Sports News

NBA: San Antonio 107, Toronto 97

(Boxscore)
Published: Dec. 21, 2008 at 2:44 AM
Order reprints
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Tony Parker had 24 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds Saturday night, leading the San Antonio Spurs to a 107-97 win over Toronto.

San Antonio got more than a third of its points on three-pointers, hitting on 16-of-35 shots from beyond the arc.

Tim Duncan finished with 19 points, seven rebounds and four blocked shots. Roger Mason, Michael Finley and Matt Bonner each connected on four three-point shots for San Antonio, which won for the first time in three games.

Jermaine O'Neal led the Raptors with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Chris Bosh had 17 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto, which has lost five straight games.

The Spurs were up by 16 early in the fourth quarter. The Raptors chipped away to cut the lead to 101-95 with 2:40 left to play, but the Spurs held on for the win.


© 2008 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Broken main floods Philly neighborhood (1 min)
MLB: Houston 6, Washington 5 (3 min)
UPI Sports Calendar for Sarurday, July 11 (13 min)
Mauer joins All-Star Home Run Derby (22 min)
MLB: Minnesota 6, Chicago White Sox 4 (27 min)
Report: General wants more Afghan forces (31 min)
Language use may predict Alzheimer's (33 min)
fark
Only the Royals would consider Yuniesky Betancourt a 'major trade'. Second paragraph- 'Betancourt,...
Probably the most spectacularly disturbing suicide you'll read about today
Photoshop these creepy earrings
Patronizing Tijuana hookers while on drugs may be unhealthy, according to Dr. N.S. Sherlock, of...
Defense lawyers request words like "polygamy,""cult" and "compound" not be used in their client's...
TSG Mugshot roundup: Twin billing