Rookie Gary Neal and Manu Ginobili scored 22 points apiece and the San Antonio Spurs stretched their winning streak to 10 games with a come-from-behind 109-103 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets on Wednesday.
Neal made five 3-pointers and Ginobili hit four, including one with 2:47 remaining to put San Antonio (25-3) ahead to stay.
Ty Lawson and J.R. Smith scored 22 points apiece for Denver (16-11). The Nuggets were without leading scorer Carmelo Anthony, who missed the contest due to a death in his family.
San Antonio trailed 89-80 entering the final quarter before holding Denver to 14 fourth-period points while draining five 3-pointers.
Richard Jefferson scored 16 points for San Antonio, which made 14-of-28 shots from the arc. Matt Bonner scored 13 points and hit three 3-pointers, rookie Tiago Splitter had 12 points and nine rebounds and Tony Parker had 11 points and nine assists for the Spurs.
Chauncey Billups scored 20 points for Denver.
Denver | San Antonio | |
Ty Lawson 22 | Scoring | Manu Ginobili 22 |
Chauncey Billups 7 | Assists | Tony Parker 9 |
Arron Afflalo 10 | Rebounds | Tim Duncan 9 |
Chauncey Billups 12 | Free Throws Made | Manu Ginobili 6 |
Arron Afflalo 2 | Steals | Tim Duncan 1 |
Al Harrington 1 | Blocks | DeJuan Blair 1 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Denver | 103 | 44.9 | 8-25 | 25-29 | 22 | 43 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
San Antonio | 109 | 52.6 | 14-28 | 15-24 | 26 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 13 |