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Duncan's 34 leads Spurs past Clippers, 104-102
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March 30, 2013, Saturday
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TIM Duncan had a season-high 34 points, including a game-winning three-point play with 2.2 seconds left, as the San Antonio Spurs outlasted the Los Angeles Clippers 104-102 last night.
The Spurs extended their lead in the Western Conference to 2? games over Oklahoma City, which lost 101-93 to Minnesota.
Duncan also had 11 rebounds for San Antonio (55-17), which won its seventh straight at home. Tony Parker added 24 points and eight assists and Tiago Splitter had 14 points.
Blake Griffin had 18 points, Jamal Crawford added 16, Chris Paul had 14, Caron Butler 11 and Willie Green had 10 for Los Angeles.
With San Antonio trailing 102-101 with 7 seconds remaining, Duncan was fouled by Willie Green on a 16-foot jumper. His ensuing free throw gave San Antonio the final winning margin.
Paul missed a seven-foot jumper that would have won the game.
At New Orleans, LeBron James scored 36 points, hitting six consecutive 3-pointers in less than six minutes during the first half, and the Miami Heat rebounded from its first loss in nearly two months to beat the New Orleans Hornets 108-89.
The Heat, whose 27-game winning streak ended in Chicago on Wednesday, looked ready to start a new one while clinching the top seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs. James kept shooting 3-pointers after making his first one with 1:55 left in the first quarter, and he did not miss until he already had set a season high with his sixth.
James finished with seven 3s, one shy of his career high. Dwyane Wade added 17 points and seven assists. Norris Cole scored 12 points and Chris Bosh 10.
The Heat's Eastern Conference rivals New York continued its good form with a 111-102 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats for its season-high seventh straight victory.
J.R. Smith scored 37 points, his third consecutive 30-point outing, Carmelo Anthony had 32 points and Raymond Felton added 18 for the Knicks, who have the longest current winning streak in the NBA. They built a 30-point lead that was reduced to single digits for the second game in a row.
Gerald Henderson tied a career high with 35 points for the Bobcats. Kemba Walker added 16, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 14 and Ben Gordon finished with 12 to narrow a deficit that was at one stage over 30 points.
At Minneapolis, Nikola Pekovic had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Ricky Rubio added 17 points and seven assists to help the cellar dwelling Minnesota Timberwolves stun division leaders Oklahoma City.
Elsewhere, Evan Turner scored 23 points in the Philadelphia 76ers 97-87 win to send the Cleveland Cavaliers to its season-high seventh straight loss and Paul Pierce had 20 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to carry the Boston Celtics to a 118-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Also yesterday, the Orlando Magic topped the Washington Wizards 97-92, the Toronto Raptors outscored the Detroit Pistons 99-82 and the Memphis Grizzlies downed the Houston Rockets 103-94.
The Spurs extended their lead in the Western Conference to 2? games over Oklahoma City, which lost 101-93 to Minnesota.
Duncan also had 11 rebounds for San Antonio (55-17), which won its seventh straight at home. Tony Parker added 24 points and eight assists and Tiago Splitter had 14 points.
Blake Griffin had 18 points, Jamal Crawford added 16, Chris Paul had 14, Caron Butler 11 and Willie Green had 10 for Los Angeles.
With San Antonio trailing 102-101 with 7 seconds remaining, Duncan was fouled by Willie Green on a 16-foot jumper. His ensuing free throw gave San Antonio the final winning margin.
Paul missed a seven-foot jumper that would have won the game.
At New Orleans, LeBron James scored 36 points, hitting six consecutive 3-pointers in less than six minutes during the first half, and the Miami Heat rebounded from its first loss in nearly two months to beat the New Orleans Hornets 108-89.
The Heat, whose 27-game winning streak ended in Chicago on Wednesday, looked ready to start a new one while clinching the top seed for the Eastern Conference playoffs. James kept shooting 3-pointers after making his first one with 1:55 left in the first quarter, and he did not miss until he already had set a season high with his sixth.
James finished with seven 3s, one shy of his career high. Dwyane Wade added 17 points and seven assists. Norris Cole scored 12 points and Chris Bosh 10.
The Heat's Eastern Conference rivals New York continued its good form with a 111-102 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats for its season-high seventh straight victory.
J.R. Smith scored 37 points, his third consecutive 30-point outing, Carmelo Anthony had 32 points and Raymond Felton added 18 for the Knicks, who have the longest current winning streak in the NBA. They built a 30-point lead that was reduced to single digits for the second game in a row.
Gerald Henderson tied a career high with 35 points for the Bobcats. Kemba Walker added 16, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 14 and Ben Gordon finished with 12 to narrow a deficit that was at one stage over 30 points.
At Minneapolis, Nikola Pekovic had 22 points and 15 rebounds and Ricky Rubio added 17 points and seven assists to help the cellar dwelling Minnesota Timberwolves stun division leaders Oklahoma City.
Elsewhere, Evan Turner scored 23 points in the Philadelphia 76ers 97-87 win to send the Cleveland Cavaliers to its season-high seventh straight loss and Paul Pierce had 20 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds to carry the Boston Celtics to a 118-107 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.
Also yesterday, the Orlando Magic topped the Washington Wizards 97-92, the Toronto Raptors outscored the Detroit Pistons 99-82 and the Memphis Grizzlies downed the Houston Rockets 103-94.
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