Sandro Mamukelashvili poured in 18 points to lead eight players in double figures as the host San Antonio Spurs rolled over the Detroit Pistons 123-95 on Sunday afternoon in the season finale for both teams.
Both the Spurs and the Pistons have long been eliminated from the postseason.San Antonio, despite being without six injured players that started games this season, finished strong, winning four of their final six games to end up in 14th place in the West, one spot out of the cellar.Detroit dropped 15 of its last 17 games and finished as the worst team in the NBA after setting a team-low mark for wins in a season, supplanting the 16 wins produced by the 1979-80 squad.
The Spurs pushed the margin to 31 midway through the third and cruised to the finish.Zach Collins and Blake Wesley added 17 each for San Antonio, with David Duke Jr. scoring 15, Devonte' Graham hitting for 12 points, Tre Jones and Julian Champagnie tallying 11 and RayQuan Gray contributing 10.James Wiseman racked up a game-high 21 points and 18 rebounds for Detroit while Marcus Sasser had 17 points, Jared Rhoden scored 16 and Jaden Ivey hit for 13.
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