Spurs vs. Pelicans: Play-by-play, highlights and reactions

The San Antonio Spurs (21-35) play against the New Orleans Pelicans (33-33) at Smoothie King Center

Game Time: 7:00 PM EST on Saturday February 12, 2022

San Antonio Spurs 38, New Orleans Pelicans 36 (Q2 09:37)

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Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Eight minutes played and not a single rebound, assist, steal or block.
I miss pre-trade deadline Jaxson Hayes. – 7:43 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
if only… 😱
the adjustment and finish still niiiice
@Dejounte Murray | @Lonnie Walker pic.twitter.com/eeQeQQiX9X – 7:42 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
1Q: Spurs by 4
No defense allowed in that quarter, with the Spurs scoring 37 and Pels 33
Lonnie 9 pts | CJ 12 pts
Jock 8 pts | Ingram 10 pts
Spurs +6 from three and the paint
Pelicans +8 from the FT line – 7:40 PM Will Guillory @WillGuillory
End of the 1st: Spurs 37, Pelicans 33
McCollum 12 pts & 5 rebs
Ingram 10 pts (3-5 FG)
Spurs shot 55.6 percent from the field, 5-11 on 3s. Pels gotta pick up the defensive intensity. – 7:39 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Spurs lead 37-33 after 1Q.
Fueled by 8 of 10 shooting from 3-point range, they scored 43 points in 1Q last night in ATL.
Tonight, they sank 5 of 11 from beyond the arc. McDermott hit 2 of 3.
Walker & Landale combined for 17 points off the bench. – 7:39 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
Ended first quarter with a buzzer beater, and hungry for more 😈🍽
#Pelicans | @TaxAct pic.twitter.com/P60zerZiAL – 7:39 PM Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
#Pelicans had a 2-for-1 backfire when they were whistled for a loose-ball foul on the offensive rebound, but it all worked out in the end when they scored 5 pts in final 10 seconds. Naji Marshall sinks trey at buzzer going full speed and launching a step behind line – 7:38 PM Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Naji Marshall hits a running floater to beat the first quarter buzzer. Nice close to the frame by the Pelicans as they trail the Spurs 37-33.
CJ McCollum and Brandon Ingram combined for 22 points. No one else scored more than 3 for New Orleans. – 7:38 PM Andrew Lopez @_Andrew_Lopez
Dougie McBuckets with an early 3 attempt with the clock ticking for the Spurs gives the Pelicans a shot and Naji Marshall makes a running 3-pointer at the buzzer to trim the lead to 37-33 at the end of the 1Q. – 7:38 PM Will Guillory @WillGuillory
Good news: CJ McCollum and Brandon Ingram have combined to score 20 points in the 1st quarter.
Bad news: The Pels can’t get any stops. – 7:36 PM Eric Koreen @ekoreen
Really impressive work by #gameops to get rid of all the Dragic clips in the intro video. – 7:36 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
JOCK JAM 😳
double poster!! 🖼 @Jock Landale pic.twitter.com/oOpY4Ey9GI – 7:35 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
The Spurs enter 19-9 when leading by 10 in a game this season.
They’ve led by 10 in 7 of their last 10 games. – 7:34 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Jock Landale’s 7 points on 3 of 4 are his most since he scored 10 vs. LAC on Jan. 15. His season high of 18 came against Detroit on Dec. 26. – 7:31 PM Aaron Rose @AaronBenRose
For those wondering as I was, Goran Dragic is out for tonight’s Spurs game. He is not with the team. pic.twitter.com/dUIlt1C0p0 – 7:30 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Jones, Primo, Walker, Cacok and Landale on the floor for your Spurs. – 7:27 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Jak Block and DJ dancing on ’em! 🚫🕺 pic.twitter.com/NRLBrrSszQ – 7:27 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
A+ ball movement leads to the @Jaxson Hayes SLAM 💥
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📻: @ESPNRadioNOLA pic.twitter.com/qBbBK9ACt3 – 7:26 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Pretty good couple of days for Devontae Cacok. He’s getting early minutes tonight after getting to see family last night in Atlanta. – 7:25 PM Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
After Spurs rookie Jock Landale threw down a highlight-reel dunk and posed in the middle of the lane, yelling toward San Antonio’s bench, Gregg Popovich motioned with his right hand, indicating “get back on defense” – 7:25 PM Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Did everyone noticed CJ McCollum is the kind of star who dives headfirst after a loose ball right there?? 💯 – 7:18 PM Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer
CJ McCollum spinning lefty layup for and-one may have resulted in the largest group of teammates helping a guy up off the floor in league history – 7:17 PM Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Brandon Ingram picked up the personal foul, but he stopped Jakob Poetl from scoring an easy two points on the dunk.
