Richard Jefferson and Manu Ginobili each scored 22 points and Tony Parker added 21 and nine assists as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the visiting Los Angeles Clippers, 107-95, on Wednesday for their fifth consecutive victory.
San Antonio (6-1) connected on 11-of-17 3-pointers en route to defeating Los Angeles for the 18th straight time.
Rasual Butler scored 18 points for the Clippers, who completed an 0-4 road trip and fell to 1-8.
Los Angeles played without leading scorer Eric Gordon (shoulder), center Chris Kaman (ankle) and guards Baron Davis (knee) and Randy Foye (hamstring).
Jefferson (4-of-6) and Ginobili (3-of-5) combined for seven of San Antonio’s treys. Antonio McDyess had nine rebounds for the Spurs, who held a 41-33 advantage on the glass.
Clippers forward Craig Smith had 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting. Ryan Gomes and rookies Blake Griffin and Eric Bledsoe all scored 11.
Spurs forward Tim Duncan had just six points in 22 minutes.
L.A. Clippers | San Antonio | |
Rasual Butler 18 | Scoring | Manu Ginobili 22 |
Eric Bledsoe 7 | Assists | Tony Parker 9 |
Blake Griffin 8 | Rebounds | Antonio McDyess 9 |
Craig Smith 3 | Free Throws Made | Manu Ginobili 7 |
Al-Farouq Aminu 3 | Steals | Richard Jefferson 2 |
DeAndre Jordan 2 | Blocks | Tim Duncan 3 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
L.A. Clippers | 95 | 46.5 | 7-10 | 8-14 | 21 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 15 |
San Antonio | 107 | 49.3 | 11-18 | 26-30 | 21 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 19 |