The Spurs come to town down their second-best player in G De'Aaron Fox (hamstring).

In a night where a few top rookies had outstanding debuts (hello, VJ Edgecombe), Cooper Flagg was not one of them. He was scoreless in the first half and only attempted two shots before finally being more aggressive in the third quarter. He'd finish with 10 points and 10 rebounds on 4/13 shooting, but I'll discuss him more in a minute.

“I’d rather see them start D’Angelo Russell at point guard, or (Ryan) Nembhard and put him (Flagg) at his natural position,” Parsons said.