’t head to the bench immediately then either.</p><p>ClutchPoints asked the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-makes-moves-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-contracts">recently turned 21-year-old guard</a> about adjusting to foul trouble.</p><p>“I don’t think anybody likes to play through it. It’s obviously hard. You don’t want to be in those positions,” Castle continued. “It kind of takes your aggressiveness away a little bit and took me, personally, off my primary match-up. So, that’s not great.”</p><p>A standout perimeter defender, Castle helped chase Steph Curry throughout the game.</p><p>“But, you just have to play through it, play smarter, especially in crunch time, where your guys, your coaches need you on the floor,” Castle added in his response to ClutchPoints. “So, just got to play a lot smarter.”</p><p>Wembanyama’s triple-double, which was completed on a last-second pass to Castle, represented the fourth of his three-year NBA career.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why epic triple-double feat with Victor Wembanyama left Spurs’ Stephon Castle wanting more

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-stephon-castle-make-wrong-kind-of-nba-history-in-loss-to-warriors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle make wrong kind of NBA history in loss to Warriors');   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/2025/11/San-Antonio-Spurs-forward-Victor-Wembanyama-1.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle make wrong kind of NBA history in loss to Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-12T20:41:12-08:00">November 12th, 8:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-12T20:41:12-08:00">November 12th, 8:41pm</time><address><a>Lorenzo J Reyna</a>Lorenzo J Reyna is an Associate Editor covering the NFL and NCAA Football for ClutchPoints. He's equipped with past experience for both realms through his recent stops at Pro Football Network and Heavy while also writing for 247Sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Victor Wembanyama hit NBA history <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-historic-stat-line-bulls-nba">against the Chicago Bulls</a> just two nights ago. But the San Antonio Spurs star and Stephon Castle landed on the wrong end of a milestone against the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>The duo and prized top five NBA Draft picks played spectacular — “Wemby” scoring 31 points, grabbing 15 rebounds and dishing 10 assists, while Castle hitting 23-10-10. But by losing to the Warriors 125-120, both hit this league first mark.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wemby and Stephon Castle had triple-doubles in the Spurs' loss to the Warriors.</p><p>It's the first time in NBA history that a team has had two players with 20-point triple-doubles and lose the game 😳</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/TurnerSportsEJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TurnerSportsEJ</a>) <a href="https://t.co/gcK2GuYrtf">pic.twitter.com/gcK2GuYrtf</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1988820656029593970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Any team witnessing two triple-doubles on their side often win the game. Yet Golden State’s experience and shooting depth proved to gain the upper hand against the young Spurs.</p><p>Both Wembanyama and Castle were even two of six different San Antonio players to reach double figures in scoring.</p><h2>Victor Wembanyama earns praise after Spurs-Warriors game</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/San-Antonio-Spurs-forward-Victor-Wembanyama-1-dribbles-against-Golden-State-Warriors-forward-Draymond-Green-23.jpg"><figcaption>Daniel Dunn-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The multiple NBA champion Steph Curry ended up out-dueling the Spurs on this night. He dropped 46 points inside the Frost Bank Center. Yet Curry couldn’t help but rave about the play of the 21-year-old.</p><p>“He challenges you in a way that doesn’t make any sense,” Curry said postgame, <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1988821891189207515?s=20" rel="noopener">who admitted he tried the rainbow arc shots</a> over the 7-foot-4 talent. “He’s going to be around this league for a long time doing that.”</p><p>Wembanyama didn’t just impress as a scorer and cleanup presence on the glass. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-block-streak-draymond-green-rejection">The Spurs’ third-year performer executed an impossible rejection on Draymond Green</a>. “Wemby” reached with his 8″0 wingspan to catch Green’s shot attempt.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wemby extends his block streak to 96 games in a row as he denies a 3-point attempt from Draymond Green ✋<a href="https://t.co/ShOIXaS0om">pic.twitter.com/ShOIXaS0om</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1988780300940505192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That’s now 96 straight games with a blocked shot by “Wemby.” He’s now four blocks away from joining Dikembe Mutombo and Patrick Ewing as the only NBA players to reach 100 straight games with a rejection. His play has left many impressed, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-exclusive-rashad-mccants-raves-about-victor-wembanyamas-impenetrable-weaponry">including former NBA guard Rashad McCants</a> who spoke highly of the Spurs star with ClutchPoints.</p><p>But he, Castle and San Antonio dropped to 8-3 overall in making the wrong kind of league history.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle make wrong kind of NBA history in loss to Warriors

