For the first two-in-a-half quarters of the Spurs’ Halloween night matchup with the Phoenix Suns, it was looking like a repeat of the 40-point bludgeoning they took two nights earlier against the Clippers was in order. While the Suns weren’t quite as hot shooting without Devin Booker and Bradley Beal, they still had Kevin Durant, who was out to give Spurs rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama another “welcome to the NBA” moment, and the Spurs seemingly couldn’t complete a clean pass or hit the broad side of a barn from three to save their lives.
However, unlike Sunday, the Spurs didn’t fold this time.