Brooklyn Nets power forward Kevin Garnett has been given a rest day and will not play Saturday night against the San Antonio Spurs in the second half of a back-to-back set, the team announced.

This will be the first game that Garnett misses this season. Garnett, 38, is averaging 7.3 points and 8.3 rebounds on 45.7 percent shooting in 23.8 minutes. Options to replace Garnett in the starting lineup include Mirza Teletovic and Mason Plumlee.

Can’t win here: The Nets (5-7) have lost 11 straight games in San Antonio. Their last regular-season victory? Jan. 22, 2002. The Spurs are 20-2 in their last 22 against the Nets. Brooklyn did score a home victory Feb. 6, but San Antonio rested Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard that night.

Fun with numbers: During Friday night’s game, Nets coach Lionel Hollins got upset with center Brook Lopez because he didn’t help quick enough, which allowed Serge Ibaka to finish as the rim. The two argued for a bit, and Hollins replaced Lopez with Jerome Jordan.

I checked out some net rating statistics, and there were a couple of surprises, most notably that the Nets are a better team both offensively and defensively (on a points per 100 possessions basis) with Lopez on the bench.

297 minutes on-court: 103.2 offensive rating/106.2 defensive rating

294 minutes off-court: 106.4 offensive rating/101.4 defensive rating

On the other side of the ledger, look at how valuable Teletovic has been.

286 minutes on-court: 105.8 offensive rating/97.4 defensive rating

305 minutes off-court: 103.8 offensive rating/109.9 defensive rating