After going undefeated in February, the San Antonio Spurs began March with a loss. The Spurs’ 11-game winning streak ended on Sunday at Madison Square Garden with a defeat to the New York Knicks.
Initially, San Antonio appeared to be on its way to a 12th consecutive win. The Spurs took a 19-7 lead in the first quarter on a Stephon Castle 3-pointer with 4:56 remaining in the frame and looked like they were in full control.
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However, the game then took a 180-degree turn. Jalen Brunson scored New York’s final 11 points of the first, putting the Knicks on top with a 3. Brunson’s outburst was part of a 26-2 Knicks run that ended with Mikal Bridges getting a fast-break dunk off a Victor Wembanyama miss, resulting in a 33-21 lead.
San Antonio scored the final five points of the first half to close the Knicks’ lead to 51-41, and cut the deficit to eight points to begin the third quarter. But every time the Spurs tried to start a rally, New York quickly answered with a basket to maintain a double-digit lead.
Playing the fourth game of a five-game road trip, the Spurs seemed to finally run out of fuel in the fourth quarter and the Knicks capitalized
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