Last Wednesday night, as the Spurs were busy fumbling away in the final two minutes of a loss in Philadelphia, Davis Bertans was in a hospital room in San Antonio, trying not to freak out.

As much as he was pulling for his teammates in their struggle 1,700 miles away, Bertans was more concerned about the 6-week-old little girl fighting for her health in the crib next to him.

“I was pretty stressed out, yeah,” Bertans said.

Bertans and his wife, Anna, spent four days in the hospital with their infant daughter, Mila, as she battled a viral infection.

As far as traumatic experiences for first-time parents go, this one was somewhere in the middle — serious enough to require hospitalization for Mila, but not critical enough to have her doctors worried.

By Friday, the Bertans were back home with Mila on the mend. By Sunday, Bertans returned to score a season-high 21 points with five 3-pointers to spark a 132-119 victory over Washington.

“It was good to have him back,” teammate Derrick White said.

Suns (11-41) at Spurs (29-22) When, where: 7:30 p.m., AT&T Center TV/radio: FSNSW; WOAI 1200AM, Spanish Radio — 107.5 KXTN PROBABLE STARTERS Suns: PG Elie Okobo (6-3, 1st year), SG Devin Booker (6-6, 4th), SF Mikal Bridges (6-7, 1st), PF Josh Jackson (6-8, 2nd), C Dragan Bender (7-1, 3rd). Spurs: PG Derrick White (6-5, 2nd year), SG Bryn Forbes (6-3, 3rd year), SF Rudy Gay (6-8, 13th), SF LaMarcus Aldridge (6-11, 13th), C Pau Gasol (7-0, 18th). RESERVES Suns: G Jamal Crawford (6-5, 19th), G Troy Daniels (6-4, 6th), F Kelly Oubre Jr (6-7, 4th), F Emanuel Terry (6-9, 1st), F Ryan Anderson (6-10, 11th). Inactive: DeAndre Ayton (left ankle sprain), Jawun Evans (G League), Richaun Holmes (right foot sprain), George King (G League), De’Anthony Melton (right ankle sprain) T.J. Warren (right ankle soreness) Spurs: G Patty Mills (6-0, 10th year), F Davis Bertans (6-10, 3rd), C Jakob Poeltl (7-0, 3rd), G Marco Belinelli (6-5, 12th), G/F Quincy Pondexter (6-7, 7th), F Dante Cunningham (6-8, 10th), F/C Chimezie Metu (6-10, 1st), G Lonnie Walker IV (6-5, 1st). Inactive: DeMar DeRozan (left knee soreness), Drew Eubanks (G League), Ben Moore (G League ), Dejounte Murray (torn right ACL). COACHES Suns: Igor Kokoskov Spurs: Gregg Popovich STAT LEADERS Suns: Points, Booker, 24.5 per game; rebounds, Ayton, 10.6; assists, Booker, 6.7; steals, Melton, 1.5; blocks, Holmes, 1.2 Spurs: Points, DeRozan, 21.5 per game; rebounds, Aldridge, 8.6; assists, DeRozan, 6.3; steals, DeRozan, 1.1; blocks, Aldridge, 1.2 NOTABLE This is the fourth and final meeting of the season between these teams, with the Spurs having won two of the previous three. With a victory, the Spurs will sweep the season series against Phoenix for the ninth consecutive time. The Spurs are 31-6 vs. the Suns since 2010-11. Ayton, the No. 1 pick in the June draft, has missed four consecutive Suns games with a sprained left ankle. He leads all NBA rookies in double-doubles with 27. Booker missed two of the three games with the Spurs this season with injury. The Suns won in his only appearance against the Spurs, 116-96 on Nov. 14 in Phoenix. Three Spurs rank among the top 10 in the NBA in 3-pointers made off the bench - Belinelli (96), Mills (90) and Bertans (86). Jeff McDonald

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For Bertans, 25, it was good to be back after a harrowing week of parenthood.

Even without complications, Bertans has found life as new father in the NBA can be, well, complicated.

He is wise enough to point out that, among the adults in his household, he gets the good end of the parenting deal.

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“I would say it’s tough for me a little bit, more just not being there all the time,” Bertans said. “At the same time, I think it’s a lot tougher for my wife.”

Like countless NBA parents before him, Bertans is doing his best to balance the demands of being a professional athlete with the duties of being a father.

In that, he is not unlike new dads of any profession.

“You know there’s going to be some sleepless nights,” Bertans said.

The NBA travel schedule can be a double-edged sword when it comes to being a new father. When the Spurs were away in Dallas and Minnesota earlier this month, for example, Bertans slept like a satisfied baby.

The downside was, he had to worry about Anna back home in San Antonio.

“I get enough sleep on the road — that is an upside of the traveling,” Bertans said. “It’s tough to see when the baby is not sleeping much — it means my wife is not sleeping much.”

Even when Bertans is home, there are limits to the assistance he can offer. Diaper changing is one thing, but if Mila wakes up at 3 a.m. hungry and ready to breast feed, it is biologically out of his jurisdiction.

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“I’m there and I want to help, but I can’t help all the way,” Bertans said. “That’s been the toughest part, not being able to help 100 percent.”

If the lack of sleep presented by fatherhood has affected his shooting stroke, though, it has been for the better.

He shot 53.7 percent from 3-point range in December, Mila’s birth month, and is shooting 53.1 percent from beyond the arc in January.

Since Mila was born, her old man has assumed the mantle of the NBA’s most accurate 3-point shooter at 49.2 percent heading into Tuesday’s game against Phoenix.

“He’s shooting it at a high clip, and nobody can really contest it,” White said. “Every time he shoots it, we think it’s going in.”

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he has been impressed with Bertans’ all-around development in his third NBA season.

The 6-foot-10 Latvian gunner will always be a shooter first, but he has worked to add other layers to his game.

“He shoots threes, that’s what he does,” Popovich said. “But he’s helped himself by learning how to put it down and drive it, so people can’t just play him one way. He’s become a more well-rounded player offensively.”

For Bertans, however, the 3-ball is still No. 1. The Spurs have won their past six consecutive games when Bertans makes at least four of them.

Returning to action Sunday after a two-game hiatus that spanned six games, Bertans was pleasantly surprised to find no rust on his shooting form.

He made 5 of 8 3-pointers against the Wizards, and 8 of 11 field goals total. Bertans chalks up his best professional season so far as a case of mind over matter.

“Staying consistent doesn’t mean just shooting every day,” he said. “You’ve got to have your mindset right. If you shoot 50 percent, you shoot 50 percent. If you miss one, it means the next one should go in.”

To pass the time last week while his daughter was in the hospital, Bertans often retreated to the Spurs’ practice gym nearby and cleared his head by hoisting jumpers. That kept him sharp.

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Bertans’ teammates were pleased to see the same old Bertans surface against the Wizards, despite the layoff.

“In 82 games, two days off isn’t going to change much,” guard Bryn Forbes said. “And with his mindset, they’re going up either way.”

This has been a different kind of season for Bertans in more ways than one. He is a parent now, with the range of experiences that title entails.

The past six weeks since Mila’s birth, he says, have been eye-opening.

“I don’t think people realize what athletes’ girlfriends or wives have to go through. It’s a tough life,” Bertans said. “It seems like all fun and shopping and you don’t have to worry about money. At the same time, it’s tough. I have a lot of respect for my wife.”

Then there are nights like Sunday, when Bertans set a new season high, his team won — and it still did not compare with what happened two nights earlier, when he brought a healthy daughter home from the hospital for the second time.

“The best thing is when the baby is calm and happy and looking at you and smiling,” Bertans said. “You can’t beat that.”