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Duncan books ninth double-double as Spurs win

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NEWARK, New Jersey—Gary Neal scored 18 points and Tim Duncan recorded his ninth double-double of the season with 13 points and 10 rebounds as San Antonio won its seventh in a row, 103-89, in the National Basketball Association on Saturday.

Tony Parker added 12 points, DeJuan Blair finished with 11, while Daniel Green and Thiago Splitter each had 10 for the Spurs.

San Antonio was bolstered by the return of sixth man Manu Ginobili. The Argentine guard had not played in 22 games after suffering a fractured metacarpal in the Spurs’ 106-96 loss in Minnesota on January 2. Ginobili scored eight points and had four assists in 17 minutes. Deron Williams scored 27 points to lead the Nets, who have lost six in a row. Kris Humphries added 15, while Jordan Farmar had 12 and Anthony Morrow 11.

Also on Saturday, it was LA Clippers 111, Charlotte 86; Denver 113, Indiana 109; Philadelphia 99, Cleveland 84; Dallas 97, Portland 94, double overtime; Orlando 99, Milwaukee 94; and Phoenix 98, Sacramento 84.

In Cleveland Jrue Holiday scored 20 points to lead six Philadelphia players in double figures as the 76ers rolled over the short-handed Cleveland, 99-84.

Philadelphia bounced back from a difficult home loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night to break a season-high two-game losing streak.

Cleveland, which lost in overtime to Milwaukee at home on Friday, played without two of its three leading scorers. The team announced before the game that center Anderson Varejao will be sidelined indefinitely because of a broken right wrist sustained on Friday. Rookie point guard Kyrie Irving missed his third-straight game with a concussion.

Antawn Jamison led Cleveland with 20 points, while Ramon Sessions—starting in place of Irving—scored 19 points and had eight assists.

In Dallas Dirk Nowitzki scored 20 points, Jason Terry added 19, and Dallas held on for a 97-94 double-overtime victory over Portland.

Shawn Marion had 14 points and 12 rebounds for Dallas, which won its third in a row.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 33 points, 15 during a fourth-quarter rally, and Jamal Crawford contributed 19 points for the Trail Blazers.

Delonte West hit an 11-footer for Dallas to open the second overtime. West later converted jumpers on consecutive possessions to give Dallas a 93-89 advantage with 2:55 left.

Crawford hit two free throws and Aldridge made a 12-footer with 1:43 remaining in the second extra session to draw Portland even at 93.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan all had double-doubles after three quarters as the Los Angeles Clippers handed dreadful Charlotte yet another lopsided loss, 111-86.

Paul toyed with the Bobcats, finishing with 18 points and 14 assists in only 28 minutes.

Griffin had 21 points and 10 rebounds and DeAndre Jordan had 11 points with 12 rebounds. Caron Butler added 16 points as the Clippers opened an 84-52 lead after three quarters.

Kemba Walker had 19 points for the Bobcats, who’ve lost a franchise-record 14 straight and are on pace to match a dubious NBA record.

At 3-24, the Bobcats’ winning percentage (.125) equals that of the NBA’s all-time worst franchise, the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers.

In Indianapolis Ty Lawson scored 27 points to lead Denver over Indiana, ending the Nuggets’ five-game losing streak, 113-109.

Danny Granger scored 26 points for the Pacers, who have lost four of five.

Arron Afflalo had 23 points and five rebounds and Corey Brewer had 19 points and five rebounds in his first game back after missing three straight because of the death of his father.

The Nuggets, who jumped to a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter survived a late run by the Pacers.

In Milwaukee Jason Richardson scored 28 of his season-high 31 points in the second half and made nine three-pointers to lead Orlando, 99-94, over Milwaukee.

The Bucks limited Dwight Howard to 11 points and 14 rebounds, but had no defense for Richardson, who unleashed a barrage of three-pointers in the second half that helped Orlando erase a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit and pull ahead. His ninth 3, and eighth out of nine attempts in the second half, gave Orlando a 94-88 lead with 2:07 to go. Richardson finished nie for 11 from three-point range.

(AP)


 

 


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