111 - 99

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Toyota Center

Officials: Tony Brothers, Ray Acosta, and Phenizee Ransom

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
San Antonio Spurs	26	28	30	27	111
Houston Rockets	36	26	24	13	99

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
San Antonio Spurs	111	44-82	53.7%	6-26	23.1%	17-24	70.8%	8	53	28	15	5	15	8
Houston Rockets	99	39-99	39.4%	8-23	34.8%	13-18	72.2%	17	57	23	18	11	11	8

PLAYER STATS


San Antonio Spurs	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Julian Champagnie^SF	20:51	2	1-4	0-3	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	1	3
Harrison Barnes^PF	28:46	9	4-6	1-2	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Victor Wembanyama^C	28:35	28	8-15	0-3	12-15	3	13	16	3	2	5	4	4	6
Stephon Castle^SG	32:44	16	7-12	1-2	1-3	1	4	5	6	2	0	2	3	3
De’Aaron Fox^PG	33:32	18	6-11	2-5	4-4	0	5	5	8	0	1	5	0	5
Luke Kornet	18:44	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	2	2	4	2	0	1	0	0	8
Keldon Johnson	26:40	17	8-15	1-4	0-0	1	6	7	5	0	0	1	4	18
Devin Vassell	22:42	5	2-7	1-5	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	9
Dylan Harper	22:03	16	8-11	0-2	0-0	1	3	4	3	0	1	2	1	18
Carter Bryant	03:19	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
Jordan McLaughlin	00:40	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Bismack Biyombo	00:40	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Lindy Waters III	00:40	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2
Kelly Olynyk	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Harrison Ingram	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Jones Garcia	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Sochan	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Stanley Umude	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Houston Rockets	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kevin Durant^SF	36:10	24	8-17	2-4	6-6	1	1	2	6	0	1	3	2	-9
Jabari Smith Jr.^PF	37:00	8	3-8	2-5	0-0	1	6	7	2	1	0	2	3	-12
Alperen Sengun^C	35:46	18	7-20	1-2	3-7	5	5	10	7	2	0	1	5	-14
Tari Eason^SG	24:46	10	4-10	2-3	0-0	3	3	6	0	3	1	0	4	-7
Amen Thompson^PG	35:52	25	11-23	0-0	3-3	3	4	7	4	3	1	2	0	-15
Josh Okogie	14:44	0	0-3	0-3	0-0	1	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	10
Reed Sheppard	25:59	9	4-12	1-4	0-0	1	4	5	0	1	2	1	1	-16
Dorian Finney-Smith	19:26	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	-6
Clint Capela	08:31	5	2-4	0-0	1-2	2	2	4	0	0	2	0	0	3
Aaron Holiday	00:51	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Jae’Sean Tate	00:51	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Isaiah Crawford	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steven Adams	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JD Davison	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tristen Newton	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred VanVleet	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

eatmorchickin

93 | 4 hours ago

God, if the Spurs played that hard every game they’d be so hard to beat…

bigpapi-did-steroids | Spurs

51 | 4 hours ago

They were playing that way until the last 3 weeks or so and they looked damn near unbeatable. Happy to see that again.

SkyCrossSteel

26 | 4 hours ago

It was mostly horrible shooting luck. Also Steph and Harper struggling on offense.

Spare-Friendship-917 | Spurs

12 | 4 hours ago

I hope this helps with their confidence. It took a hit the last few weeks and im hoping this is a get right game for all the guards

bigpapi-did-steroids | Spurs

8 | 4 hours ago

I’m talking more on the physicality end. Other teams have thrived against us this last month because of that shift in physicality and whenever they match a team like OKC or Houston in physicality they look like a completely different team.

ConspicuousPineapple

1 | an hour ago

They were also probably a bit gassed. Their schedule was horrible lately.

No_Bite4765

5 | 4 hours ago

We’ve been playing a ton, going deep in the cup, rodeo road trip and so many back to backs this new year. All star break is much needed.

BananaRepublic_BR | Spurs

10 | 3 hours ago

Unfortunately, the rodeo road trip hasn’t started, yet.

