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WATCH: Patty Mills wins the game for San Antonio with clutch shot

Patty Mills won the game for San Antonio with a clutch three against Houston (NBA).
21st December, 2016
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Australian guard Patty Mills has hit a three-pointer with 12.9 seconds left to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 102-100 NBA win over the Houston Rockets.

The victory is San Antonio’s fifth straight and improves the Spurs to 15-1 on the road. It also snaps Houston’s NBA-long 10-game winning streak.

Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs with 21 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge added 17 points with 10 rebounds.

James Harden finished with 31 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists for the Rockets.

In Charlotte, Kemba Walker had 28 points and 10 assists as the Hornets rallied from a 19-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 117-113.

Walker had 15 points in the third quarter and a key rebound with 27.9 seconds left in the fourth to set up a Nicolas Batum for the jumper which put the Hornets ahead with 13 seconds remaining.

Batum had 23 points on 8-of-12 shooting and added 10 assists, while Marco Belinelli scored 11 of his 13 points in the final quarter.

Jordan Clarkson paced the Lakers with 25 points on 7-of-9 shooting from long-range, the Lakers going 16 of 33 from deep only to lose for the 10th time in their past 11 games.

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In other games, Anthony Davis produced another monster performance with 31 points and 16 rebounds in New Orleans’ 108-93 win over Philadelphia, Toronto led by as many as 23 before settling for a 116-104 win over Brooklyn, while the New York Knicks finished with a 27-12 run to overcome Indiana 118-111.

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