{"id":336915,"date":"2025-12-09T10:11:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/336915\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T10:11:16","slug":"nba-rookie-dylan-harper-sends-message-after-spurs-win-against-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/336915\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rookie Dylan Harper Sends Message After Spurs’ Win Against Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio Spurs<\/a> rookie Dylan Harper had a huge night off the bench on Monday to beat the New Orleans Pelicans<\/a>. Harper finished with 22 points, three rebounds and six assists on 62.5% shooting. In the final moments of the game, the guard willed the Spurs to a 135-132 victory with his clutch layup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Harper’s game against New Orleans was important, since he had just come off a three-point performance against the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> on Friday. The youngster shot 1-for-11 from the field and struggled to score. Fortunately for the Spurs guard, he bounced back.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to the media after the game, Harper revealed how he hasn’t let his bad games affect him.<\/p>\n

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San Antonio Spurs rookie guard Dylan Harper (2)\u00a9 Candice Ward-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the beginning of the year, I was a little iffy, a little hesitant,\u201d Harper said. \u201cBut as the season kept on going, all my teammates and coaches, everyone just encouraged me to be me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think plays like that show that I\u2019mma attack the rim no matter what, I\u2019mma get to the line even if I get there and they foul me.\u201d<\/p>\n

His approach to the game has not changed, and he remains aggressive. Out of all the rookies, Harper ranks seventh<\/a> in total drives this season.<\/p>\n

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Before facing New Orleans, San Antonio’s first-year player has appeared in 12 games this season, averaging 12.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.8 assists. Without their best player, Victor Wembanyama<\/a>, the Spurs look to Harper and the rest of the team to work together and remain competitive.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama has missed<\/a> his 11th game this season due to a left calf strain.<\/p>\n

Related: NBA Facing Troubling Development After Spurs\u2019 Victor Wembanyama Announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Dec 9, 2025, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs rookie Dylan Harper had a huge night off the bench on Monday to beat the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,17603,12842,590,3879,7210,12837,10549,85,28021,12838],"class_list":["post-336915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-dylan-harper","tag-nba","tag-new-orleans","tag-new-orleans-pelicans","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sports","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}