De’Aaron Fox led the Spurs with 24 points in his season debut after a hamstring injury
The best version of the 2025-26 San Antonio Spurs features De’Aaron Fox making things happen on offense. He made his season debut on Saturday.
The All-Star guard led the Spurs with 24 points in his return from an offseason hamstring injury in a 126-119 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans. He shot 9 of 14 from the field (2 of 5 from 3-point range) with three rebounds and three assists.
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He got 15 of his points in the second quarter, with his first bucket coming on a stepback 3-pointer.
Eight different Spurs players scored in double figures during the game, with Victor Wembanyama having 18 points, 18 rebounds and 3 blocks and Stephon Castle having 14 points and 14 assists. That was enough to erase a 41-point night from Trey Murphy III.
Fox comes on the heels of rookie guard Dylan Harper being ruled out for several weeks with a calf strain. There have been questions throughout the offseason about how the Spurs will juggle the ball-handling duties between Fox, Castle and Harper, but for now they can just make sure one of them is always on the floor, even if it looked like Castle was still the floor general when Fox was in the game.
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It will be a good problem to have when Harper returns, but for now Fox and Wembanyama can start building the chemistry that was lost when the big man was ruled out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season after Fox hit the trade deadline.
Their next game will be a road game against the Chicago Bulls on Monday.