The Spurs faced a tough challenge, as they hosted the surprising Knicks on a SEGABABA right after tough overtime loss to the Nets. As they have all year, they rose to the occasion and ended up getting a decisive 119-93 win in Keldon Johnson’s return to action.
From the start, the Spurs’ resilience was on display. Any concerns about how they would handle the painful loss from the previous night were erased when they took advantage of a Knicks team that lacked shot creation in Derrick Rose’s and Elfrid Payton’s absences to carve up the New York defense an grab an early lead.