Los Angeles Clippers vs San Antonio Spurs Match Player Stats On Nov 07, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 7, 2017

SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus Aldridge scored 25 points and Danny Green added a season-high 24 as the San Antonio Spurs used an explosive third-quarter run to waltz past the reeling Los Angeles Clippers 120-107 on Tuesday at the AT&T Center.

The game was tied at 61 after a pair of DeAndre Jordan free throws with 8:08 to play in the third quarter. The Spurs then kicked into overdrive, running away to a 92-76 lead by the end of the period.

San Antonio scored a season-high 40 points in the quarter, 26 of which came over the final six minutes.

San Antonio also put together a big third quarter on Sunday in a win over the Phoenix Suns, scoring 34. The Spurs (7-4) have won three straight games.

Rudy Gay added a season-high-tying 22 points for San Antonio while Pau Gasol hit for 19 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

Austin Rivers scored a season-high 24 points to lead the Clippers, who have lost five of their past six games after starting the season with four wins.

Lou Williams added 17 points off the bench, Blake Griffin scored 15 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds, and Wesley Johnson and Jordan scored 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Clippers (5-5).

Los Angeles outshot the Spurs 55 percent to 48.8 percent in the first half and led 55-52 at halftime behind 14 points from Rivers, 12 from Johnson and 10 from Griffin.

Green topped San Antonio with 13 first-half points while Gay added 11. The first two quarters featured eight ties and nine lead changes, with the Spurs owning as much as a seven-point advantage and the halftime score representing the Clippers' biggest lead.

Both teams shot well overall from the floor, with the Spurs hitting 53.6 percent of their field-goal attempts and the Clippers 51.2 percent.

NOTES: With the Spurs' Sunday win over Phoenix, San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich passed Phil Jackson for sixth in all-time wins in NBA history. Following the Tuesday win, Popovich has 1,157 career victories. George Karl is next on the list, fifth with 1,175 coaching victories. ... The Clippers are 5-6 in their last 11 road matchups with the Spurs, dating to Jan. 31, 2015. L.A. went 6-44 in its previous 50 games in San Antonio from 1987-2011. ... F LaMarcus Aldridge is one of just four San Antonio players in the past 20 years to score 220-plus points in the first 10 games of a season (David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Kawhi Leonard). ... DeAndre Jordan is the first player in Clippers franchise history to play 10 seasons with the team. Jordan (676) ranks second in franchise history in games played, behind Randy Smith (715).