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 a complete completely different component for our staff,” mentioned 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 instructed 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,” mentioned Fox in regards to the ultimate play.
Fox began alongside Chris Paul within the Spurs’ backcourt, with Stephon Fort coming off the bench.
Fox, Paul, and Fort 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 — while you’re the opposite staff, you are looking for options on how you can cease or the place to show the water off,” mentioned Johnson about his trio of guards.