Where: Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, North Carolina
Officials: #17 Joe Crawford, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 14152
Manu Ginobili scored 26 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to their fourth straight win, a 95-91 victory over the host Charlotte Bobcats on Monday.
Rookie Gary Neal added 15 points for the Spurs (5-1), while Tim Duncan had 14 points and 10 rebounds. Tony Parker contributed 12 points and eight assists.
Ginobili connected on five of San Antonio’s 12 3-pointers and made the clinching driving layup with 4.9 seconds left after Charlotte (1-6) trimmed a nine-point deficit to two.
Tyrus Thomas led Charlotte with 16 points and eight rebounds. Stephen Jackson and Boris Diaw chipped in 15 points apiece. Bobcats leading scorer Gerald Wallace had a subpar game with just seven points on 2-of-11 shooting.
The loss was the third in a row for Charlotte, which shot 39.8 percent from the field.
| San Antonio | Charlotte | |
| Manu Ginobili 26 | Scoring | Tyrus Thomas 16 |
| Tony Parker 8 | Assists | D.J. Augustin 6 |
| Tim Duncan 10 | Rebounds | Tyrus Thomas 8 |
| Tim Duncan 4 | Free Throws Made | Tyrus Thomas 6 |
| Manu Ginobili 2 | Steals | Tyrus Thomas 2 |
| Antonio McDyess 4 | Blocks | Tyrus Thomas 3 |
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| San Antonio | 95 | 42.4 | 12-26 | 11-17 | 22 | 46 | 9 | 9 | 17 |
| Charlotte | 91 | 39.8 | 6-19 | 19-24 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 7 | 14 |