Tim Duncan scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds, while Francisco Elson scored 14 points for the Spurs, who stopped a two-game losing skid.Thursday, March 22, 2007
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San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 90-72 win over the Indiana Pacers.
SEATTLE Gilbert Arenas hit a buzzer-beating shot to give the Washington Wizards a 108-to-106 triumph at Seattle.Arenas scored 42 points to help the Wizards stay a half-game ahead of second-place Miami in the Southeast Division. He hit six three-pointers in topping the 40-point mark for the ninth time this season.Antawn Jamison added 21 points and seven rebounds for the Wizards, who bounced back from Tuesday's two-point loss at Portland.Chris Wilcox led Seattle with 27 points and 22 rebounds.Timb...
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TORONTO - Chris Bosh had 34 points and 16 rebounds in outplaying fellow All-Star big man Dwight Howard in the Toronto Raptors' 92-85 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.
Grant Hill had 24 points and Howard had 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Magic, who haven't won consecutive games since Jan. 31 and Feb. 2.
The South Regional's top-seeded Ohio State (32-3) will tip off against fifth-seeded Tennessee (24-10) 30 minutes after the Texas A&M-Memphis game ends. The two winners from Thursday night's games will play Saturday for a berth into the Final Four in Atlanta.
Ohio State beat Tennessee 68-66 in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this season in January.
Memphis entered the NCAA Tournament ranked 324th as a team in free-throw shooting at 61 percent. The Tigers have shot 73.8 percent in the Tournament.
LAS VEGAS - If I were going to lay a bet on it, I'd take the odds against Las Vegas ever getting a NBA team, or a team from any of the major professional sports leagues.
It's not that Las Vegas isn't ready for an NBA, NFL, NHL or Major League Baseball team. It's that none of those leagues is ready for Las Vegas.
Too much money, too much idle time, far too many available vices - rich professional athletes based in Las Vegas would be inviting disaster.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas Tim Duncan scored 27 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 90-72 win over the Indiana Pacers.
Francisco Elson scored 14 points for the Spurs, who stopped a two-game losing skid. Matt Bonner had 10 points and nine boards, and Tony Parker added another 10 points for San Antonio.
"We played a lot better in the second half," Parker said. "We finally picked it up and played great defense and when you play great defense you create a lot of opportunities on offense and get some easy baskets in transition and get a couple good shots from the outside. Finally got a good win."
SAN ANTONIO Tim Duncan scored 27 points and the San Antonio Spurs ended a two-game skid with a 90-to-72 win over the slumping Indiana Pacers.Francisco Elson had 14 points as the Spurs dealt the Pacers their 13th loss in 14 games.The Pacers actually led 22-to-17 after one period, but the Spurs outscored Indiana 53-to-28 over the next two quarters to take a 20-point lead.Ike Diogu (dee-AH'-goo) topped the Pacers with just 14 points while Mike Dunleavy added eleven.
SAN ANTONIO ? Tim Duncan scored 27 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 90-72 victory over the slumping Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night.
The Spurs, who have clinched a playoff spot, snapped a two-game losing streak that came after they had won a season-high 13 in a row.
Francisco Elson had 14 points and Tony Parker and Matt Bonner contributed 10 apiece.
The fan who bellowed "Fire Stotts!" after tipoff at Milwaukee Bucks home games in recent months got his wish last week, though that doesn't mean the team's new coach is on his side.
Larry Krystkowiak stuck up for Terry Stotts on Tuesday, saying his former boss has gone out of his way to be supportive in the past week and shaking his head at the harsh treatment Stotts received from some fans after a season filled with injuries to key players.
"It was pretty brutal _ some of our games, and people yelling, getting real personal," Krystkowiak said. "Teams have a hard time winning in this league without their best players, and our lineup was completely decimated _ four starters out.
(Sports Network) - The New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets try to get back on the winning track this evening, as they welcome the Boston Celtics to the Ford Center.
This is the second and final meeting of the campaign between the clubs. On November 1st, Chris Paul collected 20 points, seven rebounds 10 assists to lead the Hornets over Boston, 91-87, at TD Banknorth Garden. The Hornets snapped a four-game series losing streak with the victory.
