Dylan Harper may have saved more than a teammate in Spurs' biggest moment

A lex Caruso's hard foul sent Stephon Castle crashing to the floor during the Spurs' tense battle with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The contact immediately raised the temperature inside the arena. Castle looked ready to get up and confront Caruso, a reaction that many players would have had in the heat of such a high-stakes game. Not every game-changing moment comes from a clutch shot, a highlight dunk or a game-saving block. Sometimes it comes from understanding what your team cannot afford to lose.

Dylan Harper may have saved more than a teammate in Spurs' biggest moment. A lex Caruso's hard foul sent Stephon Castle crashing to the floor during the Spurs' tense battle with the Oklahoma City Thunder. The contact immediately raised the temperature inside the arena. Castle looked ready to get up and confront Caruso, a reaction that many players would have had in the heat of such a high-stakes game. Not every game-changing moment comes from a clutch shot, a highlight dunk or a game-saving block. Sometimes it comes from understanding what your team cannot afford to lose. But before emotions could take over, Dylan Harper saw something bigger The rookie sprinted across the court and practically threw himself onto his teammate, doing everything he could to keep Castle from escalating the situation. It happened in a matter of seconds, but th...