San Antonio ended its 11 game losing streak with a convincing home victory over its I-10 rivals. The two Western Conference cellar-dwellers treated the audience to an uneven, yet exciting show in the first half. Tre Jones and Keldon Johnson supplied the majority of the Spurs’ offense by scoring on 16 of their first 18 attempts, and the Spurs followed that up by punishing the inexperienced Rockets 39-23 in the third quarter.
San Antonio’s Johnson (32 points and 7 rebounds) and Jones (26 points and 5 assists) paced a lineup missing key contributors Devin Vassell, Jakob Poeltl, and Jeremy Sochan that shot over 55% and had strong support from its bench - Doug McDermott (12 points), Josh Richardson (12 points), and Charles Bassey (10 points and 4 blocks).