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 Riding an eight-game winning streak, the Spurs improved to 33-6,
equaling the team's best 39-game start, a mark set in 2010-11.
Forward Kawhi Leonard added 17 points and rookie center Boban
Marjanovic scored 13 as San Antonio won despite quiet nights from
guard Tony Parker and center Tim Duncan.
A day after firing coach Lionel Hollins and reassigning general
manager Billy King, the Nets were not much better in interim coach
Tony Brown's debut while owner Mikhail Prokhorov watched from a
suite.
Brooklyn missed 10 of 12 three-point attempts and committed 19
turnovers that resulted in 30 points to their opponents.
Center Brook Lopez led Brooklyn with 18 points and forward Joe
Johnson added 16 as the Nets (10-28) dropped their 10th consecutive
home game, their longest such skid since losing 14 in a row at the
Meadowlands during the 70-loss 2009-10 season.
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The Nets scored the first six points of the fourth quarter to peg
the deficit back to 77-62 with over 10 minutes remaining but San
Antonio streaked away as Leonard sandwiched two three-pointers
around a turnaround jumper by Aldridge.
(Editing by Ian Ransom)
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