Basketball Daily

The San Antonio Spurs hosted the Los Angeles Lakers in a game that ended up coming down to will.  Right out of the gate L.A. jumped all over the Spurs and held a pretty commanding lead up until the fourth quarter.  The defense of the Spurs kicked in and they got the game within 4 points, but from their on out, Kobe Bryant as usual took over and extended the lead out of the reach of the home town gang.  The Lakers got a nice victory with a final score of 102-95.

The top scorers for the Lakers were Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol both having 23 points.  All of the Laker starters were in double figures, playing a well rounded team game.  L.A. only committed 11 turnovers and forced 18 to account for some easy buckets.  The Lakers have the best record in the NBA this season and will presumably hold that stat through the rest of the year.

In there final meeting on the season, the San Antonio Spurs win again against the visiting Phoenix Suns.  The first quarter was very competitive then in the second quarter the Spurs went on a run leading by 13 points at one time.  The third quarter was dominated by Phoenix going on runs of their own.  In came down to the fourth quarter, where at one time the Suns took the lead by one point, but from then on San Antonio showed their tenacity and true defensive grit by winning down the stretch with the final score ending at 103-98.

The top three scorers for the Spurs were Tony Parker with 30 points, Roger Mason with 18 points and Tim Duncan with 17 points.  The high man off the bench was Ime Udoka who contributed 11 points to the tally.  As a whole, the San Antonio team shot a even 50% committing only 10 turnovers.  The second place Spurs improved their record on the year to 42 wins and 20 losses.

On Friday night, the Cleveland Cavaliers visited the San Antonio Spurs in which Tim Duncan was sidelined along with Manu Ginobili who has been missing in action for over a week now.  Without those two key pieces the Cavaliers hammered the Spurs and had there way with them, winning with ease in a game where the whole fourth quarter was garbage time, and ended with the final score being 97-86.

The top 2 scorers for Cleveland were Lebron James with 30 points and Delonte West with 17 points.  Big Z contributed 10 points and so did Daniel “Boobie” Gibson off the bench.  Now that Ben Wallace will be out for 4 to 6 weeks due to breaking his leg in the prior game, the team will have to pick up their defensive stance until his return.  They should have no problem doing that with the excellent roster they currently have.