Earlier in the season, the Spurs ended the Nets 10-game winning streak. In Game One of the 2003 NBA Finals, the Spurs ended the Nets' 10-game playoff winning streak. Friday night, the Spurs ended the Nets' 12-game home winning streak. The Nets were shooting 49% from the field and led by three at halftime, but San Antonio put the clamps on in the second half, holding the Nets to just 17% (3-17) shooting in the third quarter and taking a seven-point lead into the fourth. A 10-2 run to start the fourth gave the Nets a brief one-point lead, and it was a one-possession game with less than five minutes to go, but a 10-0 San Antonio run put the game away. Vince Carter led the Nets with 21 points, but he made just four of his 15 shots in the second half and only got to the line one time all night. Tim Duncan was in and out of the bathroom all night with "flu-like symptoms", but played solidly for the Spurs, who also 41 points from their backcourt tandem of Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili. The Spurs have now beaten the Nets the last seven times they have played in the regular season.
- Boxscore - NBA.com
- Spurs End Nets' Home Winning Streak - NBA.com (Ticker)
- Game Highlights (Video) - NBA.com
- San Antonio 83, New Jersey 73 - David Porter - AP
- In a Sloppy Game, the Spurs End Another Nets Streak - David Picker - New York Times
- Spurs' frontcourt is difference as Nets' home win streak ends at 12 - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- Nets Streak Dies - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- Nets no match for super Spurs - Ohm Youngmisuk - New York Daily News
- Nets' home win streak ends - Bob Considine - White Plains Journal-News
- Nets' home winning streak snapped - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Spurs bust another Nets streak - Will Weiss - YES Network
- Richard Jefferson Interview (Video) - Leslie Boghosian - YES Network
- Vince Carter Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Lawrence Frank Press Conference (Video) - YES Network
- Spurs spoil Nets' streak - Johnny Ludden - San Antonio Express-News
- Spurs notebook: Van Exel bothered by elbow - Johnny Ludden - San Antonio Express-News
- Photo Gallery: Nets vs. Spurs - Bill Kostroun - AP