This isn’t something that gets said often, but the San Antonio Spurs beat themselves in this one. Facing the same Oklahoma City Thunder team that beat them last week, a series of second half blunders appeared to shake the team into a funk they couldn’t get out of, getting outscored 57-41 in the half while giving up 26 points off 19 turnovers (many unforced) on the night despite otherwise playing relatively good defense, leading to a 107-102 loss heading into the All-Star Break.
Five Spurs scored in double figures, led by 20 from DeMar DeRozan. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had his second best scoring night of the season with 33 points, after putting up a career high on the Spurs last week.