Nets fall to Spurs 118-105, lose David Nwaba in the process

Spencer Dinwiddie scored 40-plus points for the first time in his NBA career on Thursday, but the Brooklyn Nets still lost.

The Nets lost to the underperforming Spurs 118-105 on Thursday — the 17th consecutive game the Nets have lost in San Antonio — but Brooklyn took a far greater hit before the game ended.

David Nwaba went down with a non-contact injury early in the fourth quarter. The Nets announced he had suffered a right Achilles injury. Soon after, there were multiple reports indicating Nwaba had, in fact, torn his right Achilles.

Only three Nets finished in double figures, one of which was Spencer Dinwiddie. He logged a career-high 41 points. It’s the first 40-point game of NBA his career. Dinwiddie’s previous single-game career-high was 39 points.

The point guard went 14-for-29 from the floor, 4-for-11 from three and 9-for-10 at the free-throw line. He also had five assists.

Jarrett Allen logged a double-double in his trip back home against the formidable San Antonio frontcourt. He scored 19 points and had 13 rebounds. He also led the Nets with six assists.

DeAndre Jordan also grabbed double-digit rebounds (11).

Garrett Temple was the other Net in double figures. He scored 10 points on 2 of 12 shooting (2-for-10 from deep) while also going 4-for-4 at the line.

Joe Harris scored nine points on 4-for-6 shooting (1-for-2 from three). Taurean Prince had nine as well, but he went 3-for-9 from the floor and missed all five 3-pointers he took.

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