That’s just not a defensive play BI aimed to make last season. – 7:14 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
B.I. puts us on the board!
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📻: @ESPNRadioNOLA pic.twitter.com/jNFTcFV21i – 7:14 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
B.I. puts us on the board!
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📻: @ESPNRadioNOLA pic.twitter.com/QN6Lm6MEMG – 7:13 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
let’s get it 🤟 pic.twitter.com/lXVyRyBuDx – 7:12 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
WHERE THEM DAWGS AT BABY?!?! 🐶😤
#GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/NmOs4gT2Dj – 7:03 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
First 5⃣ on the floor tonight
#WBD | @Verizon pic.twitter.com/wqB8Ow2tCb – 6:55 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Saturday Night Starters 🤙
#PorVida pic.twitter.com/uM9oRdJpQ2 – 6:49 PM Joe Mussatto @joe_mussatto
Mark Daigneault said he had dinner with Ayo Dosunmu before the draft. Daigneault said he thinks Herb Jones was there as well.
“It was a good dinner.” – 6:48 PM Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Tomas Satoransky getting hugs from a lot of Pelicans during warmups right now.
The embrace @JoelMeyersNBA got from @Willy Hernangomez takes the cake though — everyone’s happy the Pelicans big man is back. – 6:48 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
At every home game from here on out, come by section 104 for a pregame happy hour at SKC! pic.twitter.com/vZvL0dEYSO – 6:37 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
hoops night in NOLA 🏀
#GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/kFz366sAt6 – 6:36 PM Will Guillory @WillGuillory
Pelicans starters tonight:
CJ McCollum
Devonte’ Graham
Brandon Ingram
Herb Jones
Jonas Valanciunas – 6:31 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
getting ready for game time 🏀 pic.twitter.com/K2rq6VB2Gj – 6:30 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Starters:
Spurs: Murray, Vassell, Johnson, McDermott, Poeltl.
Pelicans: Devonte’ Graham, CJ McCollum, Brandon Ingram, Herbert Jones, Jonas Valanciunas. – 6:25 PM Christian Clark @cclark_13
Starters:
Devonte’ Graham
CJ McCollum
Herb Jones
Brandon Ingram
Jonas Valanciunas – 6:20 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
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https://t.co/2LbNOG6ixX pic.twitter.com/ZDo0yb7uuB – 6:15 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
Devin Vassell is starting again. Same starting five for Spurs tonight – 6:14 PM Josh Richardson @J_Rich1
Also: Opened the FUT menu last week for the first time in 2 years.. time to get rolling again pic.twitter.com/od9GzFrh8i – 6:13 PM Oleh Kosel @OlehKosel
Starting lineups for tonight’s Pelicans-Spurs matchup pic.twitter.com/4YJZQS2Q3p – 6:13 PM Jake Madison @NOLAJake
Screw the scouting report on the Spurs. Did anyone check if the chair in front of Zion’s locker had clothes on it today? – 6:07 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
gameday vibes 😁
#ULTRADrip | #PorVida pic.twitter.com/WokJLyvXQC – 5:57 PM Josh Richardson @J_Rich1
How y’all feeling about this ufc fight card tonight… pic.twitter.com/s1lYAPu2aZ – 5:53 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Pop says he’s seen Tomas Satoransky a “good deal”:
“He played on the Czech National Team, so we watched him. Real heady guy. He knows how to play. That’s his main skill – he keeps everyone together, he knows what’s going on on the court, good passer.” – 5:47 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Pop says plan is for Josh Richardson and Romeo Langford to join the team in Chicago. – 5:45 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
Jakob Poeltl is now shooting 1/1 on pull-up 3s.
Since his 3 was from behind halfcourt, it doesn’t get credited as an above the break three.
