The fourth overall pick sank three of four free throws in the final 17.5 seconds to help the Spurs collect a hard-fought 109-106 win over Houston on Saturday.
When Gregg Popovich announced before the game that Spurs backup point guard Tre Jones would be out for two weeks with an ankle injury, expectations rose that rookie Stephon Castle would get more minutes off the bench Saturday night. Those expectations were met, and then some. After logging 18 minutes in the season-opening loss at Dallas two days earlier, the fourth overall pick finished with 27 against Houston , the fifth highest workload on the team.
'He's Jeremy,' Popovich said. 'He runs the floor. He rebounds. He does his best job on defense. He's just out there to win, compete.' Recording a team-best 37 minutes, Sochan finished with 17 points on 8-of-14 shooting, a game-high 12 rebounds, three assists and two steals two nights after scoring 18 points and grabbing six rebounds in Dallas. Sochan started last season at point guard, a move Popovich dubbed the team's 'official experiment' for the season.
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