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Several other players, including Victor Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox, showed up to support Biyombo. Others in attendance included coach Mitch Johnson and several of his assistants, general manager Brian Wright, franchise CEO R.C. Buford, Spurs managing partner Peter J. Holt and Spurs shareholder Charlie Amato. Wembanayama was one of the first players to arrive. "I actually did not speak to Vic about this," Biyombo said. "I just sent (invitations out) in a group text message, and he just showed up. And the first thing he did was give me this big hug, a full of smile, and I got somewhat emotional and said, "Man, thank you.' ... But that's who Vic is, man."

Gerald Bourguet: The NBA’s L2M report deems that it was a correct no-call on De’Aaron Fox for Devin Booker’s last-second heave where he stepped on Fox’s foot: “Fox (SAS) is legally moving along Booker's (PHX) path when Booker clips the back of his foot”.

San Antonio is 20-2 since Feb. 1, the best mark in the NBA over that span. The Spurs finally ended their longest playoff drought (six seasons) in franchise history. Before this latest bout with futility, San Antonio had never missed the postseason in back-to-back seasons. "I'm happy for the city, the community and the organization," Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. "To be a part of that process is rewarding." Wembanyama, meanwhile, credited De’Aaron Fox, the first winner of the NBA's Clutch Player of the Year award, for anticipating "what the defense would do, so [he] kind of told me what to do" on the go-ahead jumper that won the game.

And, of course, they have Wembanyama at the center of it all. "He's probably outside of my wife (former Texas Tech and San Antonio FEAST basketball standout Recee Caldwell), the most competitive person I've ever met," Fox said. "Whether it's training camp, practice, a shooting drill, the All-Star Game, it doesn't matter. Vic's trying to win. And even after some games, he's like, 'Yeah, I want to be MVP,' and some guys don't say that. I don't think it's being cocky or anything like that, that's the way that he is. "He wants to be the best player on the floor every time he steps on the floor."

Tom Orsborn: Throw out the Xs and Os. De'Aaron Fox said there's a simple explanation for why the Spurs had 41 assists tonight and hit a franchise-record 25 3s: "We enjoy playing together," he said. "We enjoy seeing each other succeed. So that makes sharing the ball much easier."
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(Victor Wembanyama) was talking about how he holds people accountable, right? Is he nice about it or has he got a little bite sometimes?” De’Aaron Fox: “Uh, I mean, I think he he’s definitely — he’s definitely blunt sometimes, but I mean, especially when it’s not in the game, it comes off a little nicer. But when it’s in the game, like we don’t — we’re in the heat of the moment. We don’t have time for you to try to find your words to to soften this up a little bit.”

Omari Sankofa II: FINAL: Spurs 121, Pistons 106. They got within eight at one point in the second half, but this one was never that close. Held to 40.2% overall shooting. No answers for Wemby (38 pts, 16 rebs, 5 blocks) or Fox (29 pts).

De'Aaron Fox scored 20 and rookie Dylan Harper had 15. The Spurs also got double-digit scoring from Stephon Castle (13) and Julian Champagnie (10). "We've know, and I feel like it's been apparent this year, that we have a deep team," said Fox, whose driving, behind-the-basket 10-foot floater gave the Spurs a 108-104 lead. "We have guys that have missed games and we are still able to stay afloat and win games. I don't think it's a surprise that when someone has an off night, even someone of Victor's caliber, we have enough to kind of weather that."

MrBuckBuck: De'Aaron Fox on his game winnner: "I saw that picture of me and Bron, that's gotta be one of the best pictures I have, gotta get him to sign it"
De'Aaron Fox on his game winnner: "I saw that picture of me and Bron, that's gotta be one of the best pictures I have, gotta get him to sign it"
— MrBuckBuck (@MrBuckBuckNBA) February 16, 2026
Video via: https://t.co/MiMvB963dx pic.twitter.com/wu6MxrKCnl

Michael J.. Duarte: De'Aaron Fox drills a 3 at the buzzer to stun the young stars on Team USA. The OG's win. 42-40. Tyrese Maxey and Ant Edwards told me pregame they did not want to lose to the OG's they picked up the intensity down the stretch, but they take the L, nonetheless.
Ant gives the USA Stars the lead with a steal and a pullup three but De'Aaron Fox sidesteps and hits the buzzer beater for Stripes to win
— CJ Fogler (@cjzero.bsky.social) 2026-02-15T23:33:20.264Z
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Tom Orsborn: De’Aaron Fox said he won’t be giving his Stripes teammates any inside information about how to defend Wemby. “I'm not telling them shit,” he said. “I don't want to win this game that bad where I'm going to give Vic stuff away.”

“He's really getting confident and comfortable in the league,” Spurs guard Devin Vassell said. “He went through a stretch where maybe he just wasn't himself. He wasn't mentally wherever he is at now. But right now he's turned that corner and he's being ultra-aggressive. That's what we need from him.” Said Spurs guard De'Aaron Fox, "Dylan's been great. When he's out there, he seems like a vet playing."
Brad Miller: It stinks to lose like a guy like De’Aaron Fox who wanted to be here. He went to Kentucky, which is like a college version of Sacramento. They only have Kentucky and they love them and they get 20 thousand fans a game and you know that love that they feel he won't be here. So, you know, it hurts.