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San Antonio's Jakob Poeltl scored 17 points and grabbed 11
rebounds.
Doug McDermott had 16 points and Derrick White added 15 as all
five of the Spurs' starters scored in double figures by the end
of the third quarter. Keldon Johnson finished with 12 points and
12 rebounds.
San Antonio had a 67-43 rebounding advantage to improve to 2-1
on a four-game road trip that concludes Thursday in Los Angeles
against the Lakers.
Murray had his second triple-double of the road trip, his third
in five games and his sixth on the season.
George scored 25 points on 8-of-18 shooting while going 3 of 9
from 3-point range after missing the previous five contests with
an elbow sprain. The Clippers went 3-2 with him on the sideline.
Ivica Zubac scored 12 points and pulled down 12 rebounds for Los
Angeles. Terance Mann added 11 points as the Clippers dropped
their third consecutive game after losing at Utah and Oklahoma
City last week.
After the Spurs gave up an average of 126 points per game over
their last three contests, there were signs early of a better
defense. The Clippers' 27 points in the first quarter was the
first time in the last three games the Spurs didn't give up at
least 37 in the opening 12 minutes.
San Antonio led 35-27 after one quarter, even as the Clippers
shot 55 percent from the field, then held Los Angeles to 27.6
percent shooting in the second quarter to take a 62-48 halftime
lead. Murray had 17 points in the first half.
The Spurs pushed their advantage past 20 points in the third
quarter at 79-58 on a 3-pointer by Johnson with 5:02 remaining.
The lead reached 30 points at 101-71 on a 3-pointer by Murray
with 9:52 remaining in the game.
--Field Level Media
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