San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle played 24 minutes and scored 16 points in his team's final preseason game of the year.
The former UConn star scored 16 points in 24 minutes as the Spurs lost their final preseason game to the Rockets, 129-107 at the Toyota Center. And with the preseason behind him, Castle is ready to get a jump on the regular season. He enjoyed his first preseason, now ready to play the games which count in the standings.
"I feel like I'm ready to go," he said. "Just trying to gauge the speed of the game, the physicality. It's starting to slow down now. ... I found those games were really needed and useful."Castle said the biggest thing he got out of Thursday's game and the entire preseason was the different combinations of players Spurs coach Gregg Popovich used.
Oct 17, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle looks to pass against the Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun in the second quarter at Toyota Center. / Thomas Shea-Imagn Images "We will be focusing in on our defense. I feel like when we play our best game of defense we are at our best, running our transition and scoring points," Castle said. "We don't have to play half court the whole time. We are just trying to lock in on that.""I saw a lot of things I liked," Popovich said. "We hung tough in the first and third quarters, but the second and fourth got away from us.
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