On the 6th, the NBA Spurs relied on the outstanding performance of "Fox Brother" Fox and "Zebra" Wembanyama at critical moments, and finally defeated the Hawks 126-125. Veteran Paul with acting head coachMitch JohnsonThey were all amazed by Fox's performance.

Fox (left), Acting Head Coach Mitch Johnson (right)

Mitch JohnsonSpeaking after the game, "selfishly, as a coach, this is probably the most complete debut you can hope for, you can see his potential, I wouldn't underestimate that, he's a very explosive player, it's exciting and it's going to open up a whole new level for our team. ”

The Spurs scored 35 points in the first quarter to cause the Hawks' defense to collapse, with a backcourt combination of Fox, Paul and rookie Custer that included 32 points either directly (scoring) or indirectly (assists). "In the first quarter, we had a lot of variety of starting points and finishers, and when you're an opponent, you're trying to find a solution and try to figure out how to stop that."Mitch Johnsonadded.

Speaking after the game, Paul also praised Fox's performance: "I can probably imagine what Fox's performance will be, but his tempo, his sense of space on the court is really impressive, he's worked with a lot of good centre-forwards in the past, but I don't think there's anyone who can fully open up space like Wembanyama. We haven't even trained with him yet, just shooting, and we'll continue to learn and figure out how to match him. ”

According to ESPN, Fox shot 6-of-12 from the field in the first three quarters, shooting 50 percent from the field, and still shot 8-of-12 from the field against five different Hawks defenders, a 66.7 percent shooting percentage. In this game, Fox became the third player in NBA history to score 20 points and assist more than 30 points in the first game of the transfer, the first two being "bearded" Harden and Westbrook.

'It's a real improvement, but honestly we should have reached 22 wins earlier, this team is very young and the only option is to keep improving and keep going.' Wembanyama said. The win took Spurs' record for the season to 22, compared to last season, which they didn't achieve until April 15.