Basketball Daily

A battle between rivals ensued on Christmas afternoon between the San Antonio Spurs and the Phoenix Suns.  The two dominant big men, Shaq and Amare had fantastic games scoring 48 points and 25 rebounds between them.  This still wasn’t enough to defeat the 4 time champs.

Late in the fourth it was a back and forth battle with Grant Hill making a backdoor layup to give the Suns a 2 point lead with 4 seconds left on the clock.  After the Spurs called a timeout, Parker drove the lane and dished the ball to the newcomer Roger Mason in the corner where he sank a buzzer beater 3 point shot to give the victory to the Spurs with a score ending 91-90.

The three stars for San Antonio, Duncan, Parker and Ginobili had 63 points between them.  It was actually a poor shooting night for the Spurs team with a low team shooting percentage of only 41%.  This still didn’t stop the methodical Gregg Popovich from remaining calm and running their set plays.  The Spurs never panicked and hung in there throughout the game, like they usually do.  Now that the Spurs are healthy, watch out for the Texas team to make a strong run and end up in the top of the heap in the Western Conference.

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