Parker helps Spurs end 3-game skid
SAN ANTONIO (AP)—Tony Parker(notes) scored 17 points and the San Antonio Spursstopped a three-game losing streak with a 106-84 victory over the WashingtonWizards on Saturday night.
Parker played for only the second time in six games, bothered by a bad ankleduring what has been one of the worst starts for San Antonio in the Tim Duncan(notes)era.
The Spurs had their first losing record at the 10-game mark since 1996, andare now 5-6 with five or their next six games at home. Duncan had 16 points andnine rebounds.
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Gilbert Arenas(notes) had 18 points in the worst loss yet this season for theWizards. They’ve lost eight of nine and were blown out for the second time intwo nights.
Richard Jefferson(notes) added 15 points for the Spurs.
Washington hasn’t won in San Antonio since 1999. But unlike Thursday nightagainst Utah, which also hadn’t won here in decade, the Spurs kept this streakgoing.
San Antonio is now looking for a winning streak, and more defense like thiswill help: The Spurs held the Wizards to a season-low 33 percent shooting fromthe field and kept them below 100 points for the first time in four games.
The usually dependable Spurs defense has been marginal so far, giving up anaverage of 98.8 points entering Saturday’s game. Against the Wizards, the Spursheld an opponent below 90 for only the second time this season.
Between shaky defense and injuries—Manu Ginobili(notes) is out at least untilnext week with a strained left groin—the revamped Spurs have not been powermany predicted. But 5-6 is still where the Spurs were a year ago before going onto win the Southwest Division.
The Wizards, meanwhile, are off to their own disappointing start. Washingtonis 3-9 and has lost six games by double digits, including a 127-108 loss Fridaynight against Oklahoma City.
Antawn Jamison(notes) scored 15 points in his third game back for the Wizards, andhis worst so far. Jamison scored 31 and 22 in his first two games after missingthe first nine with a right shoulder injury.
Randy Foye(notes) had 10 points, the only other Wizards player in double figures.
San Antonio led 52-40 at halftime, then buried the Wizards with a 22-8 burstto start the third. Duncan, who also had seven assists, scored eight in thequarter, then took a seat the rest of the night.
Matt Bonner(notes) scored 12 and Roger Mason(notes) had 11 for San Antonio.
Notes: Wizards F Mike Miller(notes) scored four points before leaving the game inthe first quarter with a strained right calf. …Wizards C Fabricio Oberto(notes) hadtwo points and four rebounds against his former team.
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