Tim Duncan grabbed a career-high 27 rebounds and scored 21 points as the San Antonio Spurs snapped a three-game slide with an impressive 105-90 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Wednesday’s NBA action.
Antonio McDyess added 17 points for the Spurs, whose celebrations were muted by an injury to Tony Parker. The point guard went down in the third quarter with a sprained left ankle, the same one that caused him to miss four games earlier this season.
The Spurs were to evaluate the extent of the injury yesterday.
The Hawks lost their first game in four despite 31 points from Joe Johnson.
NUGGETS 97, ROCKETS 92
In Houston, Denver made it eight straight wins by downing Houston.
J.R. Smith scored 22 points, while Kenyon Martin added 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Nuggets.
Aaron Brooks scored 22 points for the Rockets.
JAZZ 106, TRAIL BLAZERS 95
In Portland, Oregon, Utah scored 21 of the first 23 points and went on to comfortably beat Portland.
Deron Williams scored 24 points for the Jazz, which led by as many as 26 points during the first half en route to winning for the eighth time in nine games and taking over second place in the Northwest Division.
Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge scored a game-high 25 points.
LAKERS 118, PACERS 96
In Indianapolis, Kobe Bryant’s 29 points led Los Angeles over Indiana.
Byrant also had nine rebounds and seven assists, while Andrew Bynum added a season-high 27 points to 12 rebounds for the Western Conference-leading Lakers.
Roy Hibbert scored 21 points to top Indiana, which played in front of only its fourth sellout crowd this season.
In other games it was:
• Raptors 111, Heat 103
• Bulls 96, Thunder 86
• Cavs 109, Timberwolves 95
• Grizzlies 99, Pistons 93
• Hornets 123, Warriors 110
• Bucks 91, 76ers 88
• Nets 103, Clippers 87
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