While Gary Harris was in street clothes, DeMar DeRozan averaged 22.5 points and 6.0 rebounds in the first two meetings between the Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs during the regular season. In the two tilts that saw Harris active and in the scrum, the All-Star wing’s averages dipped to 17.5 and 3.5, respectively.
Coincidence?
Not on Pop’s life.
“DeRozan, he’s an All-Star, he knows how to play, he’s been around this league for a while,” Harris told The Post before Game 1 of the Nuggets-Spurs first-round NBA Playoff series at the Pepsi Center on Saturday night.