San Antonio recovered from its late collapse against Houston two nights ago by executing consistently in the halfcourt behind LaMarcus Aldridge (48 points on 20 for 31 shooting, 13 rebounds, and 6 assists) and DeMar DeRozan (16 points and 11 assists) to give a short-handed Boston Celtics team its worst home loss of the season. Boston has now been outscored 133-93 in its last four 4th quarters.
Random Observations
- During the pre-game interview with Celtics coach Brad Stevens, he complimented San Antonio’s second unit by sharing “the bench comes in and flying around like the 13-14 Spurs.