No_Bite4765

1 | 3 hours ago

What the heck! We had so many road games recently, totally thought that was it. Well we are up for the challenge

BananaRepublic_BR | Spurs

10 | 3 hours ago

Yeah. They play at the Frost Bank Center on Feb 1st, 4th, and 7th. Then, they start the trip with two away games, then two games in Austin.

Luckily, this means they’ll end the season with a bunch of home games after the road trip. 13 home-8 away, to be exact.

UncoBeefWang | Spurs

73 | 4 hours ago

I feel more comfortable with early deficits than early leads - 80% of our losses have come after gaining a double digit lead. We get complacent.

zucchinibasement | Spurs

21 | 4 hours ago

Growing process, we’re still ahead of schedule IMO

Flacciddoughnuts | Rockets

17 | 4 hours ago

Way ahead of schedule. SA gonna be a major problem for quite awhile

zucchinibasement | Spurs

6 | 3 hours ago

I had us for a play-in playoff spot and possible 2nd round at most this year, and this year being next year

mchris185 | Spurs

5 | 4 hours ago

That’s just a young team thing

Opposite_You_5524 | Spurs

2 | 2 hours ago

Specifically, good young teams

gamingonion | Rockets

2 | 3 hours ago

Feels exactly the same as us lmao. As soon as our 16 point lead shrunk to 8 I knew that shit was over.

Area51_Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

And then we start firing up crazy dumb 3’s even if we’re shooting 20% from beyond the arc the second the opposing team gets even a 1 point lead.

Honestly our only problems being bad shooting nights and inconsistent nights from a rookie and second year player make this well beyond the best case of best case scenarios we could have imagined before the season started.

I was pretty optimistic we’d probably push towards 50 wins this season, maybe like 48, but now 55+ is on the table if we can keep fully healthy.

The rest of the league needs to pray the Hawks continue their winning ways and stay healthy.

BongCheadle

60 | 4 hours ago

Always a good day when Sengun loses

ataun94 | Heat

-9 | 4 hours ago

Why

UTRAnoPunchline | Spurs

53 | 4 hours ago

He a bitch

BongCheadle

22 | 4 hours ago

This guy gets it

MrShonen | Spurs

57 | 4 hours ago

Dylan Harperrr 💯

zucchinibasement | Spurs

17 | 4 hours ago

Harper and Castle are my favorites, Wemby goes without saying. But what those two guys bring will make us true contenders.

Logiteck77

11 | 4 hours ago

If either or both of those guys make a leap to the next level. They’ll be talking about the Spurs like they talk about OKC.

Jec1027 | Warriors

53 | 4 hours ago

Amen is a liability one switch from mitch and rockets offense completely fell apart not to mention wemby lock in defensive masterclass

Flacciddoughnuts | Rockets

20 | 4 hours ago

His inability to shoot gives teams a fail-proof plan. Swarm KD and just frustrate Sengun. At that point you can put a fork in em

lebron_games

10 | 3 hours ago

He’s way more aggressive and less scared of contact than ben Simmons but has some very similar issues

PressureMiserable | Spurs

6 | 2 hours ago

He’s also a way worse floor general which causes the offense to stagnate a lot more than Simmons did at his best

Sentrox | Spurs

2 | an hour ago

I’ll be real he’s significantly worse than prime Ben Simmons. While Ben Simmons obviously had no 3 ball he was an elite playmaker and could actually run an offense while taking advantage of size mismatches (except Trae Young.)while also being the defacto best perimeter defender in the League. The only place where Amen might have him beat is pure athletecism but honestly I think Ben has him beat there too.

Amen isn’t playing defense nearly as well as previous years, will refuse to shoot outside of 5 ft from the basket because he quite literally cannot do it. That coupled with being unable to run an offense, means he is quite literally a run and dunk merchant that absolutely neuters your offense. If I’m Houston I straight up look to trade him before other teams clue in that he is not a positive asset. Now I will say this only applies if he continues his current trend. Maybe he goes into the off-season and suddenly develops a semblance of a jumper but until then it’s looking very bad.

TheCalvinator | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

Man I knew he wasn’t a great shooter, but damn. Wemby would just let him have anything beyond 10 ft and he’d brick all of them. If that dude can figure out a shot hes gonna be a problem.