Boston has won two straight after losing its last three at the Hornets.
SALT LAKE CITY — The coach of one of the biggest surprise teams in the NBA is arguably the biggest surprise of the Utah Jazz.
Jerry Sloan, hard-nosed as a defensive bull of a player for 11 years and hard-line with young players as a coach the last 21, has relaxed his drill-sergeant tactics and shown patience with his youthful team.
The payoff: The Jazz, picked to battle for a playoff spot, own the league's fourth-best record (43-23) going into tonight's home game against the Golden State Warriors.
Well into the final quarter of the NBA?s regular season, here are nine burning questions that are just begging for answers:
Nash or Nowitzki ? who?s the MVP? Last week?s classic between the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns may be a microcosm of the season. It took two overtimes before the two best teams in the league settled things, and they were settled in favor of the Suns because of the most clutch player in the league: The two-time defending MVP. It?s not fair to argue in favor of Nowitzki just because he?s the best player on the team with the best record. Nash makes the good players around him look like stars, and the stars like superstars. Make it three in a row.
So, which of them will emerge from the flames of the red-hot West? Actually, neither. The Mavs and Suns are the two best teams, but neither of them will reach the Finals. That?s because the most fundamentally sound team, quiet and efficient all season, then lethal in the playoffs ? when defense matters ? is the San Antonio Spurs.
AUSTIN — The number of visitors to state parks has been inflated by more than 40 percent, according to an auditor's report released Monday that also urges the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to improve management and operation of its 108 parks.
The audit comes at a time when the agency wants a significant budget increase. State lawmakers told agency leaders to address the shortcomings outlined in the audit before making a case for more funding.
"I saw a whole lot of need for improvement in the financial management area. They are asking for a whole lot of money," Senate Natural Resources Chairman Kip Averitt, R-Waco, said after auditors from the state auditor's office and parks department officials responded to the Senate Finance Committee. "Until they give us some assurance that the money is going to be spent prudently, I think there's some reason to be concerned."
AUSTIN The number of visitors to state parks has been inflated by more than 40 percent, according to an auditor's report released Monday that also urges the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to improve management and operation of its 108 parks.
The audit comes at a time when the agency wants a significant budget increase. State lawmakers told agency leaders to address the shortcomings outlined in the audit before making a case for more funding.
"I saw a whole lot of need for improvement in the financial management area. They are asking for a whole lot of money," Senate Natural Resources Chairman Kip Averitt, R-Waco, said after auditors from the Texas State Auditor's office and parks department officials responded to the Senate Finance Committee.
Well into the final quarter of the NBA?s regular season, here are nine burning questions that are just begging for answers:
NASH OR NOWITZKI ? WHO?S THE MVP?: Last week?s classic between the Dallas Mavericks and the Phoenix Suns may be a microcosm of the season. It took two overtimes before the two best teams in the league settled things, and they were settled in favor of the Suns because of the most clutch player in the league: The two-time defending MVP. It?s not fair to argue in favor of Nowitzki just because he?s the best player on the team with the best record. Nash makes the good players around him look like stars, and the stars like superstars. Make it three in a row.
SO, WHICH OF THEM WILL EMERGE FROM THE FLAMES OF THE RED-HOT WEST?: Actually, neither. The Mavs and Suns are the two best teams, but neither of them will reach the Finals. That?s because the most fundamentally sound team, quiet and efficient all season, then lethal in the playoffs ? when defense matters ? is the San Antonio Spurs.
GERONIMO? Navarro High School senior Kandi Knippa braved icy rain and freezing temps on Tuesday afternoon to ensure that her prized Shorthorn steer and Polled Hereford heifer would stand out as champions in this weeks Guadalupe County Youth Livestock Show competition.
You want them picture perfect, she explained as she fluffed up the fur on Glamour Gal, a Polled Hereford heifer she plans to show in this years competition.
Glamour appeared to enjoy the pampering despite the chilly air inside the Knippa barn off Willmann Road, where the family maintains a 45-acre homestead.
"I'm not a dirty player — I never have been, never will be," Bryant told the Los Angeles Times. "It's ridiculous. If somebody wants to criticize me for the way I play on the basketball court, at least make it something that's somewhat realistic. Say I shoot too much. Don't just knock me for something that I'm just absolutely not."
