Spurs Defeat Wizards, 116-99, For Season’s First Win Streak

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Derrick White had 24 points, Dejounte Murray had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Washington Wizards 116-99 to triumph consecutive games for the archetypal clip this season.

Murray besides had 8 assists for San Antonio, which saw six players people successful treble figures and past won back-to-back games (three straight) successful a agelong successful precocious April. Jakob Poeltl had 14 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks, becoming the archetypal subordinate from the 2016 NBA Draft with 2,000 vocation rebounds and 400 vocation blocks.

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Washington had a two-game winning streak snapped arsenic they closed retired a four-game roadworthy travel astatine 2-2. Bradley Beal had 18 points, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 17 and Spencer Dinwiddie had 16 for the Wizards. Daniel Gafford added 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Neither squad gained much than a 10-point vantage passim the game. San Antonio was lone 8 for 18 connected 3-pointers but changeable 53%.

Washington entered the crippled averaging 23.8 assists successful their erstwhile 10 games and continued the shot question connected Monday. But the Wizards were incapable to halt the Spurs’ young roster, particularly their backcourt duo of Murray and White, who combined to sprout 18 for 40 and had 13 assists.

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Wizards: Washington is 6-6 connected road. … Montrezl Harrell had six points, 5 rebounds and six assists. He averaged 15.6 points and 7.8 rebounds successful his erstwhile 10 games. … After averaging 30 points successful back-to-back seasons, Beal is averaging 23.2 points per game. He has scored 30 points lone 3 times this season, but the Wizards were 6-15 astatine this constituent past season.

Spurs: Murray entered the crippled averaging 18.9 points, 8.4 rebounds and 8.1 assists — each vocation highs -– and has a double-double successful 5 of his past six games. … Josh Primo, who turns 19 connected Dec. 24, deed back-to-back 3s successful the 2nd quarter. Only Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady and LeBron James had aggregate 3-pointers successful a crippled astatine a younger age. Primo finished with six points. … Devin Vassell missed his 2nd consecutive crippled aft suffering a bruised close thigh against Atlanta connected Nov. 24. … Doug McDermott missed his 4th consecutive crippled with an inflamed close knee.

UP NEXT

Wizards: At Toronto connected Sunday.

Spurs: At Portland connected Thursday.

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