SAN ANTONIO — The entirety of Dejounte Murray’s rookie season played out, in microcosm, during the first 15 seconds he played in his team’s loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night at the AT&T Center.
The San Antonio Spurs trailed by 13 when Murray replaced Patty Mills with 3:49 remaining. Head coach Gregg Popovich ceded the win to the Magic by inserting a 20-year-old who is solely being groomed for the future and in need of all the real-time experience he can get.
Ten seconds in, Murray jabbed the ball away from Magic guard Evan Fournier.