Stephon Castle on Pop speaking to team before it left for NYC:
"Pretty much his message was just let the last two games go. It happened. They were very winnable games. We feel like we gave them those games. We got to let those go and focus on the next one."
Spurs have clean injury report ahead of Game 4.
Castle when told that Wemby said he "might be the most mature player on the team":
"Honestly, probably, yeah, other than Vic. Probably Vic would be number one. I don't go to sleep at 9 p.m., so ... I'm probably a close second."
Stephon Castle on his sore right ankle: "It's been feeling good...It feels a lot better than I thought it would initially. Obviously, I had some adrenaline running, kind of once I settled down, I started to feel it. Waking up the next day, actually felt really good."
Can we all manifest me getting a job this week? 🤞
Insight from @talkhoops.bsky.social “Shaquille O’Neal was swept in his first NBA Finals in 1995. Jason Kidd was swept in his first finals in 2002. LeBron James was swept in his first in 2007. It’s not the worst thing in the world if it happens to Victor Wembanyama this year. But he must avenge it.”
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Steph Castle came up with clutch points in the final two minutes of the Game 3 win, earning high praise from Wemby:
"He might be the most mature player on our team. And he's nowhere near the oldest.”
On a big night for the 21 year old:
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