The San Antonio Spurs finished their home-stand with a win over the NBA leaders the Milwaukee Bucks which also snapped a five-game losing streak. The Bucks were, however, extremely short-handed with their three stars Giannis, Middleton & Holiday all missing due to various injuries.
The Spurs were able to set the tone early with strong defensive plays courtesy of Jakob Poeltl and Tre Jones. Even with the defense, both teams were hitting their outside shots in the first quarter albeit with a low number of attempts. When the Silver & Black went to their bench the reserves did a good job of keeping the same defensive intensity with swarming effort and hard-nosed defense.