After getting blown out of the building in Brooklyn a few weeks ago and severely struggling though a current five-game losing streak, the Spurs entered the night hoping to right the ship against a Nets squad that was already down Kevin Durant, and Kyrie Irving ended up being a late scratch with calf tightness. It wasn’t a pretty game and even got chippy at times, but the Spurs willed themselves to a 106-98 victory on the back of a career-high 36 points from Keldon Johnson.
Johnson hit his first three as part of a 12-4 Spurs run to start the game, forcing a Jacque Vaughn timeout.