For a while, it looked like the San Antonio Spurs were going to overcome the lack of Jakob Poeltl, Jeremy Sochan, and Josh Richardson and break their losing streak. On the back of Devin Vassell, the Spurs had their highest-scoring half of the season. Everything was going right. Everybody was scoring – literally. But then the halftime break came and the car came apart.
A Vassell three-pointer on the first possession of the third quarter gave the Spurs an 80-60 lead over the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was at about that time that the rim shut itself and opened on the other end.