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Spurs hold off Suns

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02/28/2010 - San Antonio, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Tim Duncan scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, as the San Antonio Spurs held on for a 113-110 win over the Phoenix Suns at AT&T Center.

Manu Ginobili added 21 points, eight assists and six boards off the bench, while Richard Jefferson finished with 20 points for San Antonio, which had dropped three of four coming into the contest, including a 109-104 setback at Houston on Friday. Tony Parker added 16 points and Antonio McDyess went for 12 points and nine boards in the win.

Amare Stoudemire finished with a season-high 41 points to go along with 12 rebounds for the Suns, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. Jason Richardson ended with 20 points, but missed a game-tying dunk in the final seconds of the fourth quarter. Steve Nash donated 18 points and 11 assists in defeat.

San Antonio held a 77-76 lead after three quarters, then got jumpers from Duncan and McDyess to put the Spurs in front 102-94 with 3:04 to play.

However, Stoudemire's three-point play and layup sandwiched around a pair of Ginobili free throws cut the Suns' deficit to 107-105 with 1:17 remaining. Phoenix then had a golden opportunity to tie the game as George Hill's turnover led to a breakaway for Jason Richardson, but he missed the dunk and Ginobili made two more from the stripe for a four-point Spurs lead with 13.4 seconds to play.

Following another Stoudemire basket, Hill drained two free throws to make it a 111-107 game with 8.9 ticks left. Nash then nailed a long three-pointer, but Ginobili was fouled in the backcourt on the inbounds pass and made both from the line. Phoenix was forced to go the length of the floor with no timeouts remaining and were unable to get off a final shot.

Phoenix led 25-21 after the opening 12 minutes and both teams exchanged the lead several times in the second quarter. Stoudemire's three-pointer from the left side just beat the halftime buzzer to give the Suns a 52-49 edge heading into the locker room.

In a back-and-forth third quarter, Ginobili gave San Antonio a five-point lead, 67-62, at the midway point, but Phoenix quickly came back to go back in front and the contest remained on the see-saw throughout the stanza. Despite a Stoudemire dunk in the closing seconds, the Spurs held a slim 77-76 advantage after three.

Game Notes

The Spurs have won four of the last five matchups versus Phoenix...San Antonio shot 50.6 percent from the floor, but made only 4-of-14 from three-point range...The Suns made 51.2 of theirs shots and 8-of-15 from beyond the arc.

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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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