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-admit-1-area-needs-work');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle admits 1 area he still needs to work on after Heat clash');   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/2025/10/Stephon-Castle-forces-overtime-with-clutch-shot.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Lew-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle admits 1 area he still needs to work on after Heat clash</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-30T22:35:24-07:00">October 30th, 10:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-30T22:35:24-07:00">October 30th, 10:35pm</time><address><a>Jayesh Pagar</a>Jayesh Pagar is currently pursuing Sports Journalism from the London School of Journalism and brings four years of experience in sports media coverage. He has contributed extensively to NBA, WNBA, college basketball, and college football content, delivering in-depth analysis and breaking news coverage across multiple platforms.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-leads-spurs-to-franchise-history-5-games-into-season">San Antonio Spurs made franchise history with a 107-101 win</a> over the Miami Heat, marking their first 5-0 start ever. Stephon Castle played a key role with 21 points, eight assists, and six rebounds in the victory.</p><p>After the game, Castle opened up about the one area of <a href="https://x.com/JaredWeissNBA/status/1984097154592637431" rel="noopener">his game that needs work</a>.</p><p>“They talk highly of my on-ball defense but pretty lowly of my off-ball. So I’m working on that,” Castle said, as per Jared Weiss of The Athletic on X.</p><p>The admission reveals an honest gap in Castle’s game. His on-ball defense earned him a “lockdown” reputation at the University of Connecticut that has carried over to the pros, but he knows his off-ball awareness needs to catch up.</p><p>At 6-foot-6 with real physicality, Castle is built to guard the ball. He fights through screens, rotates quickly, and uses his length to contest shots without fouling. That’s the foundation that carried the Huskies to a national title and earned him the Big East Freshman of the Year award.</p><p>Off-ball defense requires a different skill set. Reading cutters, helping on drives, and anticipating passes without being directly involved takes time to master. The speed and spacing of the NBA make that adjustment even tougher for young guards.</p><p>Castle’s offense has been impressive during the unbeaten run. Through the first four games, he scored 22 points in two different games and consistently attacked the basket, drawing nearly nine free throw attempts per game. His playmaking has been solid, averaging 4.8 assists per game.</p><p>The shooting numbers show he’s still developing. Castle is hitting just 29.4% from deep and 57.1% at the stripe coming into Thursday’s game. He was also averaging 6.3 turnovers per game as teams send traps and pressure his way.</p><p>The good news? The Spurs’ defense is already elite, giving up only 103.8 points per contest through five games. With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-1-ridiculous-stat-proves-victor-wembanyama-alien">Victor Wembanyama protecting the rim</a> at nearly five blocks a night, Castle has the freedom to work on his off-ball reads without hurting the team.</p><p>At 20 years old, Castle is already self-aware enough to identify his flaws before they become problems. If he can tighten up his off-ball defense while maintaining his offensive production, the Spurs’ undefeated start might just be the beginning of something special.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle admits 1 area he still needs to work on after Heat clash