His general 3PT FGM/FGA is now 1/1. pic.twitter.com/aRadTy7gJQ – 5:36 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Willie Green says Spurs are getting a pro in Satoransky: “He’s a guy who comes in every day and he is professional, gets his work in. I’m sure he didn’t have the year or the numbers that he wanted to, have, but we all appreciate his approach.” – 5:30 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
Head to the Pelicans mobile app to play the @SeatGeek Courtside Challenge for a chance to win a $200 Pelicans Team Store gift card!
https://t.co/2LbNOFOH9n pic.twitter.com/453kKfRidP – 5:30 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Willie Green says Pelicans are approaching this as a game with playoff implications. – 5:27 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
“He was a pro, he was a good teammate,” says Coach Green of the newest Spur Tomas Satoransky. – 5:21 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
“Both teams realize we’re fighting for the final 4 spots.” – Pelicans Head Coach Willie Green on the Spurs and Pelicans competing down the stretch for a playoff or play-in game spot. – 5:17 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
LIVE: Coach Green addresses the media ahead of tonight’s game against San Antonio
#WBD | @Verizon twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1… – 5:16 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Right back to work!
🆚 @New Orleans Pelicans
6pm CT
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📻 @1200WOAI, @kxtn1350 AM & 107.5 FM HD 2 pic.twitter.com/zEwtmrNiwN – 5:06 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
Great day for some basketball 🏀
#UltraDrip | @MichelobULTRA pic.twitter.com/5XTzMyzFO7 – 4:24 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
The only player in Spurs history to record 30+ points and 15+ assists in a game 👏
@ATT | #PorVida pic.twitter.com/6ABu9XJGls – 3:59 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Details on the picks the Boston Celtics owe the San Antonio Spurs from the Derrick White trade:
2022 1st – Protected 1-4. 5-30 to Spurs.
If not conveyed in 2022, then rolls over to 2023 w/ same protections.
If not conveyed in 2023 San Antonio gets a Dallas or Miami 2023 2nd – 3:53 PM Justin Kubatko @jkubatko
📅 On this day in 2021, Luka Doncic (46 points) and Zion Williamson (36) became the second pair of opposing players in NBA history, each 21 years old or younger, to score at least 35 points in the same game.
It’s now been done a total of three times. pic.twitter.com/jOCFBysszh – 3:01 PM Matthew Tynan @Matthew_Tynan
Spurs say Zach Collins is out tonight (injury management). Probably not a surprise at this point they want to keep him out of B2Bs.
Josh Richardson and Romeo Langford are not with the team, but presumably in SA where physicals are/were being conducted. – 2:06 PM Tom Orsborn @tom_orsborn
Per their injury report, the Spurs will be without the following players tonight here in New Orleans:
Bates-Diop (face, laceration)
Collins (ankle, injury management)
Dragic (not with team)
Langford (not with team)
Richardson (not with team). – 1:55 PM Paul Garcia @PaulGarciaNBA
Tomas Satoransky is not on the Spurs injury report.
Collins (ankle), KBD (face laceration), Richardson, Langford, and Dragic all OUT – 1:45 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Passing the triple-double torch from one era of Spurs hoops to the next 🤝
@FrostBank | #GoSpursGo pic.twitter.com/YrouX7BR5b – 1:40 PM New Orleans Pelicans @PelicansNBA
Who do Willie Green and #Pelicans players have in the big game on Sunday: Cincinnati or Los Angeles? 🤔
Family, hometown, college ties, rooting against teammates 😂, and the Griddy are all factors in the squads picks 👀
@ErinESummers | @SeatGeek pic.twitter.com/3sg5zmw3CJ – 1:35 PM Sirius XM NBA @SiriusXMNBA
ICYMI: CJ McCollum is a member of the @New Orleans Pelicans!
@LegsESPN likes this deal for New Orleans
#WBD pic.twitter.com/Q2kbwsIPTu – 1:17 PM Nate Duncan @NateDuncanNBA
#NBACast returns on Monday for TOR/NOP at 8 ET!
Join me and @Danny Leroux live on League Pass. Will be taking your questions throughout the evening, send yours in using #NBACast – 1:15 PM San Antonio Spurs @spurs
GAMEDAY!
#PorVida pic.twitter.com/S4FtROAOjH – 1:14 PM