Playing their second and final game in Mexico City, and following a loss to the Dallas Mavericks who the Suns had been tied with for the worst record in the Western Conference, the Suns dueled – out-dueled – the San Antonio Spurs for their 13th win on the season, handing their arch-rival their 9th loss.
Entering the fourth quarter down only five, the Suns started out on an 8-0 run to take an 88-85 lead, their first lead since it was 25-23 with 15 seconds left in the first quarter.
Devin Booker who came into the 4th quarter after scoring 13 points in the third, kept up an offensive aggressiveness that only Kawhi Leonard on the Spurs could possible attempt to keep up with.