Jec1027 | Warriors

5 | 2 hours ago

They been saying that for years now

KARSbenicillin

48 | 4 hours ago

Quick guys do we call Wemby a raw offensive talent or not?

Jec1027 | Warriors

47 | 4 hours ago

Medium rare

IlliterateDumbNerd | Spurs

30 | 4 hours ago

Yes in the sense that he’s still figuring things out and is inconsistent, but that isn’t a slight to his current offensive game which is already close to being elite.

wcooper97 | OKC

22 | 4 hours ago

It’s crazier to me that he’s still considered raw and already a top 5 guy in the league.

TheCalvinator | Spurs

7 | 3 hours ago

Yeah, as annoying as I find Doris Burke. She said it pretty well, he has all the tools, he just still figuring out when to use them.

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

0 | 4 hours ago

There’s always that looming injury scare which is annoying. Wish we could just watch talent without fear of getting disassembled 🥶

But on topic yeah just throw it near the rim bro. Just needs to get a feel of when to take jumpers or mix it up

InfluenceRough6729 | 76ers

15 | 4 hours ago

He hasn’t really proved to be injury prone imo but it’s still terrifying watching him fall… and then he just gets up like nothing happens lol

direcandy

-4 | 4 hours ago

Can’t call him close to elite until he’s consistent enough, but people are out here acting like he’s Gobert or something.

Edit: talking only about his offense here btw.

bigpapi-did-steroids | Spurs

15 | 4 hours ago

And still 93rd percentile in offense too. If this is him raw then holy moly. 😭

djpacheco1003

9 | 4 hours ago

Per 36 avgs of 30 13.8 and 3.5 on 62% TS. I think we can call him elite lmao.

Spiritual_Echo_1000 | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

Funny how Caruso called him raw but then compared him with some of the best offensive players of all time. Pretty big gap in between he seems to forget

siphillis | Spurs

10 | 4 hours ago

He is raw. That’s the exciting part (for us)

LALester | Spurs

4 | 4 hours ago

at time he plays like a mix of javale mcgee and jordan poole.

yes his offense is still a little raw

ManagerEmergency6339 | Spurs

36 | 4 hours ago

Belt to Ass

UTRAnoPunchline | Spurs

14 | 4 hours ago

Spurs own Texas.

zucchinibasement | Spurs

33 | 4 hours ago

Castle is a D A W G

superfadeaway | Knicks

26 | 4 hours ago

Still can’t believe the Spurs got Wemby

wcooper97 | OKC

25 | 4 hours ago

It was the perfect place for him to go too. Tony Parker connection aside, it’s the franchise in the top 4 that was least likely to fuck his career up.

BananaRepublic_BR | Spurs

2 | 4 hours ago

Who are the others? I’m thinking OKC and Boston. Who’s four?

wcooper97 | OKC

14 | 4 hours ago

In the top 4 of the 2023 Draft, that is, so between SA/Charlotte/Portland/Houston.

4th on your list, I’d probably say Miami.

BananaRepublic_BR | Spurs

12 | 4 hours ago

Ah, I see. Yeah, Spo would be a great coach for Wemby. Really, for any player.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

25 | 4 hours ago

Spurs dominated in the second half

Monk Wemby took over

Lunaristics | Raptors

24 | 4 hours ago

5-6 to ⁷⁄₂₀ laughable seng

Jec1027 | Warriors

6 | 4 hours ago

Owned

notabot1397 | Lakers

21 | 4 hours ago

Give castle the game ball

Spare-Friendship-917 | Spurs

6 | 4 hours ago

Man was on KDs hip

ChaoticReality | Spurs

23 | 4 hours ago

Houston played well until that 4th Q where they went half the quarter w/o a FG which was nuts to see

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

21 | 4 hours ago

Last game it was us who did that lol.

Brodom93 | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

Yeah that’s our move lol

Lucid-Day

17 | 4 hours ago

Kevin Johnson!?!?!?

Space_man5000

9 | 4 hours ago

Keldon.

Respect the current 6th man King!

