San Antonio - Tim Duncan had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Houston Rockets 90-84 on Friday night. Manu Ginobili added 19 points for the Spurs and Michael Finley had 17.

Houston Rockets center Yao Ming (L) defends San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, of Argentina, during the fourth quarter of their NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 16, 2007. [Agencies] Luis Scola, whose rights were traded from the Spurs to the Rockets over the summer, had a breakout game, scoring 20 points. Shane Battier added 16.

The Rockets, without an injured Tracy McGrady, managed to tie the game at 80 with 3:48 to play on Scola's jump shot. But even with Yao Ming's eight points in the quarter, the Spurs were able to pull away.

Ginobili made it 88-84 as he cradled the ball on his way to the basket for a layup with 57 seconds to go, and Duncan blocked Yao's layup attempt with 9 seconds to play. Tony Parker, who finished with 14 points, then sank a couple of free throws.

Yao had 14 points and nine rebounds for Houston. Mike James added 10 points.

The Spurs opened the fourth quarter up 69-64 after what had been a back-and-forth game early on. They never trailed after going up 47-46 late in the second quarter.

Duncan, who struggled two games ago, scoring just five points against the Los Angeles Lakers, didn't score in the fourth quarter. But Ginobili and Parker, who went 1-of-11 in the Spurs' Thursday night loss to their other in-state rival, the Dallas Mavericks, came up with six points apiece in the final period.

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