San Antonio dropped the second leg of their midseason miniseries with Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night, stopping their winning streak at three games and scoring their lowest point total of the season. It was an unspectacular outing from the Spurs, who failed to build a sustainable rhythm without DeMar DeRozan present to generate open shots off his patented drive-and-kicks.
The Silver and Black drastically improved their perimeter defense, but that alone wasn’t quite enough to keep the Timberwolves at bay. Malik Beasley and D’Angelo Russell picked apart San Antonio even without the support of Karl-Anthony Towns. And Gregg Popovich and a shorthanded Spurs roster had no answer for Minnesota down the stretch as they were outscored 30-19 in the final frame.