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Washington Wizards vs. San Antonio Spurs

December 21, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Spurs beat the Wizards 124-113 on 2025-12-21 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started CJ McCollum, Justin Champagnie, Tristan Vukčević, Bub Carrington, and Kyshawn George. The Spurs started Harrison Barnes, De'Aaron Fox, Luke Kornet, Devin Vassell, and Stephon Castle. Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) scored 6 points (2/9) in his matchups, with Tristan Vukcevic as his primary defender. Tristan Vukcevic (Wizards) scored 11 points (5/15) in his matchups, with Luke Kornet as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards 113

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Bub Carrington GS 39:49 21 5 4 0 1 1 5 7-11 4-6 3-5 -1
CJ McCollum GS 34:10 15 3 4 2 0 2 3 6-15 1-5 2-2 -2
Kyshawn George GS 33:16 14 4 7 1 1 2 5 6-13 0-7 2-3 -14
Tristan Vukcevic GS 27:12 18 9 0 0 3 0 4 8-19 2-9 0-2 -10
Justin Champagnie GS 20:44 5 3 1 0 0 0 2 2-6 0-3 1-2 -5
Tre Johnson 25:27 19 7 1 0 2 0 1 6-10 3-6 4-4 +4
Jamir Watkins 21:55 4 5 2 2 0 0 2 0-2 0-2 4-4 +6
Will Riley 16:48 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 3-8 0-3 2-2 -3
Malaki Branham 16:01 9 4 0 0 0 0 3 4-8 1-3 0-0 -19
Anthony Gill 4:38 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-1 0-0 -11
Totals 113 43 20 5 7 5 25 42-95 11-45 18-24

Did not play: Marvin Bagley III (DND - Injury/Illness), Alex Sarr (DND - Injury/Illness)

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs 124

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
De'Aaron Fox GS 32:57 27 7 6 0 1 0 3 10-19 5-7 2-3 -1
Stephon Castle GS 31:58 18 5 11 3 0 2 2 4-16 1-5 9-13 +2
Devin Vassell GS 30:44 11 6 1 0 1 1 2 3-11 2-7 3-3 +7
Luke Kornet GS 27:52 20 12 0 0 1 0 3 8-11 0-0 4-4 +13
Harrison Barnes GS 25:56 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 5-11 2-6 2-2 +5
Keldon Johnson 23:46 12 9 0 0 0 1 2 4-6 2-2 2-2 +3
Victor Wembanyama 21:30 14 12 2 0 2 2 1 6-13 0-3 2-3 +5
Julian Champagnie 18:08 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 1-6 1-6 0-0 +2
Dylan Harper 17:44 1 2 3 0 0 2 3 0-8 0-4 1-2 +12
Kelly Olynyk 9:25 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 2-3 0-1 0-0 +7
Totals 124 61 26 3 5 9 19 43-104 13-41 25-32

Did not play: Bismack Biyombo (DNP - Coach's Decision), Carter Bryant (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan McLaughlin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jeremy Sochan (DNP - Coach's Decision), Lindy Waters III (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

WAS
Washington Wizards
Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

SAS
San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Wizards defense

Defender Guarded most
Bub Carrington De'Aaron Fox: 25 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Stephon Castle: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/3)
CJ McCollum Stephon Castle: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · De'Aaron Fox: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Kyshawn George Devin Vassell: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keldon Johnson: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Tristan Vukcevic Luke Kornet: 21 poss., 11 pts (5/9) · Victor Wembanyama: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Tre Johnson Harrison Barnes: 8 poss., 5 pts (2/3) · Dylan Harper: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Jamir Watkins Victor Wembanyama: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keldon Johnson: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Justin Champagnie Harrison Barnes: 17 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Victor Wembanyama: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Will Riley Victor Wembanyama: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Stephon Castle: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Malaki Branham Devin Vassell: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Stephon Castle: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Anthony Gill Victor Wembanyama: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Luke Kornet: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Spurs defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Vassell CJ McCollum: 24 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Kyshawn George: 14 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Stephon Castle Bub Carrington: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Kyshawn George: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
De'Aaron Fox Bub Carrington: 30 poss., 6 pts (2/6) · Kyshawn George: 13 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Luke Kornet Tristan Vukcevic: 22 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Kyshawn George: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Harrison Barnes Justin Champagnie: 20 poss., 2 pts (1/4) · Kyshawn George: 8 poss., 4 pts (1/2)
Victor Wembanyama Tristan Vukcevic: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/5) · Jamir Watkins: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Keldon Johnson Tre Johnson: 10 poss., 2 pts (0/1) · Bub Carrington: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dylan Harper Tre Johnson: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kyshawn George: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Julian Champagnie CJ McCollum: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Tre Johnson: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Kelly Olynyk Tristan Vukcevic: 5 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Malaki Branham: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)