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Saturday, Apr. 7 10:30pm ET
Duncan scores first 11 points of fourth quarter

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LOS ANGELES (AP) – Tim Duncan scored the first 11 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 32 points and 18 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Clippers 93-83 Saturday night.

David Robinson scored 20 points and former Clipper Derek Anderson added 13 points for San Antonio.

The Spurs won their third straight and extended their winning streak over the Clippers to 14 games. San Antonio maintained its three-game lead over Utah in the Midwest Division with six games remaining.

The Spurs have the NBA's best record at 54-22.

Reserve Derek Strong led the Clippers with 17 points. Jeff McInnis added 15.

Cory Maggette had 15 points and a career-high 15 rebounds.

Duncan used two dunks, two jumpers, a basket off a rebound and a free throw to account for all of the Spurs' scoring in the opening 5:14 of the fourth quarter.

The Clippers closed within eight points, 81-73, with 6:57 remaining but could get no closer.

Duncan had 10 points, seven rebounds and four assists in the first quarter to lead the Spurs.

Maggette had 12 of his rebounds in the first two quarters as the Clippers pulled within 50-37 by halftime.

Game notes
Los Angeles forward Lamar Odom did not play due to a bruised tailbone, an injury sustained April 6th against the Milwaukee Bucks. ... Stefan Kokoskov, the 64-year old father of Clippers assistant coach Igor Kokoskov, passed away Thursday night after a long illness. Coach Kokoskov returned to Belgrade, Yugoslavia, to be with his family and will be away from the team indefinitely. ... Los Angeles' Cherokee Parks injured his left eye in the first quarter and did not return. ... The Clippers are 11-3 at home since Feb. 1. That record ties Minnesota for the best home mark during that span. ... The Clippers established a franchise attendance record. Saturday's sellout crowd of 18,964 raised this season's total attendance to 561,137. The sellout was the Clippers' ninth of the season, tying a franchise record established in 1991-92. ... San Antonio forward Tim Duncan leads the NBA with 62 double-doubles. ... The Spurs won for the ninth time in 11 road games. ... David Robinson moved past Eddie Johnson and into 32nd place on the NBA's career scoring list with 19,213 points.

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Boston 102
Washington 100

Detroit 97
Charlotte 92

Phoenix 102
Cleveland 98

Utah 116
Dallas 103

Houston 110
Atlanta 97

Denver 98
Vancouver 97

San Antonio 93
LA Clippers 83


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