San Antonio Spurs at Phoenix Suns

Mills hit winner, Spurs outlast Suns in OT in Mexico City

Mills made a jumper from the free throw line with 0.3 seconds left in the Spurs' record-setting fourth consecutive overtime game, and they outlasted the Phoenix Suns 121-119 on Saturday.

"We've had four overtime games in a row now and we've won three of them and I think there's something positive to be said for that," Mills said. "Tonight it was the execution. We haven't had the greatest of seasons but we're learning as we go."

Phoenix, with star guard Devin Booker sitting out because of a sore forearm, overcame a late seven-point deficit to force overtime on Kelly Oubre Jr's 3-pointer from the corner in the final seconds.

Mills led the Spurs with 26 points.

"If it doesn't go in, then it doesn't work," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said about Mills' winner. "This one happened to go in."

DeRozan, LaMarcus Aldridge and Dejounte Murray each added 18 for San Antonio, and Lonnie Walker IV had 16 on his 21st birthday.

Ricky Rubio had 25 points and 13 assists for Phoenix. Frank Kaminsky added 22, and Oubre had 17.

"With Devin out, we knew Ricky was going to have to have a big game," Phoenix coach Monty Williams said. "And he just kept making play after play after play. ... But as a young team, Ricky's a guy that we rely on in a lot of situations."

MORE GAMES IN MEXICO

"If we bring preseason games, which we have in the past, we can work in conjunction with our G League affiliate, work to grow the game and spend more time in the community," Silver said.

TIP-INS

Suns: This was the next-to-last game in Deandre Ayton's 25-game suspension without pay after testing positive for a diuretic. He can return Tuesday night when Phoenix visits the Los Angeles Clippers. ... Phoenix has played 20 times outside the U.S. or Canada, with the majority of those appearances coming in either Mexico or Italy. The Suns have played in those nations six times each.

GLOBAL POP

Mexico becomes the fifth country in which Popovich has coached a game in 2019. The list: the U.S., Canada (San Antonio played at Toronto on Feb. 22), Australia (USA Basketball played three games there in August before the World Cup), China (where the U.S. finished seventh at the World Cup), and now Mexico. He'll add Japan to the list next year during the Tokyo Olympics.

HELLO, AGAIN

UP NEXT

Spurs: At Houston on Monday night.

Suns: Host Portland on Monday night.

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Regular Season Series

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