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After the rousing victory on Saturday night against the Pelicans, the Silver and Black face the Brooklyn Nets tonight, who are without Kevin Durant tonight, but still have Kyrie Irving and the bearded one, James Harden. The Spurs have played well against good teams this year, and the Spurs with no All-Star picks look to show that the super-clutch DeMar DeRozan at least should have been picked to go to Atlanta this year.