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LOS ANGELES, USA – While the Warriors continued to close in on the regular-season wins record, the San Antonio Spurs broke one mark set by that Michael Jordan-led Bulls team of 1995-96 with their 38th straight home win of the season without a defeat.
Argentine veteran Manu Ginobili scored 20 points, including 9 in the fourth quarter to help the Spurs finish off a 100-92 triumph over the injury-depleted New Orleans Pelicans.
The Spurs took control of the contest with a 22-9 scoring run spanning the end of the second quarter and first 6 minutes of the third.
The Spurs improved to 63-13, matching a franchise record for wins in a season.
The Spurs have won 47 straight regular-season games in San Antonio dating back to last year, the second-longest home winning streak ever behind the continuing 54-game home win streak of the Warriors.
Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green added 16 points each for the Spurs. LaMarcus Aldridge chipped in 11 points. Of 13 players who saw action for the Spurs, 12 of them scored. New Orleans, meanwhile, had just 9 players in uniform. Seven of them scored in double figures, led by the 18 points of Alexis Ajinca.
50 win Raptors
The Raptors notched a milestone victory in Toronto, downing the Atlanta Hawks 105-97 to reach 50 wins for a season for the first time in franchise history.
DeMar DeRozan led the Raptors with a game-high 26 points to go with 6 assists and 5 rebounds.
“It means everything to me,” DeRozan said. “My whole career, I’ve been through the tough times, now to be called the winningest Raptors of all time and now to break a franchise record three years in a row – it definitely means a lot to me.”
Jonas Valanciunas added 19 points and 9 rebounds, while Kyle Lowry, still nursing a right elbow injury, contributed 17 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds.
Clippers cruise past T’Wolves
In Minneapolis, Chris Paul scored 20 points, handed out 16 assists and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Clippers to a 99-79 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The Clippers won their fourth straight, strengthening their grip on fourth place and the final home-court advantage berth in the Western Conference playoffs.
They are 6 1/2 games ahead of the injury-hit Memphis Grizzlies, who lost 109-105 at home to the Denver Nuggets and are now just two games in front of the Portland Trail Blazers for the fifth seed in the West. – Rappler.com
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