On March 17, Beijing time, in an NBA regular season game that ended earlier today, the San Antonio Spurs narrowly defeated the Oklahoma Thunder at home 122-120.
In this game, Spurs star Dezhangtai Murray played a very comprehensive performance. He played 36 minutes and shot 7-of-18, including 4-of-8 from three-point range, and set down 26 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists and 4 steals.
So far in the regular season this season, Murray has performed very well. He averaged 34.7 minutes per game and could have 20.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, 9.4 assists, 2.1 steals and 0.3 blocks. He shot 46.4 percent from the field and 31.6 percent from three-point range. He is the highest in the league in terms of steals per game and fourth in assists per game. Although Murray started defensively, his offense has improved significantly this season. With a strong personal performance, he was also successfully selected for this year's All-Star Game.
At the same time, the Spurs' other young players in today's game also performed very well. Among them, Kelden Johnson played 35 minutes, shooting 8 of 16, including 5 of 10 three-pointers, and had 22 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals. It is worth mentioning that the 6 assists in this game is a new personal season high. In recent times, Johnson has been in great shape. In his last six games, he has averaged 23.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game and shot 50.9 percent from the field.
And the Spurs were able to win the game today, and the performance of team guard Lonnie Walker was also crucial, he played 23 minutes, 6 of 18 shots, had 20 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and hit a quasi-kill in the final moments of the game to help the team take away the final victory. For the Spurs, the main goal of this season may not be the final performance ranking, and the most important thing is to be able to train young players to prepare for the future.