Lucid-Day

7 | 4 hours ago

Oh no I’m just responding to what Barkley called him lol

Space_man5000

7 | 4 hours ago

My bad! But Barkley needs to put respect on the new 6th Man King!

Notbeanburrito | Bulls

18 | 4 hours ago

Victor wet bananas does it again

wcooper97 | OKC

13 | 4 hours ago

There’s a solid 7 second delay to Wemby’s feed lmfao.

Thorlolita | Rockets

11 | 4 hours ago

Offense wins championships and this team is never going to get over the hump until they start playing better offense.

lazard96 | Spurs

10 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, as soon as the spurs started to use amen being unable to make a jumpshot as a way to let the big man help in the post the team’s offense fell hard, udoka not making adjustments is something too

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

2 | 4 hours ago

That’s not very Nico Harrison of you

FatalTortoise

1 | 4 hours ago

It’s almost like they need a point guard

fastheadcrab | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

The issue with the Rockets is that their offense isn’t just bad outside of KD, it’s putrid. If it was just run of the mill bad, they would probably a solid contender to be 2nd in the West. Unfortunately with Adams out they have some very serious problems coming up soon.

If they really struggle say in the 1st round vs the Wolves, Thunder, or if they fall below the 4th seed, the Nuggets, I could see a KD-Sengun confrontation on the sidelines. You can already see KD’s body language towards Sengun is pretty bad for taking lots of ill-advised shots

fibberjabber | Raptors

12 | 4 hours ago

They’re treating Amen like Dray. At least Dray will attempt the 3 to open the court. Doesn’t bode well for Rockets in the playoffs if he doesn’t stay back beyond the arc once in a while

mchris185 | Spurs

11 | 4 hours ago

The rumors of our demise may have been slightly exaggerated

TheSatanist666 | Spurs

10 | 4 hours ago

Castle locked Sengun and KD in the 4th. He should be in an all defensive team.

siphillis | Spurs

9 | 4 hours ago

Lovely game by the guards too. Castle, Fox, and Harper all put it in the hoop with ease

N3VVZN4K3 | Spurs

9 | 4 hours ago

Keldon Johnson for 6MOTY

superzorenpogi | Spurs

6 | 4 hours ago

Fcking Eason deserves his karma

emestoo

7 | 4 hours ago

Rockets gotta head to Atlanta on a b2b, fortunately, Hawks also on a b2b traveling from Boston.

zucchinibasement | Spurs

8 | 4 hours ago

Get a win for us, we own their pick. Win-win there

derekdanger | Spurs

4 | 4 hours ago

Fuck Sengun

zucchinibasement | Spurs

2 | 4 hours ago

Barkley hitting the Ozemp too hard, making me think he’s sickly

FatalTortoise

4 | 4 hours ago

Spaceman court goes hard why would they ever not use it

BananaRepublic_BR | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

Team came out of halftime completely different. Incredible. Especially in the 4th.

asamulya | Spurs

3 | 4 hours ago

That game was a perfect encapsulation of why Spurs are a good team with an even higher ceiling. The first half offense was tough to watch but the Area 51 defense to completely choke Houston started everything. So many areas where they can improve and they are already 2nd in the west

Proof-Excitement-722

3 | 3 hours ago

What having Devin “NBA cup merchant” Vassell back does to this spurs team

AutographedSnorkel | Rockets

1 | 4 hours ago

All that tanking for nothing.

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

3 | 4 hours ago

it seems like you guys need some shooting, may introduce you to someone named Dalton Knecht?

AutographedSnorkel | Rockets

3 | 3 hours ago

It’s OK, we have Dorian Finney-Smith, LMAO

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

Surely DFS isn’t that bad, like are we sure his injury he suffered isn’t still bothering him? He was solid for the Lakers

Area51_Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

The Spurs on their best night when everyone is fully cooking are better than any other team in the league. and not just because that means Wemby goes 50/20/10 with 10+ stocks.

Near all our losses are bad shooting nights and inconsistent young guns losing the plot in the third and/or fourth at some point and allowing some 25-5 run.

Kornet allowing us to have some semblance of competent big man when Wemby is on the bench has proven to be the real missing piece. Also Keldon and Vassell waking back up.