San Antonio moved to 2-0 on its Rodeo Road Trip. The Spurs were felled by lazy defending in the first quarter, while Charlotte took advantage of San Antonio’s frequent misses to surge out to a 33-17 advantage. San Antonio exploded in the second like they had stumbled into a hornets’ nest with 47 points and a visibly higher effort level on both ends. Both teams went back-and-forth throughout a frenetic second half, but it was San Antonio’s talented wingmen that were able to seize an up-for-grabs contest in the final stanza.
San Antonio’s DeJounte Murray (26 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 steals), Derrick White (25 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals) led a now-charisteristically balanced scoring effort for the Spurs.