After a few games in which they kept the score close only to fall behind near the end, the Spurs needed a good blowout to get back on track. Fortunately, they ran into a Rockets team that played sloppy, uninspired basketball and didn’t waste the opportunity to get an easy win, dismantling Houston en route to a 134-104 victory.
At the start, it was not obvious that it was going to be such a breezy night for San Antonio. The Rockets resembled the team that beat the Spurs in their last matchup early in the game, hitting threes and making hustle plays.