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Spurs push Lakers to the brink
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April 28, 2013, Sunday
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THE San Antonio Spurs pushed the Los Angeles Lakers to the brink of first-round National Basketball Association playoff elimination by taking a 3-0 series lead with a 120-89 victory on Friday -- the worst home playoff loss in Lakers franchise history.
Tim Duncan had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Tony Parker added 20 points and seven assists as the Spurs methodically seized control of the series by dominating their third straight meeting with a Lakers team missing its top four guards due to injury.
The New York Knicks also took a 3-0 series lead by beating the Boston Celtics 90-76 while the Golden State Warriors edged the Denver Nuggets 110-108 to move ahead 2-1 in their series.
Los Angeles' Dwight Howard had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Pau Gasol added his first career playoff triple-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, but the Lakers could not make up for the absence of Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jody Meeks and Steve Blake. Andrew Goudelock scored a career-high 20 points in his first playoff start.
"We're playing fairly well," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Whether the team you're playing is whole, or banged up like the Lakers are ... we have to bring the energy and the professionalism to play."
The Spurs can close it out in Game 4 tomorrow.
The 31-point margin exceeded their 29-point home loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in 1999-2000 as the heaviest playoff defeat in Lakers history.
"The first half, we gave everything we had, and it obviously wasn't enough," Los Angeles coach Mike D'Antoni said. "Our guys played as hard as they can play."
Tim Duncan had 26 points and nine rebounds, and Tony Parker added 20 points and seven assists as the Spurs methodically seized control of the series by dominating their third straight meeting with a Lakers team missing its top four guards due to injury.
The New York Knicks also took a 3-0 series lead by beating the Boston Celtics 90-76 while the Golden State Warriors edged the Denver Nuggets 110-108 to move ahead 2-1 in their series.
Los Angeles' Dwight Howard had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and Pau Gasol added his first career playoff triple-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists, but the Lakers could not make up for the absence of Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Jody Meeks and Steve Blake. Andrew Goudelock scored a career-high 20 points in his first playoff start.
"We're playing fairly well," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Whether the team you're playing is whole, or banged up like the Lakers are ... we have to bring the energy and the professionalism to play."
The Spurs can close it out in Game 4 tomorrow.
The 31-point margin exceeded their 29-point home loss to the Portland Trail Blazers in 1999-2000 as the heaviest playoff defeat in Lakers history.
"The first half, we gave everything we had, and it obviously wasn't enough," Los Angeles coach Mike D'Antoni said. "Our guys played as hard as they can play."
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