Spurs destined for incomparable 20th straight winning season

INDIANAPOLIS Kawhi Leonard kept the faith Monday night.

Eventually, LaMarcus Aldridge came through, too.

Together, the new faces of the Spurs produced a familiar result — a 110-06 victory at Indiana for another milestone moment. With their 42nd victory, the Spurs extended their streak of consecutive winning seasons to a league-record 20.

“It was a heck of a competitive game,” coach Gregg Popovich said. “It was real physical and aggressive. I thought both teams played real well. I’m obviously thrilled with a win on the road. It could have gone either way.”

The Spurs have had a winning record every season since Tim Duncan was a rookie in 1997-98, this one coming after his retirement. Utah had set the record with 19 straight winning seasons from 1985-2004. So, of course the Spurs did it their way. They struggled early, gave away the lead in the fourth quarter after it looked like they might pull away and then had to grind it out with a 13-4 closing run after the Pacers retook a 97-94 lead with 4:08 left.

Leonard made 13 of 23 shots including two 3-pointers and finished with 32 points, six rebounds and four steals, including the one that sealed it.

Aldridge, like most of the other Spurs, looked weary on the second game of a back-to-back. He finished 7 of 22 from the field with 19 points — roughly half coming in the final 6 1/2 minutes.

Paul George scored 27 points and Myles

Turner had 22 for the Pacers. NUGGETS 132, WARRIORS 110

DENVER — Nikola Jokic got his second career triple-double and the Denver Nuggets tied an NBA record with 24 3pointers while shocking the Golden State Warriors.

The Nuggets tied the 3-point mark set by the Rockets in December against New Orleans.

The Warriors were just 8 of 32 from long range, including 1 of 11 by Stephen Curry. WIZARDS 120, THUNDER 98

WASHINGTON — Russell Westbrook sat down for good midway through the third quarter while Oklahoma City was in the midst of missing 24 consecutive shots as Bradley Beal and John Wall carried the Wizards to a stunningly lopsided victory over the Thunder.