The San Antonio Spurs are now a game behind the eighth spot in the Western conference after being dominated by the Phoenix Suns, 103-99, Friday night in the AT&T center. Spurs longtime head coach Gregg Popovich said in a postgame interview that the Suns’ run in the second quarter killed them, adding, “We had 3 or 4 wide-ass open 3s that didn’t go down.”

San Antonio had indeed made only 5 out of 25 three-point attempts, although not far off from Phoenix’s 8-of-29. The game ended with only three Spurs players finishing with double digits, with DeMar Derozan recording 30, LaMarcus Aldridge with 16, and Derrick White with 13.

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However, the second quarter run Pop referred to highly contributed to the blowout loss as well. The Suns opened with a 23-7 run, even forcing Popovich to call two timeouts within minutes of each other. Although they fought back and even brought the game to within one in the fourth quarter, it was not enough with Suns’ Devin Booker securing a win with 35 points and 10 assists.

With this big win, Phoenix snapped their 11-straight losses in San Antonio, and bolstered their chances for a spot in the playoffs.

San Antonio is one of the Western conference teams gunning for the last spot in the playoffs, along with other hopefuls such as the Memphis Grizzlies, who have a record of 21-24 and is currently 0.5 games ahead the Spurs. San Antonio, on the other hand, still plans to improve a historical run and are looking to continue a 22-year-long streak of making the playoffs.