Castle's 19 points were the third-most on the team, behind Victor Wembanyama and Harrison Barnes. Wembanyama notched a game-high 25 points, while Barnes added 22 points, as the trio led San Antonio to their ninth win of the season.

The San Antonio Spurs rallied from a 17-point deficit to upset the Golden State Warriors ,104-94, on Saturday, and it was the stellar two-way play their two young building blocks that brought them home.

Castle learned the slow step after tutelage from Mike Noyes, the Spurs assistant who is the team’s player development coach. Noyes, like Castle, was a former UConn guard and joined the Spurs in July after spending six years with the Memphis Grizzlies, most recently as player development director.

Stephon Castle has only featured in 17 games over his short NBA career, but the 20-year-old is making a name for himself.

The San Antonio Spurs have seen Stephon Castle find his stride during his rookie season in which the UCONN guard is scoring the ball more to capitalize on his elite defense.

The all-time best shooter from beyond the arc, was only able to convert 3 of his 10 attempts from range, scoring only 14 points in total.

Stephon Castle led the San Antonio Spurs to a 104-94 victory over the Golden State Warriors, scoring 19 points, including a crucial three-pointer in the final minutes. Castle's performance, which included a key steal from Steph Curry,

Guarding Stephen Curry was just half the battle for San Antonio Spurs rookie Stephon Castle, who stepped up on both ends to fuel the Silver & Black to its third straight win.

Victor Wembanyama scored nearly half of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter as the San Antonio Spurs erased a 17-point late third-quarter deficit to beat Stephen Curry and a Golden State Warriors team that sits atop the Western Conference 104-94.