Twice now this season, Bryant has received a one-game suspension for what equates to offensive flopping. As he did to San Antonio Spurs swingman Manu Ginobili earlier this season, Bryant nailed Minnesota guard Marko Jaric with a shot in the face by flailing his arms after a shot, trying to draw a foul.
Apparently, the league office went back and viewed the tape of Bryant's elbowing of Philadelphia forward Kyle Korver, and then planted an after-the-fact flagrant foul on Bryant's record.
The best story in the NBA doesn't involve Dirk Nowitzki or Steve Nash and it's got nothing to do with the resilient San Antonio Spurs or the surprisingly gritty Utah Jazz. In fact, let's just forget about the Western Conference for a moment.
The story that deserves our attention is taking place on the sunny shores of South Florida. It centers on three men — Pat Riley, Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade — who are destined for the Hall of Fame. Their injuries, an arthritic hip, torn knee cartilage and a separated shoulder, respectively, transformed what should have been a mundane title defense into an operatic tale with Riley, who does hyperbole better than anybody, providing voiceovers like Morgan Freeman.
It's a basketball story in three acts.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- A little white lie and a pot full of random luck has Craig Bradshaw starring in the feel-good story of this NCAA tournament. Tiny Winthrop and Bradshaw, the 11th-seeded Eagles' big man from New Zealand, have already taken down Notre Dame. Next up is third-seeded Oregon on Sunday in the second round of the Midwest Regional. The only thing more unlikely than Winthrop playing for a spot in the round of 16 is how Bradshaw ended up in South Carolina playing for the Eagles i...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Courtney Paris' individual statistics no longer mean anything.
Everyone knows the Oklahoma sophomore can beat up a box score. Anyone who produces 55 consecutive double-doubles, which is far more than any men's player has, defines consistency.
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Detroit owns the best record in the Eastern Conference.
Being known as the best snowboarder in South Florida or the best Tex-Mex spot in New Hampshire holds the same prestige.
But let's not get off on the wrong geographical foot. This isn't another diatribe about how the East pales in comparison to the West.
Point guard Luke Ridnour will return to the Sonics' starting lineup tonight at KeyArena against Golden State.
Ridnour, who has a herniated cervical disk, hasn't played since leaving the Sonics' March 4 win over Charlotte because of increasing stiffness in his neck. He went through a series of treatments, including wearing a brace, and returned to practice Thursday.
"It feels a lot better," said Ridnour, who has missed the past five games. "The range of motion is back to almost 100 percent, so that's the big key for me."
Guard Baron Davis, whose presence in back-to-back finale victories over the Detroit Pistons and Dallas Mavericks was more than mere coincidence, thinks the Warriors can keep up their pace. Along with tonight's game against the SuperSonics, the Warriors close back-to-backs against the San Antonio Spurs (at home on March 26 and in Texas on April 7) and the Portland Trail Blazers (in Oregon on April 18).
"I think we're maturing a lot as a team," Davis said. "We understand now the importance of the first game and coming back after that and playing well enough and with enough energy to keep ourselves in the second game."
Warriors forward Matt Barnes thinks it's not even worth discussing the 1-15 mark, since those games were so rife with various injuries on Golden State's part.
Ashton Porter of Fort Davis is just days away from receiving the wish of a lifetime.
Later this week, the 18-year-old will meet former NBA player Sean Elliott in San Antonio.
Porter received a kidney transplant in 1999 because of a rare disease that was slowly deteriorating his kidney. He was diagnosed with cancer in October 2006.
Yao Ming's conditioning isn't back to where he wants it, and he isn't moving as nimbly as he had hoped. But the Houston Rockets center is slowly getting back into the dominating form he displayed before fracturing his right leg, causing him to miss 32 games.
Yao was a legitimate MVP candidate before the injury, averaging 25.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.22 blocked shots and shooting 52.2% from the field and 86.7% from the free throw line.
Since he returned six games ago, his minutes are down to 28.7 from 34.6 and he is averaging 18.7 points and 8.3 rebounds and shooting only 45.6%.
By percentage points, the surging Nuggets advanced to the sixth spot in the Western Conference ... for the time being.
