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Aussie Mills sparks Spurs over Bobcats
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Australian guard Patty Mills came off the San Antonio bench to score a game-high 32 points and lift the Spurs over Charlotte 104-100 in a National Basketball Association game on Saturday.
The 25-year-old from Canberra made 10-of-13 shots from the field, including 4-of-5 from 3-point range, and sank 8-of-9 from the free-throw line while also contributing seven rebounds, four assists and two steals.
Mills rescued the Spurs on a night when their starters struggled to find their shooting touch.
French guard Tony Parker went 3-of-13 and scored only nine points, while countryman Boris Diaw had 13 points and French reserve guard Nando de Colo added 15 points.
Spurs big man Tim Duncan had 16 points and 13 rebounds but made only 6-of-13 from the floor. In all, San Antonio starters went 18-of-48 from the floor.
Charlotte center Al Jefferson had 26 points and nine rebounds, while Bobcats guard Gerald Henderson added 23 points in a losing cause.
The Spurs improved to 37-14, the second-best record in the Western Conference, to stretch their Southwest division lead with a fourth win in their past five games.
Charlotte sank to 22-29, still in the eighth and final playoff position in the Eastern Conference.
The score was deadlocked at 82-82, when the Spurs seized command with a 12-4 run sparked by a Mills jumper and a floating loft shot.
The Bobcats pulled within 100-97 with 10.4 seconds remaining, but de Colo added two free throws to stretch San Antonio’s lead in Charlotte.
A Henderson three-pointer gave the Bobcats their final points, but de Colo sank two final free throws to seal Charlotte’s fate.
Elsewhere, it was: Jazz 94, Heat 89; Pistons 126, Nuggets 109; Grizzlies 79, Hawks 76; Trail Blazers 117, Timberwolves 110; Rockets 101, Bucks 95; and Suns 122, Warriors 109.
In Salt Lake City, Marvin Williams scored 23 points and rookie Trey Burke hit a jumper with 24 seconds remaining to lift Utah to an upset victory over Miami.
Dwyane Wade had 19 points for the Heat, who missed their last four shots from the field to thwart their comeback. LeBron James was 4 of 13 from the field for 13 points, his lowest scoring total since he had 13 points in a 104-88 win over Atlanta on November 19.
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