Keldon Johnson scored a career-high 36 factors and grabbed 11 rebounds because the host San Antonio Spurs did simply sufficient to beat the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 106-98 on Tuesday.
Jeremy Sochan scored 16 factors, all within the first half, for San Antonio, which snapped a five-game shedding streak. Tre Jones added 13 factors whereas Jakob Poeltl had 12 factors and eight rebounds within the win.
T.J. Warren led the Nets with 19 factors, who performed with out Kevin Durant (proper knee sprain) and Kyrie Irving (proper calf soreness). Brooklyn took its third straight loss regardless of getting a triple-double — 10 factors, 10 rebounds and 11 assists — from Ben Simmons.
Brooklyn’s Seth Curry scored 16, Nic Claxton added 15 factors and 11 rebounds, Cam Thomas additionally hit for 15 factors and Edmond Sumner tallied 13.
The recreation was tied at halftime earlier than San Antonio scored six of the ultimate eight factors of the third quarter to take a 76-68 benefit into the ultimate interval.
Brooklyn closed to inside 4 factors on a Simmons layup with 7:48 remaining and was as shut as 99-94 when Curry had a putback hoop with 2:16 left.
However, the Spurs made the performs down the stretch, with Johnson hitting a 3-pointer with 57.3 seconds to play and Jones canning a pair of free throws with 29.9 seconds left for an eight-point edge.
Johnson then transformed two from charity stripe with 12.7 seconds remaining to cement the win.
The Spurs jumped on Brooklyn early, constructing a 14-point lead on two events within the opening quarter. A putback by Zach Collins granted San Antonio a 27-15 edge at finish of the interval.
The Nets obtained again within the recreation with a 10-0 run over the primary half of the second interval, capped by Warren’s jumper with 7:31 to play. The Nets finally obtained over the hump, taking as a lot as a five-point benefit on a jumper by Curry on the 1:17 mark earlier than San Antonio closed the half with a flurry, scoring the ultimate 5 factors to forge a 51-51 tie on the break.
Sochan led all scorers with 16 factors within the half, whereas Warren lead the Nets with 14 off the bench.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