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-stephon-castle-overtime-clutch-shot');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Stephon Castle forces overtime with clutch shot');   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/2025/10/Stephon-Castle-forces-overtime-with-clutch-shot.jpg"><figcaption>Stephen Lew-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Spurs’ Stephon Castle forces overtime with clutch shot</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-24T20:01:16-07:00">October 24th, 8:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-24T20:33:40-07:00">October 24th, 8:33pm</time><address><a>Allan Binoy</a>Allan Binoy is a sports journalist who covers the NFL, NCAA Football, and NBA for ClutchPoints. With a deep passion for storytelling and analysis, he brings fans closer to the action by breaking down the biggest moments and storylines across the world of sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Stephon Castle drilled a game-tying 3-pointer with under 25 seconds left in regulation to force overtime against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, sparking a wild finish and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-even-victor-wembanyama-cant-believe-stephon-castle-alley-oop-dunk">sending the Smoothie King Center into a frenzy</a>. The San Antonio Spurs guard stepped into the shot and buried the triple from the left wing after a crisp swing of the ball.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">STEPHON CASTLE SENDS SPURS-PELICANS TO OVERTIME ✊<a href="https://t.co/IMr621mQet">pic.twitter.com/IMr621mQet</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1981912382097011059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Castle’s shot capped a furious San Antonio rally. The 6-foot-6 guard has been one of the few consistent energy sources for the Spurs this season, and he delivered when the team needed a play that could change momentum. Castle drove the lane earlier in the quarter for a thunderous finish and then showed his confidence from deep when the team counted on him.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-colin-cowherd-bold-victor-wembanyama-prediction">Victor Wembanyama continued to carry the Spurs offensively</a>, pacing San Antonio with 29 points and steady perimeter play that kept the club within striking distance all night, per the ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401809949" rel="noopener">box score</a>. Luke Kornet and Devin Vassell also chipped in, giving the Spurs multiple scorers to lean on in crunch time. On the Pelicans’ side, New Orleans kept answering, but Castle’s late 3 erased their lead and gave San Antonio life.  </p><p>San Antonio’s defense tightened in the final minute, but the Pelicans had managed to hang on to leads through much of the game with timely baskets from their wings and hustle on the glass. Spurs ended up winning the game 120-116 in OT. Castle’s three didn’t just tie the score; it shifted the feel of the night and handed momentum back to the Spurs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Stephon Castle forces overtime with clutch shot

<!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', '/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-even-victor-wembanyama-cant-believe-stephon-castle-alley-oop-dunk');   ga('set', 'title', 'Even Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama can’t believe Stephon Castle’s alley-oop slam dunk');   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/2025/10/Victor-Wembanyama_86dc61.jpg"><figcaption>Scott Wachter-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Even Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama can’t believe Stephon Castle’s alley-oop slam dunk</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-17T18:15:24-07:00">October 17th, 6:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-17T18:15:24-07:00">October 17th, 6:15pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Victor Wembanyama had a hilarious reaction towards an astounding highlight from Stephon Castle during the San Antonio <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs/spurs-news-victor-wenbanyama-trend-terrifying-for-nba">Spurs’ preseason finale against the Indiana Pacers</a> on Friday night.</p><p>Wembanyama is preparing for the third season of his NBA career with the Spurs. His sophomore campaign came to an abrupt end due to blood clots, seeing him make a crucial recovery to be back in action for San Antonio.</p><p>As for Castle, he is gearing up for his second season. He mainly came off the bench as a rookie while learning from veteran guard Chris Paul, who left for the Los Angeles Clippers this past offseason.</p><p>Castle’s highlight took place in the first 30 seconds of the game. San Antonio went on the fastbreak as Devin Vassell put up an alley-oop pass to Castle. The latter leapt high in the air, <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1979344776152649962" rel="noopener">completing the play with a great slam dunk</a>. Wembanyama witnessed the play in front of him, having him make a unique reaction.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wemby’s reaction to the CRAZY Stephon Castle alley-oop slam 😂</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBA</a>)<a href="https://t.co/qD9UtSTLkM">pic.twitter.com/qD9UtSTLkM</a> <a href="https://t.co/ydkprmjSDc">https://t.co/ydkprmjSDc</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1979344776152649962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>How Victor Wembanyama, Spurs played in 1st half vs. Pacers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Devin-Vassell.jpg"><figcaption>Scott Wachter-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It was a humorous moment for Victor Wembanyama to be involved in, enjoying the highlight Stephon Castle pulled off. Going into the halftime break, the Spurs lead 66-63 over the Pacers.</p><p>Both teams went back and forth throughout the first half. San Antonio got off to a hot start as they took a 39-28 lead after the first quarter. However, Indiana fought back by winning 35-27 in the second period to cut the deficit down to three.</p><p>Three players scored in double-digits on San Antonio’s behalf, including Wembanyama and Castle. The former had 11 points, eight rebounds, two blocks, one assist, and one steal. He shot 4-of-6 from the field, including 1-of-1 from three, and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line. Castle has 13 points and five assists, Luke Kornet put up 10 points and four rebounds, while Devin Vassell provided nine points and four assists.</p><p>Following the preseason finale, the Spurs will gear up for the regular-season opener. They will be on the road as they face the Dallas Mavericks on Oct. 22 at 9:30 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
17.3	5.8	7.5	0.4	1.7

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
17.3	5.8	7.5	0.4	1.7

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