Fox scores 24 points in season debut, Wembanyama has 18 points, 18 rebounds as Spurs top Pelicans

De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points successful his play debut, Victor Wembanyama added 18 points and 18 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs bushed the New Orleans Pelicans 126-119 connected Saturday night

SAN ANTONIO -- De’Aaron Fox scored 24 points successful his play debut, Victor Wembanyama added 18 points and 18 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs bushed the New Orleans Pelicans 126-119 connected Saturday night.

Stephon Castle added 14 points and 14 assists arsenic San Antonio won its 2nd consecutive aft 2 consecutive losses pursuing a franchise-best 5-0 start.

Trey Murphy III scored 41 points connected 15-for-22 shooting for the Pelicans. Murphy was 5 for 11 connected 3-pointers, including a high-arcing 31-footer astatine the adjacent of the 3rd 4th to stun the sellout crowd.

Fox and Wembanyama played unneurotic for conscionable the sixth clip since San Antonio acquired the speedy constituent defender from Sacramento connected Feb. 5 arsenic portion of a three-team commercialized with Chicago.

Fox’s play ended March 12 erstwhile helium opted to acquisition season-ending country to repair a torn tendon successful his near pinky finger. Fox past sustained a close hamstring wounded during the offseason arsenic helium prepared for his archetypal afloat play with the Spurs.

Jeremiah Fears had 18 points and Herb Jones added 15 for the short-handed Pelicans, who were without Zion Williamson (strained near hamstring), Jordan Poole (strained near quad) and Yves Missi (illness).

After missing his archetypal 2 attempts, Fox drained a stepback 3-pointer for his bucket of the play 2:21 into the 2nd quarter. The 24-footer was the commencement of a idiosyncratic 13-point tally implicit 2 1/2 minutes for Fox to interruption a 32-all tie. He was 5 for 5 implicit that span, including a brace of 3-pointers to bookend the run.

New Orleans held Dallas to 99 points successful a two-point triumph Wednesday, the archetypal clip successful 14 games an hostile scored little than 100. There would beryllium nary repetition Saturday arsenic 8 Spurs scored successful treble figures.

San Antonio held New Orleans to an hostile season-low 22 points successful the opening 4th and ne'er trailed.

Pelicans: Visit Phoenix connected Monday.

Spurs: Host Orlando connected Monday.

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