Harrison Barnes scored 24 points and Dylan Harper added 22 as the San Antonio Spurs held off the New Orleans Pelicans 135-132 on Monday night in the Smoothie King Center.

Stephon Castle had 18 points, Julian Champagnie scored 17, De'Aaron Fox had 14, Keldon Johnson scored 12 and former Pelican Kelly Olynyk scored 11 for the Spurs (16-7).

Rookie Derik Queen had 33 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Pelicans while recording his first career triple-double. Trey Murphy scored 32, Herb Jones returned from an eight-game absence due to a strained right calf to score 17, Saddiq Bey had 17 and Jose Alvarado put in 10 to lead the Pelicans (3-22), who lost their seventh game in a row and will face the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.

Jones had three points and an assist, and Queen

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