25
Nov
2009
Great Duncan
The San Antonio Spurs were finally able to take advantage of a big night from Tim Duncan. Duncan had 24 points and 12 rebounds and the Spurs halted the Milwaukee Bucks’ three-game winning streak with a 112-98 victory Monday night, getting their second blow out in as many games after an unusually lackluster start to the season. Duncan could hardly be blamed while San Antonio was 4-6: the Spurs had been 0-4 when their All-Star forward scored 20 or more. “We’ll win a lot more games if he scores 20. I’ll tell you that much,” Spurs guard Roger Mason said.
Ersan Illyasova led Milwaukee with 20 points. Brandon Jennings scored 12— held well below his rookie-leading average of 25.3 points per game—and Michael Redd scored four points off the bench in his first action in nine games because of a knee injury.
San Antonio’s bench was better. Matt Bonner had 23 points and the Spurs won consecutive games for only the second time this season. Bonner was 6-of-8 from behind the arc, George Hillscored 14 and Mason had 11 as San Antonio’s reserves outscored its starting five.
