The short-staffed San Antonio Spurs squad hung tight with the New York Knicks for the better part of three quarters, but their lack of depth caught up to them in the final frame as they ran out of steam. Despite dropping a third consecutive contest to finish their seven-game road trip, head coach Gregg Popovich and crew should head back to the AT&T Center with their chins held high.
Dejounte Murray was up to his standard stat-stuffing escapades with 24 points, four rebounds, five assists, and two steals, despite logging nearly 40 minutes on the first night of a back-to-back a little more than 24 hours before tipoff.