Spurs, Bulls post narrow victories

TORONTO ( AP) — Tony Parker scored six of his 32 points in the second overtime, Tim Duncan had 26 and the San Antonio Spurs beat Toronto 111- 106 on Sunday, their fourth straight victory over the Raptors.

Manu Ginobili scored 15 points, Danny Green had 13 and Boris Diaw 11 as the Spurs won their third straight and improved their NBA- best road record to 71.

Parker made jump shots on consecutive possessions with less than 1: 15 to go in the second overtime as the Spurs held on. seconds left in regulation. San Antonio gave the ball to Parker, who let the clock run down to six seconds, but almost turned it over as he drove. Parker’s 3- point effort fell short, giving Toronto one- tenth of a second to try for the winning basket, but Bargnani’s nolook shot went wide, sending the game to overtime.

San Antonio led 92- 90 on Duncan’s slam dunk with less than 30 seconds to go in the first overtime when a foul by Parker gave possession to the Raptors. But Parker stole Jose Calderon’s inbounds pass and raced in for a layup, giving the Spurs an 94- 90 lead with 24 seconds left. Lowry answered with a 3 for the Raptors, cutting the gap to one, but Ginobili made a pair of free throws with 15 seconds left, making it 96- 93.

DeRozan’s dunk cut it to one with 14 seconds left and, after Gary Neal made one of two from the line, the Raptors called timeout, trailing 97- 95. DeRozan grabbed his own rebound and made a layup with 0.9 left, tying it at 97- 97. The Spurs couldn’t get a shot off before the buzzer, forcing a second overtime.

Toronto never led in the second extra session, with Green’s 3 at 4: 43 giving the Spurs the lead for good.

Bulls 93, Bucks 86. MILWAUKEE ( AP) — Richard Hamilton and Carlos Boozer were back on the court during the fourth quarter, and it paid off for the Chicago Bulls.

Hamilton scored a seasonhigh 22 points, Boozer had 22 points and 19 rebounds, and the veterans helped the Bulls hold off the Milwaukee Bucks 93- 86 to break a three- game losing streak.

The win by the Bulls was the ninth straight over the Bucks and the fifth straight at the Bradley Center. The last time Milwaukee beat Chicago was in April 2010.

“It was nice to be out there and help this team get a win,” said Hamilton, who scored 18 in the first half.

Boozer grabbed eight offensive rebounds to help the Bulls outrebound the Bucks 54- 40. He had scored a total of 17 points in his last two games.

“We hung in there tonight and really did a good job in the fourth quarter of getting some stops,” he said. “We were hustling tonight and that was the key to getting a lot of our second opportunities.”