San Antonio Spurs’ Patty Mills ‘drilled it’ against Bucks to break out of slump – San Antonio Express-News
When/where: 7 p.m.; Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
TV/radio: Bally Sports Southwest; WOAI-AM 1200, KXTN-AM 1350 and FM 107.5 (Spanish)
PROBABLE STARTERS
Spurs: PG Dejounte Murray (6-4, 4th year), SG Lonnie Walker IV (6-4, 3rd), SF DeMar DeRozan (6-6, 12th), PF Keldon Johnson (6-5, 2nd), C Jakob Poeltl (7-1, 5th)
Nets: PG Kyrie Irving (6-2, 10th year), SG Bruce Brown (6-4, 3rd), SF Joe Harris (6-6, 7th), PF Kevin Durant (6-10, 14th), C Blake Griffin (6-9, 11th)
RESERVES
Spurs: G Patty Mills (6-1, 12th year), F Rudy Gay (6-8, 15th), F/C Drew Eubanks (6-9, 3rd), Devin Vassell (6-5, 1st), C Gorgui Dieng (6-10, 8th), F Luka Samanic (6-10, 2nd), G Tre Jones (6-1, 1st), F Keita Bates-Diop (6-8, 3rd), F Cameron Reynolds (6-7, 2nd), G Quinndary Weatherspoon (6-3, 2nd). Questionable: Trey Lyles (right ankle sprain). Inactive: Derrick White (right ankle sprain)
Nets: F/C Nicolas Claxton (6-11, 2nd), F Jeff Green (6-8, 13th), G Mike James (6-1, 2nd), F Alize Johnson (6-7, 3rd), G Tyler Johnson (6-3, 7th), C DeAndre Jordan (6-11, 13th), G/F Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (6-7, 5th), F Reggie Perry (6-8, 1st), G Landry Shamet (6-4, 3rd). Inactive: James Harden (right hamstring strain), Spencer Dinwiddie (partially torn right ACL), Chris Chiozza (fractured right hand)
COACHES
Spurs: Gregg Popovich
Nets: Steve Nash
STAT LEADERS
Spurs: Points, DeRozan, 21.5 per game; rebounds, Poeltl, 7.9; assists, DeRozan, 7.1; steals, Murray, 1.5; blocks, Poeltl, 1.8
Nets: Points, Durant 28.2 per game; rebounds, Harden, 8.7; assists, Harden, 11.0; steals, Irving, 1.4; blocks, Durant 1.3
NOTABLE
The Nets have used a franchise-record 35 starting lineups this season, with a franchise-record-tying 18 players logging at least one start. The 35 starting lineups are second in league.
The Nets sport a league-best 21-8 record against Western Conference teams this season.
Vassell has 50 3-pointers this season, joining Gary Neal, Davis Bertans, Tony Parker, Lloyd Daniels, Beno Udrih and Manu Ginobili as the only rookies in Spurs history to reach that threshold.
Tom Orsborn