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Dylan Harper overcomes slow start to help push Spurs to overtime win

Dylan Harper #2 of San Antonio Spurs dribbles the ball during 2025 NBA Summer League game between the Utah Jazz and San Antonio Spurs at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 14, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

LAS VEGAS – Spurs rookie guard Dylan Harper wasn’t about to let a slow start ruin his night.

The No. 2 overall pick in last month’s draft scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half to help the Spurs improve to 3-0 at the Las Vegas Summer League with a 93-91 overtime win over Utah on Monday night at Thomas & Mack Center.

Spurs Summer League coach Mike Noyes had some choice words for his starters, including Harper and No. 14 pick Carter Bryant, after the Spurs came into the break trailing 41-35.

“I didn’t think our starters showed up to play tonight. I let them know,” Noyes said. “I thought our bench came in and provided some good energy and then the starters responded as the game went on.”

That was especially true of Harper, who forced overtime with a driving layup through traffic with 4.7 seconds left.

“I just regrouped and just never put my head down,” Harper said. “Just kept going.”

The Spurs won the game on second-year forward Riley Minix’s fadeaway baseline jumper at the buzzer after he caught an inbound pass from Harrison Ingram. His teammates mobbed him afterward in a celebration that marked one of the best moments of Summer League.

Minix’s game-winner came after Noyes called a timeout following a dunk by Kyle Filipkowski that knotted the score at 91-91 with 1.9 seconds left.

“The first look was supposed to be to Carter for a lob and the second look was for Dylan coming off a pin down,” Minix said. “And I told Harrison before the play, 'If it’s too crowded, if nothing’s open, find me in the corner, I’ll get open. And it was a little crowded, nothing was open and he found me and I put a shot up and it went in.”

Said Noyes, “Ingram made a terrific pass. We didn’t have any timeouts, so we had to get the ball in. Riley did the rest.”

G League veteran David Jones-Garcia, who is vying for a two-way contract with the Spurs, continued his scoring romp through Summer League with 28 points off the bench.

“I have not watched much Summer League outside of the teams we’ve played, but to me, (Jones-Garcia) is the best player in Summer League,” Noyes said. “He has been phenomenal. … Whatever contract he gets coming out of Summer League, he deserves every penny of it. He’s been terrific.”

Ingram, who the Spurs drafted in the second round last season, finished with 15 points, 14 rebounds and six assists. Minix had 13 points and six boards.

“Riley is a good basketball player,” Noyes said. “We’ve known it for a while now. It’s been a little hidden because of (the shoulder injury that ended his season last January). I actually thought he might’ve been our best on-ball defender tonight.”

Filipkowski led the Jazz with 35 points and 11 rebounds. Ace Bailey, who the Jazz selected fourth overall after he starred with Harper at Rutgers last season, sat out the game with a sore hip.

Harper logged 25 minutes in just his second game of Summer League after missing all three games at the California Classic in San Francisco and the win over Philadelphia in the Vegas opener last week due to a minor groin issue. He had 16 points in 20 minutes in a win over Dallas in his debut on Saturday.

On Monday, Harper hit 5 of 16 from the field, including 1 of 4 from 3-point range, and was 5 of 7 from the free throw line. He also had two assists against five turnovers and two rebounds.

Bryant finished with five points, five rebounds, two blocks and one steal in 30 minutes. He suffered through yet another tough shooting night, going 2 of 11 from the field, including 0 of 3 from deep.

“I couldn’t be less worried about it,” Noyes said of Bryant hitting just 3 of his 26 shots from beyond the arc in Summer League. “He’s going to make shots. His defense has overshadowed his offense because he’s been so good at times defensively. Carter has a great offensive game. Just needs to get the nerves out of the way.”

All in all, it was a challenging game for the rookies, but Noyes noted that’s how they learn.

“I just told the rookies in front of the team I thought both of them had a rough go today, and that’s okay,” Noyes said. “That’s why we’re here - to get better. Mistakes are going to happen. Mistakes facilitate learning. I thought both of them came through in the clutch for us, and it wasn’t always scoring the ball. It was defense, it was talking, it was energy and all of that stuff adds up.”

Noyes stressed that it’s been difficult for Harper because he got such a late start because of his injury, which the Spurs diagnosed before they left for San Francisco on July 4.

“The position he’s in, he hasn’t played (games) in months and the expectations are high,” Noyes said. "The expectation shouldn’t be high. He’s right where he needs to be. His conditioning will be way better once the season comes around. He’s in a tough spot right now where it’s like, yeah, we want to get some games under our belt.

“But I thought the response he had was great. I though he had his head in his hands at one point. He came out of it. He delivered down the stretch for us. He was a huge piece of this team win.”