Spurs’ streak ends in 119-109 loss to Pistons

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Gregg Popovich was explaining before the game how his San Antonio Spurs had managed to win 11 in a row despite injuries to Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili.

It was an impressive run, but it wasn’t going to last forever.

“We’ll probably lay an egg here sometime,” the veteran coach cautioned. “Everybody does after a while. You never know what night that will be.”

It turned out to be Friday for the Spurs, whose streak came to an end with a 119-109 loss to the Detroit Pistons. San Antonio fell behind by 21 points in the second quarter, and Detroit held on thanks to Greg Monr...