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Depleted Spurs pounce on Bulls
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February 13, 2013, Wednesday
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THE San Antonio Spurs took to the court without three of their top scorers to face Chicago on Monday but still had too much fire power for the Bulls, pulling out a 103-89 victory to pick up their 13th win in 14 games.
Tony Parker (knee), Tim Duncan (knee) and Manu Ginobili (hamstring) all sat out for San Antonio, which owns the best record in the National Basketball Association at 41-12, but a career-best 26 points from Kawhi Leonard and 18 from Danny Green kept the Spurs machine rolling.
"All of us are basketball players here, we're competitive," Leonard said of the Spurs, who were also without Stephen Jackson for personal reasons.
"That's why we play the game. If we go on doubting ourselves, we're already beat."
Elsewhere on Monday, it was: Timberwolves 100, Cavaliers 92; Bobcats 94, Celtics 91; Clippers 107, 76ers 90; Nets 89, Pacers 84 (in overtime); Hornets 105, Pistons 86; Wizards 102, Bucks 90; and Hawks 105, Mavericks 101.
In Chicago, the Spurs clung to a 76-75 lead in the fourth quarter before a 19-5 run closed the door on the Bulls.
"One would hope you could play with anybody in our system, but it was a tough challenge tonight," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. "I couldn't be more proud of them."
Nate Robinson scored 20 points to pace the Bulls while Joakim Noah added seven and 15 rebounds for the hosts.
The Bulls had dominated inside and outrebounded the visitors 49-26 but it did not seem to matter.
San Antonio grabbed a nine-point advantage at halftime and stretched it to 14 in the third before the Bulls closed the quarter strongly to make a game of it.
Chicago (30-21) has now lost three of four.
Tony Parker (knee), Tim Duncan (knee) and Manu Ginobili (hamstring) all sat out for San Antonio, which owns the best record in the National Basketball Association at 41-12, but a career-best 26 points from Kawhi Leonard and 18 from Danny Green kept the Spurs machine rolling.
"All of us are basketball players here, we're competitive," Leonard said of the Spurs, who were also without Stephen Jackson for personal reasons.
"That's why we play the game. If we go on doubting ourselves, we're already beat."
Elsewhere on Monday, it was: Timberwolves 100, Cavaliers 92; Bobcats 94, Celtics 91; Clippers 107, 76ers 90; Nets 89, Pacers 84 (in overtime); Hornets 105, Pistons 86; Wizards 102, Bucks 90; and Hawks 105, Mavericks 101.
In Chicago, the Spurs clung to a 76-75 lead in the fourth quarter before a 19-5 run closed the door on the Bulls.
"One would hope you could play with anybody in our system, but it was a tough challenge tonight," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. "I couldn't be more proud of them."
Nate Robinson scored 20 points to pace the Bulls while Joakim Noah added seven and 15 rebounds for the hosts.
The Bulls had dominated inside and outrebounded the visitors 49-26 but it did not seem to matter.
San Antonio grabbed a nine-point advantage at halftime and stretched it to 14 in the third before the Bulls closed the quarter strongly to make a game of it.
Chicago (30-21) has now lost three of four.
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