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SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- For San Antonio Spurs, it's always nice when the Golden State Warriors come around. This time was no different.
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Tim Duncan registered his NBA-leading 21st double-double of the season Friday night with 18 points and 13 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Warriors 105-87 for their 10th straight
victory over Golden State.
San Antonio, which won its fourth straight game, placed four
players in double figures as David Robinson added 15 points, Antonio Daniels 13 and Derek Anderson 12.
"Winning four straight is great for us, especially since we're going out on the road where we really haven't played all that well," said Duncan, who shot 8-of-13 from the floor. "We feel real confident right now that we are playing good."
Golden State, which has lost six of its last seven, was paced by Antawn Jamison with 23 points. Rookie Marc Jackson added 14.
After leading 54-42 at halftime, San Antonio opened the third quarter with an 8-2 run and led 62-46 on a dunk by Duncan with 5:40 to play in the period.
The Warriors trailed 71-59 at the end of the third quarter as
Jamison kept Golden State in the game with eight of his team's 17
points in the period, but San Antonio opened the fourth quarter
with a 15-6 run and upped the lead to 86-65 on Anderson's 3-point
field goal with 7:22 to play.
Golden State could get no closer than 13 the rest of the way,
even though Duncan did not play in the fourth quarter.
"It was great to play a lot of guys," said San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. "They are an aggressive team and we were able to match their intensity. I'm happy about that. This is the same team that beat Minnesota by 20 a few days ago."
San Antonio grabbed the early lead as Daniels and Anderson
combined to score the final 13 points of the second quarter for a
54-42 halftime lead.
"Four wins in a row is very good," Robinson said. "We haven't
been able to get on a good roll all season long. This is definitely
the kind of win that can give us momentum."
The NBA's top offensive rebounding team, Golden State pulled
down 20 offensive boards against San Antonio and won the rebounding
battle 50-49.
"We outrebounded them, only had 14 turnovers, but it was just one of those nights where we couldn't hit any shots," Golden State coach Dave Cowens said. "The other night against Minnesota we shot the lights out, but tonight we couldn't buy a basket."
Golden State connected on only 36 percent of its field goal
attempts, while San Antonio shot 49 percent.
Game notes
San Antonio leads the all-time series with the Warriors
58-44, including a 33-17 advantage in San Antonio. ... With his
double-double, Duncan now has 175 in 232 regular season games, the
most of any NBA player over that time. ... Golden State played
shorthanded as Danny Fortson, Chris Mills, Chris Mullin, Erick
Dampier and Adonal Foyle all sat out with injuries. ... Jamison
came into the game averaging 31.6 points over the last eight games.
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Utah 109
Indiana 101
New York 91
Philadelphia 71
Atlanta 78
Toronto 72
Miami 103
Cleveland 95
LA Lakers 108
Dallas 103
Charlotte 83
Minnesota 74
San Antonio 105
Golden State 87
Denver 116
Portland 96
Seattle 107
Washington 87
Sacramento 95
Vancouver 93
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