12/05/2008 - Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tony Parker scored 22 points with eight assists and Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili added 21 apiece, as San Antonio pounded Denver, 108-91.
Matt Bonner added 14 points with eight rebounds and Duncan pulled down 12 rebounds with seven assists for the Spurs, who snapped a two-game losing skid.
Carmelo Anthony led a balanced attack with 16 points and Joe Smith notched a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Kenyon Martin, along with Nene and Chauncey Billups, donated 12 points apiece for the Nuggets, who saw their three-game winning streak come to an end.
San Antonio held on to a tenuous 30-26 edge after the first period, but took control in the second stanza.
An 11-0 stretch gave the Spurs a comfortable 14-point edge. Ginobili drained a three to start the spurt and George Hill scored the final five points, including a long trey, for the 47-33 edge with 6:05 to play.
San Antonio also scored the final seven points of the half, with Bonner's trey and back-to-back jumpers by Parker, for a 61-41 lead after 24 minutes.
Duncan's slam built San Antonio's edge to 78-55 late in the third stanza, but Denver rallied with a 12-5 stretch to end the period. Martin's slam off an Anthony pass cut the deficit to 83-67 after 36 minutes.
The Spurs were never seriously threatened during the fourth quarter.
Game Notes
San Antonio won for the first time in its last three trips to Denver...San Antonio is 4-4 on the road this season, while Denver dropped to 7-3 at home...San Antonio shot 50 percent from the floor, while Denver made 44.3 percent of its shots...Denver struggled from the charity stripe, making just 14-of-23 attempts...Attendance 15,866.
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Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).
Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.
A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.
Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.
"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.
De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.
The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.
The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.
De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.
Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.
But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.
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