Spurs survive Donovan Mitchell's Jazz in OverTime, 136-140.

The Spurs, fresh off beating the Suns twice, the Raptors again and the Bulls nearly lost their hot win streak. Why? Because Donovan Mitchell's warrior spirit caused flashbacks of a 7-Game war a few seasons ago in the playoffs, but the Spurs had a gutsy Fred VanVleet on-point tonight, along with Dejounte Murray furiously attacking the rim all game long.

 

The game still went into overtime, with Mitchell gunning away for Utah and hitting a buzzer-beater to tie the game at halftime and then again in the final minute.

 

The Spurs went up by as many as 15 points, but the Jazz had 57 points by Mitchell to keep them in the mix. Two clutch 3PT bombs by Fred VanVleet, some nice pick-and-roll dunks by Andre Drummond late and clutch free throws with composure was enough for the Spurs to finally down the Jazz.

The Rest:

 

Spurs

Murray: 40pts, 7reb, 7ast

VanVleet: 32pts, 8 3PT

Ingram: 22pts

Drummond: 13pts/9rebs

 

Jazz

Mitchell: 57pts, 8ast (21-32 FG%)

Bogdanovic: 23pts, 8rebs, 8ast

Favors: 16pts, 12reb

Holiday: 11pts (3-14) 

 

This victory at home marks a 25th straight victory as this team can see its own historic win streak from five years ago, 43 games in a row, which set a new league record, now on the horizon of possibility.