The Nuggets won their third consecutive game, this time a 113-86 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night at the Pepsi Center. With the win, the Nuggets improved to 32-31 and a .5079 winning percentage. Denver passed the Lakers, who are 33-32 with a .5077 winning percentage. The Nuggets were led by forward Linas Kleiza, who scored a career-high 29 points, eclipsing his previous high of 24 set Sunday at Sacramento.
"I think it was one of the top (wins) we've had thus far," forward Carmelo Anthony said. "I think it was a statement game for us to see where we're at against a team like that."
Reggie Miller may be one of the greatest 3-point shooters in NBA history. But listen to his big sister, and she'll tell you he always has been a distant No. 2 in his own family.
"Always," said Cheryl Miller, a former Southern Cal All-American who won her share of backyard H-O-R-S-E shootouts growing up.
Cheryl also might be a better passer, better at setting screens, better at running off them, better at getting rebound position, better at just about everything there is to do with a basketball.
Rookie guards Brandon Roy and Randy Foye, of Portland and Minnesota, respectively, took a trip last month.
Taking in the scenery from the bench at the Rookie Challenge, soaking up the lights of All-Star weekend in Las Vegas, they took a moment to peer into the future.
"He said," Roy recalled, "'Hopefully one day me and you can be the guards of the future, the guys that carried the NBA, the Kobes, the Tracys. Hopefully, one day we can be that.' I'm not a guy that likes to look ahead. I just like to prepare and then look back and see that I'm one of the stars of this league. But it sounded good."
Krystkowiak, a nine-year NBA veteran who played four seasons for the Bucks, was introduced as Milwaukee's new coach Thursday. Krystkowiak was a gritty, hustling player - and said he will expect the same from his players on defense.
"That's going to be conveyed to our team," Krystkowiak said. "And quite frankly, if guys don't play defense, then I'm in a position to where they don't have to play."
The Bucks are one of the NBA's worst defensive teams, but that's just one of several nagging problems that ultimately led Harris and Sen. Herb Kohl, the team's owner, to fire coach Terry Stotts on Wednesday.
Matching newly trained skill workers with companies is never a perfect, smooth process, but a longtime statewide event in San Antonio next week gives employers and future workers a chance to find each other early.
The 35th annual Texas SkillsUSA competition will bring together more than 300 students from more than 20 Texas community and technical colleges to compete in 37 technical skills categories March 22-24 under this year's theme of "Champions at Work." Also competing will be high school students taking college-level, or dual-credit, classes.
First-place winners will advance to the national finals June 26-29 in Kansas City.
DALLAS (AP) When the second overtime began in a game that already had plenty of thrills, Amare Stoudemire was ready to settle things. So he went to the basket. Hard. Between points and fouls that got Dallas Mavericks starters disqualified, Stoudemire's strong start got the Phoenix Suns going toward a 129-127 victory Wednesday night in a tense, thrilling game between the league's two best teams.
"He's a great finisher," marveled teammate Steve Nash. "That was quite a performance."
Stoudemire had 41 points and 10 rebounds, and Nash played like a two-time MVP down the stretch. He scored 10 points in the final minute of regulation, capped by a tying 3-pointer with 2.7 seconds left. He finished with 32 points, 16 assists and eight rebounds.
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Tony Parker scored 25 points, and Tim Duncan finished with 19 points and nine rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs won their 13th straight game, 93-84, over the sinking Los Angeles Clippers.
Manu Ginobili scored 16 points and grabbed seven boards for the Spurs, and Michael Finley added 13 points. The Spurs team record for consecutive wins is 17 games, set in the 1995-96 season.
"It wasn't the greatest game, but we came out with the win," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Winning is always more fun than losing. Not much progress was made tonight."
DALLAS (AP) -- When the second overtime began in a game that already had plenty of thrills, Amare Stoudemire was ready to settle things. So he went to the basket. Hard. Between points and fouls that got Dallas Mavericks starters disqualified, Stoudemire's strong start got the Phoenix Suns going toward a 129-127 victory Wednesday night in a tense, thrilling game between the league's two best teams. "He's a great finisher," marveled teammate Steve Nash. "That was quite a performance." Stoudemi...
