SAN ANTONIO ? If Jason Kidd and the New Jersey Nets keep playing this way, they could get swept again.

Kidd hit four of 17 shots and scored 10 points in his second-worst performance of the playoffs as the Nets saw their 10-game postseason winning streak snapped in a 101-89 loss Wednesday night to San Antonio in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

It was the Nets’ fifth straight loss in the NBA Finals. They lost all four to the Lakers last year.

“We really didn’t do a lot of things we talked about doing to be honest with you,” Nets coach Byron Scott said.

The Nets never got their pressure defense going, they didn’t run and they didn’t show up for the third quarter, when the Spurs got 13 points, five rebounds and three assists from Tim Duncan to take a 74-59 lead.

“We lost, bottom line,” said Kenyon Martin, who had 21 points and 12 rebounds before fouling out trying to guard Duncan. “He had a good game. So we have to bounce back from it.”

Kidd had a horrible game in his first action since spraining his right ankle in Game 4 of the sweep of Detroit in the Eastern Conference finals.

After hitting two jumpers in a game-opening six-point run that seemed to indicate the Nets were ready to continue their roll, very little fell for Kidd.

New Jersey's Kenyon Martin sits on the Nets' bench in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter. The Nets dropped Game 1 of the NBA Finals, 101-89, Wednesday in San Antonio.

“We didn’t do anything special,” Spurs point guard Tony Parker said. “It was just a bad night for him. He missed a lot of wide open shots. I know he is going to come back strong the next game and he’s going to make a lot of shots.”

Kidd’s only other baskets were a fastbreak layup in the third quarter and a late three-pointer. He didn’t look good on his other 13 misses, including a three-point airball when the Spurs had an 11-3 spurt to close the third quarter.

“It was a tough night for him,” said forward Richard Jefferson, who added 15 points in 36 minutes. “Jason is a competitor. Everyone has one of those kinds of nights.”