Houston Rockets at San Antonio Spurs

Wembanyama, Fox fuel dominant performance as Spurs beat Rockets for 4th straight victory, 145-120

Stephon Castle added 23 points for San Antonio, which has won 15 of 16.

Kevin Durant and Amen Thompson had 23 points each for Houston, which allowed a season high in points.

The Spurs (47-17) won the season series against the Rockets 3-1 and strengthened their hold on the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.

Houston (39-24) dropped into fourth in the West, a half-game behind Minnesota (40-24) and seven games behind San Antonio in the loss column.

The Rockets, who have alternated wins and losses over their past six games, allowed a season-most 56 points in the paint.

San Antonio had 38 assists while shooting a season-high 58% from the field, 53% (21 of 40) from 3-point range.

It all started with the Spurs' 7-foot-4 All-Star.

Wembanyama was 9 for 13 from the field, including a reverse dunk through contact that resulted in a three-point play and an 83-61 lead three minutes into the third quarter.

Wembanyama opened the scoring with a 26-foot 3-pointer followed by an shot fake on a 3 before driving to the rim for a left-hand finger roll, both with Alperen Sengun closely defending.

San Antonio opened a double-digit lead midway through the first quarter but Houston rallied when Wembanyama took a seat.

Houston’s only leads came at 27-26 with two minutes left in the first quarter and 33-32 at the close of the period.

Keldon Johnson added 20 points for San Antonio, which is 2 1/2 games behind Oklahoma City in the West.

Up next Rockets: Host Toronto on Tuesday night.

Spurs: Host Boston on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

SA wins series 3-1