:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/grupoclarin/MMMOVGARCFER7CQHGPPNPQQPW4.jpg "Graham and Spurs surprise Nuggets, who now share the top of the West")
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Devonte’ Graham converted a floater down the lane with 9-tenths of a second left, and the San Antonio Spurs overcame a 23-point deficit to beat the league-leading Denver Nuggets 121-120 on Friday. West, who suffered a potentially costly defeat.
The Nuggets (56-25) were the sole leaders of the conference but were caught by Minnesota and Oklahoma City. By the tiebreaker criteria, the Timberwolves are now first, the Thunder are second and the Nuggets fell to third place, heading into Sunday, the last day of activity in the regular season.
Victor Wembanyama had 34 points and 12 rebounds for the decimated Spurs, who are last in the West.
Jamal Murray scored 35 points, while Nikola Jokic had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Denver, which led 76-53 at the beginning of the third quarter and still had a 17-point lead at the beginning of the quarter.