San Antonio Spurs @ Atlanta Hawks
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA | Game ID: 22400719
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
ATL 25 29 43 28 125SAS 35 37 31 23 126
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Wembanyama hits decisive free throw as Spurs hold off Hawks 126-125 in Fox's debut
ATLANTA -- — Victor Wembanyama broke a tie with a free throw with 2.4 seconds left and De'Aaron Fox scored 24 points in his first game for San Antonio, leading the Spurs to a 126-125 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night.
Fox arrived from Sacramento in a three-team trade Sunday and started in his San Antonio debut as Wembanyama’s new point guard.
Wembanyama, who also had 24 points, intentionally missed the second free throw, denying Atlanta the opportunity for an inbounds play. Trae Young missed a last-second 3-pointer.
Wembanyama added 12 rebounds. Fox matched his season high with 13 assists.
Young had 32 points with 12 assists for Atlanta. Onyeka Okongwu had a career-high 30 points.
The Spurs led by 20 points early in the second half but had to withstand the Hawks' comeback attempt. De'Andre Hunter 's 3-pointer with less than two minutes remaining pulled the Hawks to 123-121. Young made two free throws to tie it at 123 and hit a jumper for another tie at 125.
Takeaways Spurs: One night after having his No. 24 jersey retired at Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee near Atlanta, Devin Vassell scored 20 points and matched his career high with four steals. Julian Champagnie set a career high with five steals.
Hawks: Okongwu scored 13 points and Young had 11 in the third quarter as the Hawks outscored the Spurs 43-31.
Key moment After leading only 22-21, the Spurs pulled away with an 11-2 run that was sparked by back-to-back layups from Jeremy Sochan .
Key stat San Antonio led 72-54 at halftime to set a season high for points in a first half.
Up next Both teams play Friday night. The Spurs are at Charlotte as they complete a three-game tour of the South. The Hawks host Milwaukee.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SASCP C. Paul
DF D. Fox
DV D. Vassell
HB H. Barnes
JC J. Champagnie
JS J. Sochan
KJ K. Johnson
SC S. Castle
VW V. Wembanyama
ATLDB D. Barlow
DD D. Daniels
DH D. Hunter
GM G. Mathews
KW K. Wallace
KR Krejci
LN L. Nance Jr.
OO O. Okongwu
TY T. Young
VK V. Krejčí
ZR Z. Risacher
SAS/ATL the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur