NEW YORK -- The San Antonio Spurs can exhale a collective sigh of relief.
After losing their last eight games, the Spurs got back in the win column on Saturday night, defeating the New York Knicks 111-104. The win helped the Spurs avoid matching their longest losing streak since 1989.
"It's been coming," center Jakob Poeltl said after the game. "We've been getting better and now we finally got that win again. (Losing) does wear on you. It takes a toll on the team, the morale."
The game became irreversibly ugly in the first quarter.