<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">-- Tim Duncan had 27 points and 20 rebounds, leading the San Antonio Spurs to their ninth straight victory, 87-73 over the Seattle SuperSonics on Friday night. The defending NBA champions improved their record to 18-10, including 7-7 on the road. They can tie the Los Angeles Lakers for the longest winning streak in the NBA this season with a win at Portland on Saturday night. Tony Parker scored 16 points and Manu Ginobili added 14 for the Spurs, who have their longest winning streak since they won 10 straight in the 2001-2002 season. The Sonics, who lost their third straight game, got 15 points from Ronald Murray, who shot a paltry 6-for-26, and 11 from rookie Luke Ridnour. Seattle's leading scorer, Rashard Lewis, played only 24 minutes and fouled out with 8:23 to go. Lewis had seven points and 10 rebounds. San Antonio beat Seattle for the fourth straight time. The outcome was determined early. The Spurs held the Sonics to 3-for-21 shooting in the first quarter in taking a 25-9 lead. Seattle never got closer than 11 points after that. </div> Recap Box Score 9th straight win for S.A...Was also mentioned that this was the 5th game in a row that Spurs held an opponent to under 80 points.Which is said to be a record since the shot clock was put into use.
Wow what a great streak! I don't think they'll have a problem with Portland to tie the Lakers streak. They've been playing great defensively.
