DeMar DeRozan helped the Spurs finish strong to close series with the Rockets

Despite a poor shooting night, the Spurs found some juice late in the game to pull out a win against the Rockets. DeMar DeRozan led the way with 24 points and 7 rebounds while Dejounte Murray and Jakob Poeltl each notched a double-double in points and rebounds. Murray scored 18 and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Poeltl came off the bench to score 13 and grabbed 11 rebounds in the winning effort.

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DeRozan goes hard in the paint and absorbs a lot of punishment in the paint. He earned every bit of these two points:

We could get used to this. Dejounte Murray caught fire and scored 7 points in a row to help the good guys late in the fourth quarter. He topped it off with a timely steal and a follow up emphatic dunk with less than 4 minutes to go in the game:

Jakob’s nice night had a bit of everything. Going forward, the Spurs will definitely need more “Bubble Poeltl.” We got a fever, and the only prescription is more Bubble Poeltl. Here, he gets Patty involved by feeding him down in the paint:

Speed kills: opposing defenses, that is. Off the deflection, Lonnie Walker IV went coast to coast at warp speed to get the bucket and the and-one:

Nothing but hustle. Rookie Devin Vassell saved the ball, second-year wonder Keldon Johnson chased it down, and wily veteran Patty Mills drew the loose ball foul in the type of hustle you love to see every night:

Last and never least, the full game highlights:

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