The San Antonio Spurs lost to the New Orleans Pelicans, but two players stepped up despite a poor team performance.

Champagnie closed with 18 points (6-13 FG, 6-11 3Pt), four rebounds, four assists and two steals over 19 minutes off the bench during Sunday's 114-96 loss to the Pelicans.

Here's what coach Mitch Johnson, Julian Champagnie and Chris Paul had to say following the team's road loss to the Pelicans.

Zion Williamson scored 22 points, Kelly Olynyk had a double-double and the host New Orleans Pelicans defeated the San Antonio Spurs 114-96 on Sunday night.

San Antonio fell to 1-2 in three games since French star Victor Wembanyama was lost for the season because of a blood clot in ...

De’Aaron Fox scored 11 straight points in the final three minutes and finished with 26 as San Antonio beat the Phoenix Suns 120-109, hours after learning Spurs star Victor Wembanyama was done for the ...

Keldon Johnson and Julian Champagnie each scored 15 points for San Antonio. Stephon Castle had ... despite the 7-foot-3 Wembanyama missing from the Spurs lineup. The Suns were also outscored ...

Spurs: G Malaki Branham (6-5, 3rd), C Bismack Biyombo (6-8, 14th), G Stephon Castle (6-6, 1st), F Julian Champagnie ... 39 years of experience at the San Antonio Express-News and Hearst Newspapers.

De'Aaron Fox scored 26 points on Thursday, including 11 straight for the Spurs in the final 3:18. Keldon Johnson and Julian Champagnie added 15 points each off the bench for San Antonio.