Patty Mills scored 25 points (21 on 7 3-pointers), and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Brooklyn Nets 100-95.
The Spurs took control with a 21-4 run bridging the second and third quarters and led by as many as 17.
The Nets got within 91-88 on Spencer Dinwiddie’s three-point play with 2:16 to play, but LaMarcus Aldridge answered with a three-point play, and the Nets got no closer than 97-93.
Danny Green’s 2 free throws with 16.6 seconds left made it 99-93 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Spurs outscored the Nets 8-2.
Aldridge had 34 points and 8 rebounds.
For the Nets, Allen Crabbe had 20 points (11 in the fourth quarter) and 8 rebounds.
The Spurs went 23 for 31 at the line to the Nets’ 12 for 18. The Spurs outscored the Nets 26-11 in 10 minutes with Aldridge, Mills, Bertans, Murray and Forbes on the floor together.