De'Aaron Fox shined enough Saturday to inspire San Antonio Spurs teammate Devin Vassell to describe the star guard's season debut simply as "Fox being Fox."

After missing the first two-plus weeks of the season recovering from a hamstring injury, Fox returned to the Southwest Division-leading Spurs with 24 points on 9-for-14 shooting in a victory against New Orleans.

With Fox set to make his first road appearance of the campaign Monday versus the Chicago Bulls, the Spurs know things might not always appear so seamless.

At least that's what this Fox says, reminding the basketball world that Saturday marked his first game since March, when he underwent surgery to repair a torn tendon in his left pinky finger shortly after arriving from Sacramento in a three-team trade.

Fox led eight Spurs

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