KEldon Johnson scored 21 points, Romeo Langford added 19 points The Spurs celebrated the 26th anniversary of Gregg Popovich’s first game in charge of San Antonio by beating the Heat 115-111 on Saturday of Miami.
Devin Vassell signed 18 points for the Spurs, connecting a shot from distance with 1:13 minutes to go to put them on top for good. Zach Collins had 16 points and Doug McDermott added 13.
Jimmy Butler added 30 points for Miami, which featured 23 from Tyler Herro, 14 from Caleb Martin and 12 from Bam Adebayo and Kyle Lowry.
Victor Oladipo aadi 11 for Miami before leaving for a backlog of fouls. The Heat were outrebounded 46-32 and the San Antonio bench 47-20 on points to Miami.
The match was played exactly 26 years after Popovich’s debut. He won the job after firing Bob Hill when he was 3-15 and on December 10, 1996, they visited Phoenix and lost 93.76.
