The San Antonio Spurs look to continue their winning ways despite being short-handed and with changing rotations when they host the Brooklyn Nets on Monday in the first of a back-to-back against teams from New York City. San Antonio will battle the Knicks on Tuesday to complete the two-games-in-two-nights set. The Spurs have won three of their past four games, including a 117-114 victory over New Orleans on Saturday as DeMar DeRozan returned from personal leave, scored 32 points and matched a season high with 11 assists.
The guard’s former side the Houston Rockets continued to struggle as they fell to their 12th consecutive defeat.
While Kevin Durant has to sit down, James Harden keeps stepping up. Harden had 30 points, 15 assists and 14 rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets overcame a collapse in the final seconds of regulation to beat the Spurs 124-113 in overtime on Monday night, snapping a 17-game losing streak in San Antonio. Harden had his seventh triple-double in 22 games with Brooklyn since being traded from Houston, where he plays again Wednesday.
W | L | Pct | GB | |
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17 | 13 | .567 | 0.0 | |
17 | 16 | .515 | 1.5 | |
15 | 15 | .500 | 2.0 | |
15 | 19 | .441 | 4.0 | |
11 | 22 | .333 | 7.5 |