Mills hit a 3-pointer with 12.9 seconds left to lift the San Antonio Spurs over the Houston Rockets 102-100. Eric Gordon missed a 3-point attempt after that before Manu Ginobili missed two free throws to give Houston one last chance, but James Harden's 3-point attempt bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
"The biggest thing that happened is that we had about three or four wide open shots we missed," Houston coach Mike D'Antoni said.
The victory is San Antonio's fifth straight and improves the Spurs to 15-1 on the road. It also snaps Houston's NBA-best 10-game winning streak.
Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs with 21 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge added 17 points with 10 rebounds.
Harden finished with 31 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists.
"It's real tough, especially when we let two big leads slip away," Harden said. "We've got to close the game out. ... I didn't close the right way. We didn't close the right way as a team."
A 3-pointer by Danny Green with less than a minute left got the Spurs within 100-99. Houston then committed two turnovers in less than 10 seconds to give San Antonio the ball back with 28.5 seconds left and set up the wide-open shot by Mills, who had 13 points.
The Rockets hadn't scored in more than two minutes when Harden drove into the lane and made a layup with 2:29 left. Trevor Ariza followed with a layup before stealing the ball from Leonard, making it 100-94.
The Spurs were down by five midway through the fourth quarter before Houston used a 9-1 run to extend the lead to 96-83. San Antonio got hot after that, scoring the next 11 points to get within 96-94 with less than three minutes to go. The Spurs made three 3-pointers, capped by one from Green, to close the gap and were helped by two turnovers by Houston.
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