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Spurs thump Pistons to better record
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February 10, 2011, Thursday
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THE San Antonio Spurs are riding high on their grueling "Rodeo Road Trip" after a 100-89 triumph over the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday gave the NBA's top team their third consecutive win.
The Spurs, playing the fourth contest of a grueling nine-game road trip while a rodeo occupies their home arena, got 19 points from Tony Parker while DeJuan Blair added 18 points and 12 rebounds.
The win improved their NBA-best record and made them the first team to begin a season 43-8 or better since 1996-97 NBA champion Chicago, which stormed out of the gate with a 45-6 record.
"We can get a lot better," second-year post player Blair told said. "Once all of our players get healthy we'll be where we want at the end of the year. (The road trip) allows us to get serious about the second-half of the season."
San Antonio led 80-78 midway through the fourth quarter before a 9-2 run let it pull away down the stretch.
The Spurs made a trio of three-pointers during the spurt, two from Manu Ginobili and one from Matt Bonner, and finished with 10 on the night to keep the Pistons at bay.
"We had good shots. We were moving the ball very well," Parker said. "Everybody was being aggressive. We had open shots and everybody was making them."
Detroit (19-33) reserve Will Bynum led the home team with 21 points but the Pistons' loss snapped a string of successive victories. Rookie Greg Monroe tallied 14 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit in the losing effort.
Richard Hamilton, who has been at odds with head coach John Kuester, sat out with a sore groin. The veteran guard had played on Saturday for the first time since January 10.
In Miami, LeBron James had 41 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, and Chris Bosh added 19 points as the Heat rallied from 14 points down to beat the Indiana Pacers 117-112 for their seventh straight victory.
Dwyane Wade scored 17 and Mario Chalmers added 16 for Miami, which moved five games ahead of second-place Atlanta in the Southeast Division. The Heat also got within a half-game of idle Boston for the best record in the Eastern Conference.
Roy Hibbert scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds for Indiana, which fell to 4-1 under interim coach Frank Vogel. Danny Granger scored 19 and Tyler Hansbrough added 18 for the Pacers.
In Oklahoma City, Zach Randolph had 31 points and 14 rebounds, and Tony Allen scored a season-high 27 while harassing NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant as Memphis beat Oklahoma City 105-101.
Durant had 31 points and 11 rebounds, but got off just one shot in overtime and also had a key turnover in the final 20 seconds with the Thunder down by three.
Russell Westbrook added 21 points and 11 assists but also tied his season-high with eight turnovers for Oklahoma City, which lost for the first time in six overtime games this season.
In Orlando, Florida, Dwight Howard had 22 points and 20 rebounds, and Jameer Nelson added 17 points, including going 4 for 5 from 3-point range, as Orlando used a second-half surge to get past Los Angeles Clippers 101-85.
Howard recorded his fifth 20-20 game this season.
Baron Davis led the Clippers with a season-high 25 points, Ike Diogu added 18 and Blake Griffin had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
In Houston, Kevin Love set a Minnesota record with his 38th consecutive double-double, scoring 20 points and grabbing 14 rebounds as the Timberwolves buried Rockets 112-108.
Elsewhere in NBA, it was: 76ers 117, Hawks 83; and Bucks 92, Raptors 74.
The Spurs, playing the fourth contest of a grueling nine-game road trip while a rodeo occupies their home arena, got 19 points from Tony Parker while DeJuan Blair added 18 points and 12 rebounds.
The win improved their NBA-best record and made them the first team to begin a season 43-8 or better since 1996-97 NBA champion Chicago, which stormed out of the gate with a 45-6 record.
"We can get a lot better," second-year post player Blair told said. "Once all of our players get healthy we'll be where we want at the end of the year. (The road trip) allows us to get serious about the second-half of the season."
San Antonio led 80-78 midway through the fourth quarter before a 9-2 run let it pull away down the stretch.
The Spurs made a trio of three-pointers during the spurt, two from Manu Ginobili and one from Matt Bonner, and finished with 10 on the night to keep the Pistons at bay.
"We had good shots. We were moving the ball very well," Parker said. "Everybody was being aggressive. We had open shots and everybody was making them."
Detroit (19-33) reserve Will Bynum led the home team with 21 points but the Pistons' loss snapped a string of successive victories. Rookie Greg Monroe tallied 14 points and 13 rebounds for Detroit in the losing effort.
Richard Hamilton, who has been at odds with head coach John Kuester, sat out with a sore groin. The veteran guard had played on Saturday for the first time since January 10.
In Miami, LeBron James had 41 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists, and Chris Bosh added 19 points as the Heat rallied from 14 points down to beat the Indiana Pacers 117-112 for their seventh straight victory.
Dwyane Wade scored 17 and Mario Chalmers added 16 for Miami, which moved five games ahead of second-place Atlanta in the Southeast Division. The Heat also got within a half-game of idle Boston for the best record in the Eastern Conference.
Roy Hibbert scored 20 points and added 10 rebounds for Indiana, which fell to 4-1 under interim coach Frank Vogel. Danny Granger scored 19 and Tyler Hansbrough added 18 for the Pacers.
In Oklahoma City, Zach Randolph had 31 points and 14 rebounds, and Tony Allen scored a season-high 27 while harassing NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant as Memphis beat Oklahoma City 105-101.
Durant had 31 points and 11 rebounds, but got off just one shot in overtime and also had a key turnover in the final 20 seconds with the Thunder down by three.
Russell Westbrook added 21 points and 11 assists but also tied his season-high with eight turnovers for Oklahoma City, which lost for the first time in six overtime games this season.
In Orlando, Florida, Dwight Howard had 22 points and 20 rebounds, and Jameer Nelson added 17 points, including going 4 for 5 from 3-point range, as Orlando used a second-half surge to get past Los Angeles Clippers 101-85.
Howard recorded his fifth 20-20 game this season.
Baron Davis led the Clippers with a season-high 25 points, Ike Diogu added 18 and Blake Griffin had 10 points and 12 rebounds.
In Houston, Kevin Love set a Minnesota record with his 38th consecutive double-double, scoring 20 points and grabbing 14 rebounds as the Timberwolves buried Rockets 112-108.
Elsewhere in NBA, it was: 76ers 117, Hawks 83; and Bucks 92, Raptors 74.
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