On November 1, Beijing time, in the NBA regular season, the Spurs narrowly defeated the Suns 115-114 away. The Spurs came back from a trail of up to 20 points.
In the first quarter of the game, Nurkic ate cake under the basket, Durant grabbed consecutive points with dunks, Gordon scored a basket, Durant's mid-range also scored, and the Suns got off to a dream start with 10-2. Sochan flew to a layup, and Vassell hit a long-range shot to help the Spurs catch up. Gordon and Okogie both hit long-range shots from the outside, Durant glided for layups, and Yuta Watanabe made the layup to give the Suns a 10-point advantage at 22-12. Osman hit the basket in a row to help the Spurs catch up; Yuta Watanabe hit a three-pointer and Durant hit a buzzer-beating jumper to give the Suns a 27-18 lead to end the quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, Gordon scored the ball with a pick-and-roll, Little Fawei scored two three-pointers in a row, Allen's long-range shot also scored, and Gordon's throw also scored, and the Suns widened the margin to 19 points at 45-26. Johnson, Collins and McDermott threw back-to-back three-pointers as the Spurs took advantage of the three-pointers to tie the score at 37-50. Goodwin made a basket, and Durant's mid-range also scored; Johnson back-to-back points returned to the game, and the Suns still firmly cemented their advantage. Allen hit two three-pointers in a row, and the next famous scene came, Durant flew Wembanyama! Wembanyama then got rid of Durant and ran to the basket for a dunk. At halftime, the Suns led 63-45.
In the third quarter of the game, Collins threw a board, Wembanyama hit a long-range shot from the outside, and the Spurs chased the score to 50-65. Nurkic scored on a throw-in, Okogie hit a 2+1 and Gordon's three-pointer added another 3-pointer to give the Suns a 20-point advantage at 73-53. Collins forced a three-pointer, Johnson scored five points on a three-pointer, Branham also scored three points, Collins and Jones both threw in, Johnson and Osman scored again, and the Spurs chased the score to 75-86. Yuta Watanabe hit two three-pointers in a row to help the Suns stop the bleeding, and Eubanks made a dunk to give the Suns a 95-82 lead to end the quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Wembanyama hit a three-point shot, Vassell and Collins hit the basket in a row, Vassell hit 2+1, Johnson scored a fast break and scored, and the Spurs chased and beat the court, closing the score to 104-107. Nurkic hit an open three-pointer, and Durant burst into the court and grabbed points one after another; Vassell forced a three-pointer, Wembanyama hit a jumper, and he added a dunk to put the Spurs up by just one point at 113-114. Keldon steals Durant and then scores on a layup to give the Spurs a 115-114 lead. Durant missed the shot and the Spurs won 115-114.
Starting lineup
Suns: Allen, Gordon, Okogie, Durant, Nurkic
Spurs: Sochan, Vassell, Johnson, Wembanyama, Collins