Sunday, March 30, 2014

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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich admitted he is getting antsy for a loss. He'll have to wait.Marco Belinelli scored 18 points and San Antonio never trailed after its opening possession,paper drinking straws extending its winning streak to 17 games with a 96-80 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.The Spurs once again used fluid passing and tireless player movement to overwhelm an opponent. San Antonio finished with 24 assists while going 37 for 78 from the field in snapping New Orleans' five-game winning streak."They move around a lot, and run their sets hard," Pelicans guard Brian Roberts said. "Whatever they're running, they are moving constantly. It puts pressure on a defense to play 24 seconds worth."Roberts scored 18 points, Austin Rivers added 16 points,canada goose jacket women Tyreke Evans had 11 points and Al-Farouq Aminu had eight points and 10 rebounds for New Orleans (32-41).Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili scored 15 points each, Patty Mills added 13 and Tim Duncan had 12 points and eight rebounds.
San Antonio (57-16) extended its lead to 3? games over Oklahoma City (53-19) for the league's best record.In addition to winning its last 17, the Spurs have won 20 of 21 and have not lost since falling 106-85 to the Phoenix Suns on Feb.Isuzu Auto Parts 21."It is sweet to be a part of that," Ginobili said. "It is not something that happens very often because it is a long spread of game,Lululemon Women's Pants a month or two. Here or there you have a bad game or the opponent has a bad one, but a lot of things have combined for us to have this type of streak.nike shox shoes We played really well and we are healthy." New Orleans was without Anthony Davis, its leading scorer and rebounder. Davis injured his left ankle 4 minutes into the Pelicans' victory over Utah on Friday night.It's a joint/soft tissue injury right now," New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. ''He did it in his normal routine. He's listed as day to day. We'll see how he feels tomorrow."

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