The Brooklyn Nets couldn’t hang with the defending NBA champion San Antonio Spurs, falling 99-87, Saturday night at AT&T Center. The Nets (5-7) have lost 12 straight regular-season road games in San Antonio. They last won there Jan. 22, 2002.

Brooklyn, 2-21 in its last 23 against San Antonio, is 0-6 this season against teams with winning records. The Nets would cut double-digit deficits to single-digits on a couple occasions. They just could never get over the hump.

Players of the game: Tim Duncan put up seven points, 10 rebounds, seven assists, four blocks and three steals. Deron Williams posted 24 points, seven assists, five rebounds, two steals and two blocks for the Nets. Mirza Teletovic, starting in place of Kevin Garnett (rest), had 14 of his 22 points in the third quarter.

Stats of the game: The Spurs shot 52.6 percent. The Nets shot 37.4 percent.

Bojan Bogdanovic did not make a shot on the roadtrip (0-for-12). Brook Lopez (six points, four rebounds) was very ineffective. The two combined to post a minus-37.

Play of the game: D-Will’s missed 3-pointer turned into a pretty fast-break give-and-go that ended in a Kawhi Leonard dunk from Danny Green in the third quarter.

Up next: The Nets face the tanking Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night at Wells Fargo Center.