The San Antonio Spurs are not in the NBA postseason or the NBA play-in tournament. However, they did post two impressive victories to close out the 2024-25 NBA regular season without their star player Victor Wembanyama.
On April 9, the Spurs were 17.5 point underdogs to the Golden State Warriors, but came through with a 114-111 win. Then on April 13, the Spurs were down 79-57 to the Toronto Raptors with one minute and 50 seconds into the second half before outscoring the Raptors 68-39 en route to a 125-118 win.
In both Spurs wins, small forward Keldon Johnson of Chesterfield, Virginia, led the Spurs in scoring. He was the Spurs’s co-leader in points in the win over the Warriors (21 points) and then led the Spurs in scoring in the win over the Raptors (23 points).
In San Antonio’s win over Golden State, Spurs forward Harrison Barnes made the game-winning shot from 27 feet. The buzzer beater broke a 111-111 tie. In all, seven Spurs had double digits in scoring. In addition to Johnson, rookie point guard Stephon Castle of Covington, Georgia had 21 points, Barnes had 20 points, small forward Julian Champagnie of Staten Island, New York 14 points, point guard Chris Paul of Winston-Salem, North Carolina had 12 points, and shooting guard Devin Vassell of Lawrenceville, Georgia and power forward Sandro Mamukelashvili of New York, New York had 11 points each.
In San Antonio’s win over Toronto, seven Spurs also reached double digits in scoring. In addition to Johnson’s 23 points, Castle had 20 points, Barnes had 18 points, Paul had 15 points, Champagnie had 14 points, Mamukelashvili had 12 points, and guard Malaki Branham of Columbus, Ohio had 11 points.
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