Recap: San Antonio vs. New York
Sports Network | November 11, 2008
San Antonio, TX (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan scored 23 points, grabbed nine rebounds and doled out seven assists to lead the San Antonio Spurs past the New York Knicks, 92-80, from the AT&T Center.
Michael Finley added 14 points for the Spurs, who have won two of three but still find themselves boasting a 2-4 record on the year. Bruce Bowen and George Hill scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, in the win.
Jamal Crawford dropped a game-high 28 points for the Knicks, who saw their three-game win streak come to an end. Zach Randolph scored 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, while David Lee ended with 15 and nine. Chris Duhon contributed seven assists in defeat.
Bowen's three-pointer at the end of the third quarter set the tone for a 14-0 run leading into the fourth. Kurt Thomas' jumper started the fourth, and baskets from Anthony Tolliver, Finley and Roger Mason followed before Finley closed it out with a trey to make it 78-64 with 7:40 left in the game.
Randolph notched New York's first points of the fourth quarter -- a layup with just under seven minutes left.
Moments later, two baskets from Randolph made it a nine-point game, 82-73, but the Spurs let their counterparts get no closer and pulled away following a triple from Bowen.
A three-pointer from Finley with 8.2 seconds remaining in the first knotted the game at 20-20 heading into the second quarter.
With the Knickerbockers down by four late in the second quarter, Crawford and Lee both hit a pair from the charity stripe, and Crawford then drained a three-pointer to give the visitors a 41-38 lead heading into the intermission.
The teams traded baskets and the score was neck-and-neck throughout the third stanza, however, a Bowen three-ball as time expired put the Spurs up 67-64 heading into the final frame.
The Spurs outrebounded the Knicks 52-40...The Spurs, already missing star swingman Manu Ginobili, suffered a terrible loss Friday in the Heat's 99-83 triumph over San Antonio. The Spurs saw All-Star point guard Tony Parker leave in the first quarter with a sprained left ankle. Parker, whose MRI revealed a Grade 2 ankle sprain, could miss up to four weeks...San Antonio has won seven straight over the Knicks and 10 of its last 11...New York last beat the Spurs on March 21, 2005, an 88-75 triumph in Madison Square Garden. The Knicks haven't won in San Antonio since the 2002-03 season...Bowen didn't start for the Spurs for the first time in 550 games in which he was on the active roster.
