pacers too thin for spurs

jermaine looked good out there, but he need more than tins to upset the
spurs. good game pacers.

dave

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Duncan, Parker power Spurs past O'Neal's Pacers
Jan. 7, 2005
SportsLine.com wire reports
SAN ANTONIO -- Tim Duncan scored 27 points and Tony Parker had 26, leading
the San Antonio Spurs to a 111-98 victory over the Indiana Pacers on
Thursday night.

Manu Ginobili added 18 points and Duncan grabbed 12 rebounds for San
Antonio, which improved to 8-0 at home against Eastern Conference teams and
16-1 overall at the SBC Center. The Spurs earned their seventh double-digit
victory in eight games, but it didn't come easy.

Jermaine O'Neal had 32 points and nine rebounds for Indiana, and Jamaal
Tinsley finished with 18 points and eight assists.

Parker got San Antonio off to a fast start by scoring 10 points in the first
quarter on a series of layups. Still, the Spurs only led 57-51 at halftime
despite shooting 54 percent from the field and 50 percent from 3-point
range. San Antonio also held a 10-0 advantage in second-chance points
through the first two quarters and a 10-point edge in the paint.

Indiana was able to remain close behind 14 points from O'Neal and 13 from
Tinsley.

San Antonio was finally able to gain a cushion by going on a 22-12 run to
open the second half. Duncan, Parker and Bruce Bowen combined to score all
the points during the run.

The Pacers' frontcourt of O'Neal, David Harrison and Jeff Foster cut the
deficit back to six, but the Spurs were able to maintain their advantage
with a strong defensive effort in the final quarter.

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San Antonio limited Indiana to two points off turnovers in the final
quarter.


Notes
The Pacers are 4-2 since O'Neal returned from his suspension. ... In their
eight previous meetings, Duncan averaged 19.4 points and 11 rebounds, and
O'Neal averaged 17.1 points and 8.1 rebounds. ... The Spurs have only been
outscored in the paint five times this season. They are averaging 42.7
points in the lane while holding opponents to 34.5.

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Scoreboard
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Indiana 24 27 27 20 98
San Antonio « 31 26 27 27 111

IND:J. O'Neal 32 Pts
IND:J. O'Neal 9 Reb
IND:J. Tinsley 8 Ast SA:T. Duncan 27 Pts
SA:T. Duncan 12 Reb
SA:T. Parker 6 Ast


PLAYERS OF THE GAME
San Antonio Indiana

T. Duncan
J. O'Neal
Pts Rebs Ast Pts Rebs Ast
27 12 0 32 9 4


Indiana Pacers
STARTERS M FG FT TR A PF PTS
J. Tinsley, PG 43 7-14 3-6 2 8 3 18
J. O'Neal, PF 41 12-30 8-8 9 4 5 32
R. Miller, SG 37 3-7 3-4 1 2 2 11
J. Foster, C 30 5-7 2-4 7 1 4 12
M. Curry, SF 15 1-1 0-0 0 1 3 2
BENCH M FG FT TR A PF PTS
F. Jones, SG 32 3-3 0-0 1 2 5 8
D. Harrison, C 14 3-3 3-5 1 0 3 9
A. Johnson, PG 14 2-4 0-0 1 2 3 4
A. Croshere, SF 10 1-2 0-0 1 1 1 2
E. Gill, SG 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
J. Jones, SF 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
J. Edwards, C 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37-73 19-27 23 21 29 98
50.7% 70.4%
Complete Box Score


San Antonio Spurs
STARTERS M FG FT TR A PF PTS
T. Duncan, PF 38 10-20 7-11 12 0 3 27
T. Parker, PG 37 9-13 6-6 5 6 1 26
B. Bowen, SF 36 4-7 1-2 2 0 4 11
M. Ginobili, SG 29 4-10 8-11 3 2 3 18
R. Nesterovic, C 22 2-4 0-0 7 0 5 4
BENCH M FG FT TR A PF PTS
R. Horry, PF 23 3-5 3-3 5 2 5 10
B. Udrih, PG 17 2-4 3-4 3 3 0 8
B. Barry, SG 15 1-4 1-1 1 2 1 3
M. Rose, PF 13 1-4 0-0 4 0 2 2
D. Brown, SG 9 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0
M. Wilks, PG 1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 2
T. Massenburg, C Did Not Play
Totals 37-73 29-38 43 15 24 111
50.7% 76.3%