(Photo: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)
San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker (L) drives to the net on Miami Heat’s Chris Bosh during the first quarter in Game 4 of their NBA Finals basketball series in San Antonio, Texas June 13, 2013.
Christian Post Report – The San Antonio Spurs will try to complete a series sweep on the Denver Nuggets when they meet at the AT&T Center on April 3, 2015 at 8:30 p.m. ET in the NBA.
With the two teams meeting three times so far, San Antonio have dominated their Western Conference rivals.
Their first meeting was in Colorado, with the Spurs winning 99-91 behind a balanced attack from the visitors.
Kahwi Leonard poured in 18 points, while Manu Ginobili and Tim Duncan each had 15 points to keep Denver on their toes on defence. Six players finished the game in double figures while shooting 46 percent from the field.
Meanwhile, Denver’s offence was anchored by ex-Nugget Arron Afflalo who scored 31 points and shot 60 percent from the field. The closest player next to him was Wilson Chandler with 14.
In the second game, San Antonio utilized the same strategy they did previously to get the 109-99 victory. This time, Tony Parker led the charge with 18 points, with Leonard a close second with 17. Afflalo had 21 points but had enough help with Kenneth Faried scoring 26 and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Unfortunately, the Spurs made six more three-point field goals that helped them win by double figures.
The usual players again came up big for San Antonio in their 120-111 win as Leonard and Parker had 25 and 24 points, respectively.
For Denver, Ty Lawson led the team with 23 points while Faried had 20 in the losing effort.
Stats between the two teams were much closer in this game except for the fact that the Spurs took 10 more free throw attempts, converting 25 as compared to only 15 conversions from the Nuggets.
Furthermore, Denver committed 13 turnovers in the game while San Antonio kept theirs to only nine to keep control of the ball.
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Source : Christian Post