Amen Thompson #1 of the Houston Rockets dunks the ball in front of Blake Wesley #14 of the San Antonio Spurs and Julian Champagnie #30 in the first half at Toyota Center on November 06, 2024 in Houston,

Beyond the scuffle that saw Lu Dort, Kenrich Williams, and Julian Champagnie ejected late in the third quarter, there were quite a few digestible things for the San Antonio Spurs. Luckily for them, not every one was negative.

The gulf in quality between the current rosters of the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs may be huge, but games between the two sides continue to be competitive. On Sunday night, a Spurs tea

Toronto Raptors sent him to New Orleans as part of a trade for Brandon Ingram. The Pelicans have won two of their past three games since snapping a 10-gme skid just before the NBA All-Star break. Julian Champagnie tied a career high with six 3s as he and Keldon Johnson each scored 18 points for San Antonio.

Here's what coach Mitch Johnson, Julian Champagnie and Chris Paul had to say following the team's road loss to the Pelicans.

Johnson and Julian Champagnie both led San Antonip's bench in scoring Thursday with 15 points each. While Johnson had slowly been receiving reduced playing time as of late, Victor Wembanyama being ruled out for the remainder of the 2024-25 campaign due to deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder could open up more minutes for Johnson if the Spurs opt to utilize more small-ball lineups.

Williams led the way with a career-high 41 points and seven assists. Gilgeous-Alexander had 31 points and eight assists. Cason Wallace scored 19 points in his start and Aaron Wiggins had 17 points off the bench. Isaiah Hartenstein had 10 points, 11 rebounds and six rebounds. Alex Caruso aided with 10 points.

Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault was quite candid about the squad's altercation with the San Antonio Spurs.