SAN ANTONIO — — Victor Wembanyama had 27 factors, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks because the San Antonio Spurs rallied from a 25-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 117-112 on Friday night time.
Kawhi Leonard had 30 factors and 9 rebounds for Los Angeles, which had a three-game successful streak snapped.
San Antonio (46-17) has gained 14 of 15 and is second within the Western Conference.
After defending a missed 3-pointer by Leonard, Wembanyama broke free for an uncontested dunk that gave the Spurs a 113-112 lead with 16 seconds left. Clippers ahead Nicolas Batum turned the ball over on the following possession when his foot crossed the boundary whereas inbounding the ball. Stephon Castle closed out the win by rebounding his personal missed free throw and changing a layup with 1 second remaining.
After trailing 75-50 within the third quarter, the Spurs opened the fourth with an 18-5 run to take their first lead for the reason that opening minutes.
Wembanyama blocked Kris Dunn‘s reverse layup, creating a quick break that ended with an alley-oop dunk by Carter Bryant. Devin Vassell adopted with a 3-pointer for a 99-97 lead.
Julian Champagnie completed with 20 factors and 9 rebounds for the Spurs, and De’Aaron Fox had 19 factors and 9 rebounds.
Brook Lopez had 26 factors for the Clippers.
Lopez had 9 factors within the first quarter on a collection of floaters, fadeaways and step-back jumpers.
The Clippers took a 56-39 lead with 4 1/2 minutes left within the first half. The lead stretched to 22 factors over the subsequent 4 minutes.
San Antonio shot 38% from the sector and 30% on 3-pointers within the first half to path 66-46 on the break, its largest halftime deficit of the season. The Spurs have led on the half in 42 of their 63 video games.
Clippers: At Memphis on Saturday.
Spurs: Host Houston on Sunday.
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