On MIlitary Appreciation Night, the Spurs found that there weren’t enough (eight by the end of the evening) ‘next men up’ in the home loss to the visiting Pacers. Indiana attacked the rim relentlessly against the Spurs’ reserve bigs, while hitting a high amount of their open threes to overwhelm a tired Spurs squad. San Antonio (26-42) fell to 2-2 on its seven-game homestand.
With Dejounte Murray, Keldon Johnson, and Jakob Poeltl out, Jock Landale (26 points and 7 rebounds) had a career game, while Devin Vassell (19 points and 7 rebounds) and Lonnie Walker IV (20 points and 6 rebounds) tried valiantly to fill a sizable gap vacated by the missing starters.