Patty Mills scored 27 points (10 during a 19-0 run across the third and fourth quarters), and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Brooklyn Nets 118-105.
Mills’ driving layup put the Spurs ahead for good with 3.8 seconds left in the third quarter.
The Nets got within 96-94 on Spencer Dinwiddie’s dunk with 5:44 to play, but Marco Belinelli answered with a 22-foot pull-up jumper, and the Nets got no closer.
LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points (16 on mid-range shots), 10 rebounds and 4 blocks.
For the Nets, Dinwiddie scored 41 points, and Jarrett Allen added 19 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists on 7 for 10 shooting. Dinwiddie scored 15 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter.
The Spurs shot 44.8% from the field and 39.4% from 3 to the Nets’ 42.2% and 19.4%. They outscored the Nets 63-17 off the bench. The Spurs outscored the Nets 25-5 in 7 minutes with Gay, Mills, Poeltl, White and Walker on the floor together.