These were the San Antonio Spurs who either didn’t make the trip to Phoenix or didn’t play against the Suns Saturday at Talking Stick Resort Arena:
Kawhi Leonard. Pau Gasol. Manu Ginobili. Tony Parker. Danny Green. Kyle Anderson.
In their places were a Forbes (Bryn), a Paul (Brandon), a Hilliard (Darrun), a Lauvergne (Joffrey) and a Bertans (Davis).
Even without Devin Booker, a Suns win may have appeared likely.
Instead, Phoenix came out with no energy and paid for it with a 104-101 loss to the Spurs that was equal parts mystifying and maddening.
The official play-by-play will show San Antonio guard Byrn Forbes hit the game-winning 3-pointer with 21.