San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder

· National Basketball Association

San Antonio Spurs

23-31, 9-19 Away

Final
114 - 106

Oklahoma City Thunder

32-22, 17-12 Home

Spurs stop 5-game slide with 114-106 victory over Thunder

It was a welcome change after a tough stretch.

Aldridge had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and the Spurs stopped a five-game slide by topping the Oklahoma City Thunder 114-106 on Tuesday night.

"Great effort on their part," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. "I'm happy for them. It's been tough so far this first half, and they've been in a lot of games and we just haven't finished them. But tonight we did, so they deserve a lot of credit."

Dejounte Murray also scored 25 points for San Antonio, which had dropped eight of 10 overall. Patty Mills had 20 points, and fellow reserve Derrick White finished with 17.

Led by Aldridge and Murray, the Spurs made 25 of 27 foul shots. Aldridge went 7 for 8, and Murray was a perfect 6 for 6.

"Proud of my teammates, proud of myself," Murray said. "We fought hard, we showed poise and showed we could finish the game against a good team."

Oklahoma City dropped its second straight after a stretch of nine wins in 10 games. Chris Paul scored 31 points for the Thunder, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 17.

"I thought offensively it was a hard night for us," Thunder coach Billy Donovan said. "We just never really got going."

Oklahoma City tied it at 79 on Hamidou Diallo's dunk early in the fourth. But San Antonio responded with a 9-0 run.

Aldridge sparked the decisive stretch with a tiebreaking jumper, and Bryn Forbes' 3-pointer made it 88-79 with 8:34 left.

Murray made each of his six free throws in the final 41 seconds to help the Spurs hold on.

San Antonio played without leading scorer DeMar DeRozan, who was sidelined by back spasms.

TIP-INS

Spurs: Murray also grabbed nine rebounds. ... The Spurs went 7 for 25 from 3-point range.

Thunder: Danilo Gallinari scored 15 points, and Dennis Schroder had 14. Steven Adams finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds. ... Paul went 5 for 9 from 3-point range.

Spurs: Visit Utah on Feb. 21.

Thunder: Visit New Orleans on Thursday.

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Regular Season Series

SA leads series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	114 - 106
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	114 - 106
4th 1.3	Derrick White defensive rebound	114 - 106
4th 1.3	Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot	114 - 106
4th 6.7	Derrick White makes free throw 2 of 2	114 - 106

Statistics

SA		OKC
41-84	FG	39-85
49	Field Goal %	46
7-25	3PT	11-31
28	Three Point %	35
25-27	FT	17-21
93	Free Throw %	81
54	Rebounds	41
7	Offensive Rebounds	6
39	Defensive Rebounds	29
20	Assists	19
9	Steals	8
7	Blocks	2
11	Turnovers	13
1	Team Turnovers	1
12	Total Turnovers	14
1	Technical Fouls	0
1	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
15	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	12
4	Fast Break Points	6
42	Points in Paint	48
19	Fouls	24
14	Largest Lead	2