The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Atlanta Hawks 126-125 in De’Aaron Fox’s debut with the staff on Wednesday night time.
Fox completed the sport with 24 factors and 13 assists.
“You noticed the potential. It is tantalizing. He is dynamic. He’ll unlock an entire completely different factor for our staff,” stated Mitch Johnson after the sport.
With the rating tied at 125 and a couple of.9 seconds left within the sport, Fox and Victor Wembanyama ran a pick-and-roll that completed with Wembanyama getting fouled on the rim.
“I’ve informed these guys, no matter how effectively I am enjoying in a sport, I draw consideration. And that is what occurred. They put two on me. Whether or not it is a miscommunication or that is what they needed to do, he rolled and tried to complete robust,” stated Fox in regards to the remaining play.
Fox began alongside Chris Paul within the Spurs’ backcourt, with Stephon Citadel coming off the bench.
Fox, Paul, and Citadel scored or assisted on the primary 32 out of 35 factors for the Spurs. Wembanyama additionally shot 4-for-4 on passes from Fox.
“The flexibility of who was initiating after which ending the play [in the first quarter] was such a variety of combos that it actually — if you’re the opposite staff, you are looking for options on methods to cease or the place to show the water off,” stated Johnson about his trio of guards.
