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Duncan fires Spurs past Mavericks
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April 23, 2010, Friday
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THE San Antonio Spurs topped Texas rivals Dallas 102-88 on Wednesday to level their NBA playoff series at 1-1.
Tim Duncan scored eight successive points for the Spurs midway through the fourth quarter and finished with 25 points and 17 rebounds while Manu Ginobili scored 23. Game 3 is in San Antonio today.
In the night's other game, the Orlando Magic took a 2-0 series lead over the Charlotte Bobcats with a 92-77 triumph.
"The opportunities were there for me," Duncan told reporters.
"They had to pay attention to Manu with the way he's been shooting the ball, and I got in some creases and got shots to go."
Jason Terry top scored for Dallas with 27 points but the home team fell behind 0-9 to start the game and trailed the entire night.
The Mavericks were down by as much as 19 in the third before Dirk Nowitzki found his range and Dallas got back into the game with a 21-8 run.
Nowitzki finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds but could not match his effort in Game 1 where he missed just two shots and scored 36.
In the opening game loss, the Spurs had failed to get much of a contribution from their supporting cast, but on Wednesday Richard Jefferson came up big with 19 points and seven rebounds.
Tony Parker came off the bench for the second successive game as he returns from a hand injury that kept him out toward the end of the regular season, and chipped in 16 and eight assists.
"We took care of the ball better tonight and we didn't foul," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. "We played sharper than we did the other night."
In Orlando, Florida, the Dwight Howard-Vince Carter tandem again wasn't perfect but good enough to give the Magic a 2-0 lead in their playoff series.
Carter finished with 19 points and Howard scored 15. The Magic's star duo was less than stellar but took over when it counted most. They combined for 21 second-half points to help Orlando build a 20-point lead and hold on late.
Stephen Jackson showed no effects from his hyperextended left knee to score 27 points, and Gerald Wallace had 15 points for the Bobcats. But their 21 turnovers are a big reason why they're heading home still searching for the franchise's first playoff win.
The Bobcats went more than eight minutes to start the game with only three points, and had just one field goal with six turnovers during that stretch. The goods news was that the Magic was almost as bad early.
The first half was a turnover-fest for both teams, and nobody could consistently hit a shot. Things were so out of sorts that the normally sharpshooting J J Redick even badly missed the free throw from Charlotte coach Larry Brown's technical foul in the second quarter.
The Magic put together the closest thing to a run, and they gradually eked out a 41-30 lead at half time. With Charlotte's 14 first-half turnovers, though, they could've been up more.
Orlando's star pairing belatedly got going. Howard had nine points in the first five-plus minutes of the third before picking up his fourth foul, again relegating him to the bench.
Then, Carter took the reigns. Orlando's biggest offseason acquisition, Carter sliced his way through the lane for several layups late in the third quarter. He anchored a run that put the Magic ahead 75-55 after three quarters.
Tim Duncan scored eight successive points for the Spurs midway through the fourth quarter and finished with 25 points and 17 rebounds while Manu Ginobili scored 23. Game 3 is in San Antonio today.
In the night's other game, the Orlando Magic took a 2-0 series lead over the Charlotte Bobcats with a 92-77 triumph.
"The opportunities were there for me," Duncan told reporters.
"They had to pay attention to Manu with the way he's been shooting the ball, and I got in some creases and got shots to go."
Jason Terry top scored for Dallas with 27 points but the home team fell behind 0-9 to start the game and trailed the entire night.
The Mavericks were down by as much as 19 in the third before Dirk Nowitzki found his range and Dallas got back into the game with a 21-8 run.
Nowitzki finished with 24 points and 10 rebounds but could not match his effort in Game 1 where he missed just two shots and scored 36.
In the opening game loss, the Spurs had failed to get much of a contribution from their supporting cast, but on Wednesday Richard Jefferson came up big with 19 points and seven rebounds.
Tony Parker came off the bench for the second successive game as he returns from a hand injury that kept him out toward the end of the regular season, and chipped in 16 and eight assists.
"We took care of the ball better tonight and we didn't foul," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. "We played sharper than we did the other night."
In Orlando, Florida, the Dwight Howard-Vince Carter tandem again wasn't perfect but good enough to give the Magic a 2-0 lead in their playoff series.
Carter finished with 19 points and Howard scored 15. The Magic's star duo was less than stellar but took over when it counted most. They combined for 21 second-half points to help Orlando build a 20-point lead and hold on late.
Stephen Jackson showed no effects from his hyperextended left knee to score 27 points, and Gerald Wallace had 15 points for the Bobcats. But their 21 turnovers are a big reason why they're heading home still searching for the franchise's first playoff win.
The Bobcats went more than eight minutes to start the game with only three points, and had just one field goal with six turnovers during that stretch. The goods news was that the Magic was almost as bad early.
The first half was a turnover-fest for both teams, and nobody could consistently hit a shot. Things were so out of sorts that the normally sharpshooting J J Redick even badly missed the free throw from Charlotte coach Larry Brown's technical foul in the second quarter.
The Magic put together the closest thing to a run, and they gradually eked out a 41-30 lead at half time. With Charlotte's 14 first-half turnovers, though, they could've been up more.
Orlando's star pairing belatedly got going. Howard had nine points in the first five-plus minutes of the third before picking up his fourth foul, again relegating him to the bench.
Then, Carter took the reigns. Orlando's biggest offseason acquisition, Carter sliced his way through the lane for several layups late in the third quarter. He anchored a run that put the Magic ahead 75-55 after three quarters.
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