The entire Spurs team faces a new challenge in the playoffs and they come out the gate strong in game 1. Castle tonight ended up with 17/7/7 with elite defense played on Portland despite some rough shooting tonight. He is also the first Spurs guard getting 15/5/5 or above since Tony Parker.

https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401869194

Kertia

117 | 4 hours ago

Wasn’t even a good game for him either.

Waikuku3

40 | 4 hours ago

Yeah, the shooting is rough but he impacts the game in so many different ways.

OurHorrifyingPlanet | Spurs

1 | 15 minutes ago

Eh, on paper the efficiency isn’t good, but the impact on the court was clear as day. It was an excellent game all around, he created a ton of shots, and even quite a few of his misses were desperation shots too

wheelers | Spurs

117 | 4 hours ago

It was a mid game from him, too. He’s a boxscore stuffer even when struggling.

RoRl62 | Spurs

79 | 4 hours ago

For what it’s worth, Fox also had at least 15/5/5.

carelesssportsfan89 | Spurs

41 | 4 hours ago

castle is going to be easily the best two way perimeter guard in the league. I can see castle playing on the 2028 team USA roster because of how good he is defensively on the point of attack

QuietAlarming6888

8 | 4 hours ago

his ceiling is peak bucks jrue

Conn3er | Spurs

10 | 3 hours ago

I think his offensive ceiling is higher than that even though I don’t think he will hit that. If he hits that level of play Jrue did the spurs will be winning championships

Witty_Yam730 | NBA

-3 | 4 hours ago

QuietAlarming6888

9 | 4 hours ago

you underestimate how good jrue was 18 pts 50 percent from the field 40 percent from three high rebounds/assists + all defensive team member

Witty_Yam730 | NBA

8 | 4 hours ago

Castle’s gonna be better

TwoTalentedBastidz | Lakers

8 | 3 hours ago

I think Castle has more of a ceiling offensively than prime Jrue. He’s a freak

QuietAlarming6888

-3 | 3 hours ago

he gotta get more efficient

supersonicnat45 | Knicks

5 | 2 hours ago

He’s literally a sophomore, that will come with time

Thouispure69 | Spurs

36 | 4 hours ago

I was really impressed by his composure when the whistle wasn going his way.

There were some regular season games this year where he got a diabolic whistle, and it really frustrated him, threw him off. But he still seemed locked in and composed despite some absolute bullshit working against him.

Single_Bar_1836 | Spurs

16 | 4 hours ago

I am biased as hell, but I genuinely think he has the worst whistle of any guard in the league.

PetrParker1960s

17 | 4 hours ago

He actually gets calls now. This game was an outlier. Harper has it much worse.

yeetmxster420 | Minneapolis Lakers

6 | 3 hours ago

i would say Steph Curry is up there, & has been for a while

but Castle isn’t that far behind

toomuchsoysauce | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

Portland fans were saying he was getting a superstar whistle lol. Granted he did start getting calls in the 3rd when he’d consistently drive it, but there plenty of other fouls that weren’t called. I feel like Tiven hates the Spurs lol

TemperedTorture | Spurs

10 | 4 hours ago

He has that UConn championship pedigree to fall back on. His experience there is grossly underrated NGL and probably one of the few players who carried over the dawg mentality from college to the NBA.

Titronnica | SAS

9 | 4 hours ago

Castle takes a beating every damn game, but he’s resilient as hell, still driving, kicking, and setting up guys.

StatFlow

6 | 4 hours ago

affects the game even when his shot isnt falling. the exact kind of player you need to win a ring

Ok_Bug_6890 | Wizards

6 | 4 hours ago

Better than SGA

Difficult_Tackle9505

2 | 4 hours ago

Is he also the first since Tony to get 16 6 6 ? And 17 7 7 ?

ToinouAngel | Spurs

0 | 4 hours ago

He is going to go down as a great one. Almost had a triple double once again despite a not so good game from him. King of the castle.

Rich2364

-2 | 4 hours ago

I wonder how problematic that jumper is going to be later on in the playoffs because he was being dared to shoot. I see him becoming a liability once they get to OKC or Denver.

Stephon Castle in his playoff debut against the Trail Blazers: 17 PTS, 7 REB, 7 AST (first Spurs guard getting 15/5/5 in playoff since Tony Parker)