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Jeff McDonald: Final. Spurs 121, Wolves 111. Victor Wembanyama with 43 points and six blocks. Took a career-high 34 shots, made 17 of them. Dylan Harper scores 25. De’Aaron Fox with 22. Season high for both players and (of course) Wemby.
Tom Orsborn: De'Aaron Fox on Amen Thompson blocking Wemby to seal the win for Houston: “Hell of a play, hell of a play…He's one of the best athletes that has probably ever graced the face of this earth. He made a hell of a play."
Jared Weiss: De'Aaron Fox is listed as questionable (right wrist sprain) for tomorrow's Austin game between the Spurs and Rockets. Keldon Johnson is also questionable after getting stitches for a deep laceration inside his cheek. Tobias Harris remains out with a left calf strain and Jayden Quaintance's return from knee surgery is still unknown.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson on Friday squashed any suspense going into the season by announcing his three-guard lineup will start in Tuesday's opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder. "We're planning on starting that same crew [in the opener]," Johnson said. San Antonio first deployed its three-guard starting lineup of De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper, alongside Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama, in a preseason win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, when the Spurs finished at plus-10 in the trio's 11 minutes together on the floor. The Suns rested most of their rotation players in that outing, which started with the Spurs shooting 1 of 10 from the floor.
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Tom Orsborn: Devin Vassell on #Spurs' three-guard starting lineup: "You don't know who to pick up. It's Fox, it's Dylan, it's Steph. We have five ball handlers that can come down and attack the basket and make a play. I think it's going to be tough for other teams."
Maxime Aubin: Can De'Aaron Fox, Harper, and Castle function in the regular season? “Yes,” believes the Spurs coach: “They are our best players; they know how to dribble, pass, shoot, defend, and make game-changing plays. One point of attention? They’ll need to grab rebounds and run a lot, because we like to play at a very high pace.”
Tom Orsborn: Keldon Johnson, Luke Kornet and Julian Champagnie have been ruled out for tonight for #Spurs vs. Suns, Mitch Johnson said. De'Aaron Fox and Carter Bryant are available.
“Why did I play? I felt like I could help the team,” Fox said. “Seeing the OKC series, I thought there were things I could come out there and help with. If you ask any player — and you could use Tyrese as the biggest [example] for that — you know there is a chance you could get hurt if you have a calf strain. And he was like, ‘Oh, this is Game 7 of the [2025 NBA] Finals. And for me, there is nothing more I want to do than play in this game.’ “This is my first time being in the conference finals, first time being in the Finals. So, of course I want to play.”
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It was obvious that Fox was hampered in the conference finals, averaging just 11.2 points per game on 36.5% shooting from the field and 22.7% from 3-point range. “I played more games in the playoffs hurt than I did healthy,” said Fox from the Spurs’ shootaround Monday morning from the Delta Center in preparation for a preseason contest against the Utah Jazz. “It is what it is. It happened. People can talk. It’s no sweat off my back.”
“My mentality on vacation was to get healthy and work — the same as any summer,” Fox said. “I reflected [on the Finals] a bit. But at some point, you have to move on. It took two months. It took a while. But you don’t want to just sit here and dwell on that knowing you have another season to get ready for. … “It is what it is. It happened. I’m not going to sit around here thinking about things that happened years ago. So, I’m not going to sit and think about things that happened months ago.”
However, the 2026 NBA All-Star suffered a right high-ankle sprain on May 10 during Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Timberwolves. An NBA player is typically ruled out four to six weeks with a high-ankle sprain. “I was the second-leading scorer when I got hurt,” Fox said.
Tom Orsborn: Mitch Johnson is "optimistic" De'Aaron Fox (hip) and Carter Bryant (ankle) will return Wednesday at home vs. the Suns. "I'm not sure they're going to play, but they're trending the right way," the coach said.
