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San Antonio Spurs 90, New Jersey Nets 74
San Antonio, TX Mar. 8 / Wire Reports --
Tim Duncan made a quick return to the Spurs lineup after leaving his last game with an injury, and had 19 points and eight
rebounds to lead San Antonio past the New Jersey Nets 90-74 Tuesday night.
Reserve guard Devin Brown had a game-high 22 points for the Spurs, who expected Duncan to miss this game after leaving
Sunday's win against Utah with a sprained right ankle less than four minutes into the second half.
The Nets struggled early, hitting just 4 of their first 25 shots. Vince Carter, who had a season-high 43 points against the
Spurs on Feb. 11, missing his first seven shots and finished with 13 points on 4-for-18 shooting. It ended Carter's streak
of 18 games with at least 20 points.
Nenad Krstic was the only New Jersey player who didn't have any trouble with his shots, hitting 8-of-10 from the floor for a
team-high 19 points.
New Jersey trailed by as many as 20 points in the first half, before turning it around with 9-of-18 shooting from the floor
to start the second half. The Nets shot 32 percent (26-for-81) for the game.
New Jersey cut the Spurs' lead to 60-54 on Rodney Buford's jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 2:20 left in the
third quarter.
However, the Spurs closed the period with an 8-4 run and extended their lead to as many as 19 points in the fourth.
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