In his second season as head coach, the Bucks have posted a 23-41 this year. Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - The Milwaukee Bucks fired head coach Terry Stotts on Wednesday.
DALLAS (AP) -- When the second overtime began in a game that already had plenty of thrills, Amare Stoudemire was ready to settle things. So he went to the basket. Hard. Between points and fouls that got Dallas Mavericks starters disqualified, Stoudemire's strong start got the Phoenix Suns going toward a 129-127 victory Wednesday night in a tense, thrilling game between the league's two best teams. "He's a great finisher," marveled teammate Steve Nash. "That was quite a performance." Stoudemi...
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks have fired head coach Terry Stotts, general manager Larry Harris announced Wednesday.
An interim coach will be named before Thursday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs.
"Terry has done the best he could in a difficult situation, especially with all of our injuries. I felt it was in the best interest of our ogranization to make the decision now and move forward rather than wait until the end of the regular season," Harris said.
March Madness comes to Texas basketball courts - Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. SenatorFootball has long been the essential sport for Texans. It has even been said that there are only two sports in Texas - football and spring football. Though football remains as popular today as ever, our state has also developed into a basketball hotbed.
Some of the best basketball in America is played in the Lone Star State, and this month Texans will experience March Madness.Each March, 65 men's and 64 women's college basketball teams from across the nation compete in three-week tournaments to crown national champions. These captivating tournaments are coined March Madness because of their unpredictable nature. This year's tournaments are sure to have a distinct Texas flavor.One of the biggest stories of this season has been Tex...
When the second overtime began in a game that already had plenty of thrills, Amare Stoudemire was ready to settle things.
So he went to the basket. Hard.
Between points and fouls that got Dallas Mavericks starters disqualified, Stoudemire's strong start got the Phoenix Suns going toward a 129-127 victory Wednesday night in a tense, thrilling game between the league's two best teams.
No doubt, the importance of Baron Davis to the Warriors was hammered home in the past week. With Davis playing, the Warriors defeated Detroit, Denver, the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas. Without him, they lost to Portland.
But if you?re making a list of players the Warriors can?t do without, Stephen Jackson shouldn?t take a backseat to anyone. Davis included.
Jackson, acquired in the eight-player trade with Indiana in mid-January, has been significantly better than expected and/or advertised. In less than two months, Jackson has become one of coach Don Nelson?s favorites, displaying the kind of versatility and playmaking Nelson loves.
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Tomasz Kwiatkowski, a 7-foot, 245-pound Polish native from Lee Academy in Maine, said he has committed to play basketball at SMU.
The first day he can sign a letter of intent is April 11.
Coach Matt Doherty signed five players during November's early signing period and still has one scholarship to give.
Rookie guards Brandon Roy and Randy Foye, of Portland and Minnesota, respectively, took a trip last month.
Taking in the scenery from the bench at the Rookie Challenge, soaking up the lights of All-Star weekend in Las Vegas, they took a moment to peer into the future.
"He said," Roy recalled, "'Hopefully one day me and you can be the guards of the future, the guys that carried the NBA, the Kobes, the Tracys. Hopefully, one day we can be that.' I'm not a guy that likes to look ahead. I just like to prepare and then look back and see that I'm one of the stars of this league. But it sounded good."
The scoring race between Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets and Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is heating up, but both players will have something else on their minds when their teams play Thursday night in Denver.
The Nuggets and Lakers are engaged in a tight race for the sixth seed in the Western Conference playoff race. The Lakers (33-31) lead the Nuggets (31-31) by only one game. The Lakers won the first meeting in January and they play twice more next month.
The scoring race between Anthony and Bryant just adds to Thursday night's matchup (10:30 ET, TNT). Anthony leads the league with a 29.8 average and the fast-charging Bryant is second at 29.2. Both say the scoring title is a distant second to winning.
San Antonio Spurs big man Tim Duncan is the most productive center in the NBA.
Using a USA TODAY system that ranks the centers from all 30 teams, Duncan — listed as a power forward but in actuality a center most of the time for the Spurs — comes out as the most productive in the league. Every category from durability to free throw shooting was weighted equally. (The rankings in all categories were added together, and the player with the lowest total is theoretically the top center.)
