Tim Duncan leads San Antonio to 10th straight NBA victory
Last Updated: 11/04/15 8:37am
Tim Duncan had 29 points and blocked James Harden's lay-up with 2.9 seconds left to help the San Antonio Spurs to their 10th straight victory with a 104-103 win over the Houston Rockets on Friday night.
San Antonio jumped into the third spot in the Western Conference with the win and Houston dropped from third to sixth.
The Spurs had a four-point lead when Harden made a lay-up for his first points of the half with less than 90 seconds remaining.
Duncan then missed a lay-up before Harden made a 3-pointer with 28.9 seconds left to get Houston to 104-103 before Tony Parker turned it over to give Houston one last shot.
But Duncan blocked Harden's shot and grabbed the ball to secure the victory.
Harden had just 16 points as San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich kept the ball out of his hands by intentionally fouling Josh Smith 12 times in the second half. Smith went 12 of 26 from the line and led the Rockets with 20 points.
In Denver, Raymond Felton hit a lay-up with 1.5 seconds remaining in double-overtime before blocking a last-second shot to help Dallas to a 144-143 win.
Felton drove past Randy Foye and banked in a shot high off the glass. He then got a piece of Kenneth Faried's jumper at the buzzer, causing the ball to wind up short.
Denver's Danilo Gallinari scored a career-high 47 points, including eight in the first overtime and nine in the second.
Denver had a chance to win in regulation, but Faried's jumper rolled off the rim and Dallas then had a shot themselves at the end of the first overtime, only to see Monta Ellis' long shot clang off the iron.
Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points for the Mavericks, and Richard Jefferson added a season-high 24.
In Cleveland, Marcus Smart scored 19 points and Boston boosted their playoff hopes with a big 99-93 road win.
The Celtics had five players score in double figures, Isaiah Thomas leading the way with 17.
In Oklahoma, Russell Westbrook had 27 points and 10 assists as the hosts remained level with New Orleans for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference with a 116-103 win over Sacramento.
The Thunder expanded a six-point lead at the end of three quarters into a 17-point margin down the stretch and Anthony Morrow helped put the game away with a pair of fourth-quarter 3s as Oklahoma City broke a four-game losing streak.
NBA RESULTS:
Orlando 99-101 Toronto
Atlanta 104-80 Charlotte
Brooklyn 117-80 Washington
Cleveland 90-99 Boston
Detroit 103-107 Indiana
NY Knicks 91-99 Milwaukee
Houston 103-104 San Antonio
New Orleans 90-75 Phoenix
Oklahoma 116-103 Sacramento
Denver 143-144 Dallas (2OT)
Utah 88-89 Memphis
LA Lakers 106-98 Minnesota
