SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs won at home versus the Detroit Pistons 123-95 to wrap up their 2023-24 season.
Blake Wesley finished with 17 points and six rebounds. Zach Collins scored 17 points and nine rebounds before exiting the game with a shoulder injury. Julian Champagnie scored 11 in the win. Tre Jones contributed 11 points, Devonte' Graham scored 12, Sandro Mamukelashvili scored 18, and David Duke Jr. posted 15.
Due to injuries, San Antonio was without Jeremy Sochan, Cedi Osman, Victor Wembanyama, Keldon Johnson, Malaki Branham, and Devin Vassell.
The Spurs finish with a 22-60 record.
Here's a sample of what the teams said after the game.
SPURS
Coach Gregg Popovich:
"Eight guys scored in double figures, and we had 33 assists. They play hard, they play for each other. That's why I've said all the things I've said all year about them. So, no need to repeat. But it's a hell of a good group."
Wesley:
"We grew from all those things. I remember when he [Gregg Popovich] first showed us we were in the bottom. Then, he showed us the other day and we were in like the top-15 and top-20. So, it’s a big improvement for us. Makes us happy, it makes us want to grow more and continue to put on the pressure.”
Jones:
“It was a good end to the season, for sure. We were playing better and better throughout the entire year. Each month we were getting better as a team and as a whole and playing more and more like the way we wanted to play offensively and defensively. Obviously, the win the other night was a huge one and then to come out tonight and play well again, I think it just goes to show all the work that we’ve been putting in all year. We continued to stay together, not get too down and just continue to go through all the tough times together and continue to grow.”
PISTONS
Coach Monty Williams:
“It’s always appreciation for, as I've said, the way they come in every day. I have not been around too many groups that have just jumped right in there and said ‘I'll do it’ everyday with everything that they have, from a basketball-athletic perspective, dealt with this year. I just wanted to share that with them, and then I told them, in my opinion, we have dug the trenches for the foundation. This summer, we got to pour the cement and see whose fingerprints are going to be in it. That's something that we're intentional about going forward."
James Wiseman:
"[We've had] a lot of different teammates this year. Guys coming in and out. Just a growing season going through a lot of ups and downs, but just taking it one day at a time, because that's what life is all about. It's about adversity … You got to go through peaks and valleys so just staying humble, working hard every day and just taking one day at a time."