Center has again become a glamour position with Miami's Shaquille O'Neal returning to his dominant ways, Houston's Yao Ming back from injury and playing like an MVP candidate again and Ohio State's Greg Oden on the horizon.
Manu Ginobili's return to the bench has not interfered with his ability to help guide the San Antonio Spurs to a season-best 12-game winning streak.
His especially inspired play of late has not gone unnoticed by the NBA, which today named the Spurs guard Western Conference Player of the Week honors.
Ginobili, who has come off the bench in each game during the Spurs' current winning streak, averaged 20.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 steals to help San Antonio lock in a 4-0 record last week.
A s interim boss Todd Leiweke shops for a general manager and a president of business operations for the Trail Blazers, we shouldn't forget the enormous potential of both positions.
Although the Blazers have stumbled badly in the recent past, an emerging nucleus of players and a tentative deal to bring the Rose Garden back under Paul Allen's ownership portend good things.
No NBA general manager would undervalue the allure of an owner like Allen, who often has demonstrated his willingness to spend.
Football has long been the essential sport for Texans. It has even been said that there are only two sports in Texas - football and spring football. Though football remains as popular today as ever, our state has also developed into a basketball hotbed. Some of the best basketball in America is played in the Lone Star State, and this month Texans will experience March Madness.
Each March, 65 men's and 64 women's college basketball teams from across the nation compete in three-week tournaments to crown national champions. These captivating tournaments are coined March Madness because of their unpredictable nature. This year's tournaments are sure to have a distinct Texas flavor.
One of the biggest stories of this season has been Texas Tech coach Bob Knight's ascension to the all-time winningest men's coach. Coach Knight surpassed former North Carolina coach Dean Smith with his 880th career victory on January 1, and since then has added to his record victory total.
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SAN ANTONIO Tony Parker scored 19 points and the San Antonio Spurs posted their 12th straight win, 93-to-77 over New Jersey. The Nets have lost five in a row.Tim Duncan added 17 points and 13 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (mah-NOO' gih-NOH'-blee) added 12 points and Brent Barry scored eleven.Vince Carter had 17 for the Nets.
SAN ANTONIO Tony Parker scored 19 points and the San Antonio Spurs posted their 12th straight win, 93-to-75 over New Jersey. The Nets have lost five in a row.Tim Duncan added 17 points and 13 rebounds. Manu Ginobili (mah-NOO' gih-NOH'-blee) added 12 points and Brent Barry scored eleven.Vince Carter had 17 for the Nets.
CHICAGO - Ohio State came into the Big Ten tournament with a No. 1 ranking and a great shot at not only a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, but the top seed overall."People asked me, going into the NCAA tournament, how important is this tournament?" Ohio State coach Thad Matta said after the Buckeyes beat Purdue on Saturday in the conference semifinals."Playing 120 minutes of basketball in 72 hours is strenuous and tough. If you throw us in a Thursday bracket, it's really tough. But for us, the...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) The San Antonio Spurs are playing the type of defense they were noted for in their championship seasons. Its one prime reason they own an 11-game winning streak.
Manu Ginobili scored 31 points, including five 3-pointers, to continue the Spurs winning ways in a 100-93 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.
Kevin Martin went scoreless in the games first 17 minutes, but finished with 26 points and had a career-high 12 rebounds for Sacramento.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- The San Antonio Spurs are playing the type of defense they were noted for in their championship seasons. It's one prime reason they own an 11-game winning streak. Manu Ginobili scored 31 points, including five 3-pointers, to continue the Spurs' winning ways in a 100-93 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. Ginobili scored 11 of San Antonio's first 15 points in the fourth quarter, including three 3-pointers. He finished with 16 points in the period to...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. ? The San Antonio Spurs are playing the type of defense they were noted for in their championship seasons. It's one prime reason they own an 11-game winning streak.
Manu Ginobili scored 31 points, including five 3-pointers, to continue the Spurs' winning ways in a 100-93 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night.
Ginobili scored 11 of San Antonio's first 15 points in the fourth quarter, including three 3-pointers. He finished with 16 points in the period to hold off the Kings, who led several times in the fourth, but had their four-game win streak snapped.