SAN ANTONIO (AP) LaMarcus Aldridge had 21 points and 12 rebounds and the Spurs routed the Phoenix Suns 112-79 on Wednesday night for their 19th straight home win to start the season.
San Antonio successfully rang out an eventful 2015 that saw them add Aldridge in free agency after being bounced from the opening round of the playoffs and open the season with a franchise record home winning streak.
The Spurs also extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 28 straight games dating to last season by holding the Suns to several season lows.
Phoenix, which has lost six straight, had season lows for total points, first-half points (33) and points in the opening quarter (12).
Kawhi Leonard had 19 points, Manu Ginobili added 13 and Tony Parker had 12 points and seven assists for San Antonio (28-6).
Tim Duncan missed his third straight game due to right knee soreness, but he wasn't needed in a game where Aldridge, Leonard and Parker all sat out the fourth quarter.
San Antonio led by as many as 38 points and never trailed after Phoenix scored the opening basket. The Spurs shut down the Suns' defensively while exploiting them offensively in their second game since losing Eric Bledsoe to a season-ending knee injury.
Leonard did not have a field attempt in the first 8 minutes of the game as the Spurs instead took advantage of mismatches for Aldridge and David West. In those opening 8 minutes Aldridge had eight points and West had two points and three rebounds. It resulted in two early fouls each Alex Len and Jon Leuer each had two early fouls, forcing Suns coach Jeff Hornacek to go to his bench in the first four minutes.
At other times San Antonio had Phoenix fruitlessly chasing the ball.
Aldridge handed the ball off to West, who tossed the ball cross court to Danny Green. Green drove to the paint from the 3-point line and tossed the ball back to West, who flipped the ball back to Leonard for a corner 3-pointer for a 48-20 lead.
On another possession Boris Diaw lobbed an entry pass to Leonard, who tossed a bounce pass to Aldridge who scored an open layup after throwing Mirza Teletovic off balance by faking an outlet pass.
San Antonio finished with 26 assists and did not commit its first turnover until 2 minutes into the second quarter and finished with 13.
TIP-INS
Suns: Phoenix's previous low for points in a quarter was 14 on Nov. 6 against Detroit.
Spurs: The Spurs' 19 straight home wins is the third best start in Western Conference history, trailing the 20 wins by the 1986 Houston Rockets and 26 consecutive by the 1978 Portland Trail Blazers. ... The Suns' 12-point first quarter matched the season low for a Spurs' opponent set by Philadelphia on Nov. 14.
UP NEXT
Suns: At Oklahoma City on Thursday night.
Spurs: Host Houston on Saturday night.
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