San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, center, of Argentina, passes around Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard, right, as Houston's James Harden, left, looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, in San Antonio.
The San Antonio Spurs could only muster 84 points in their Christmas Day loss to the Houston Rockets. In Saturday's 121-103 win, they blew past that total with a 31-7 run to close out the third quarter.
With the win, the Spurs (29-6) became the first Western Conference team since the 1985-86 Rockets to begin the season 20-0 at home.
Three Spurs scored at least 20 points, led by LaMarcus Aldridge with 24. He was joined by Kawhi Leonard (22) and Boris Diaw, who set a season-high with 20.
Tim Duncan made his return after a three-game absence, but did not score in 13 minutes, marking the first time in 1,601 career regular- and post-season games that he failed to record a point.
The Spurs take their four-game winning streak to Milwaukee Monday for a meeting with the Bucks.
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