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SAN ANTONIO – This was more like it for the San Antonio
Spurs and, especially, David Robinson.
|  | | Michael Smith and the Wizards never really get on track against the Spurs. |
Two nights after being held scoreless for just the second time
in his 12-year career, Robinson scored 16 points to back up Tim
Duncan's 19 in a 107-78 rout of the Washington Wizards on Thursday
night. Robinson needed to play just 19 minutes and Duncan sat out
the final 14:21 as the Spurs tied Utah for the Midwest Division
lead.
"We had some good concentration from the beginning," Robinson
said. "We played how we are supposed to."
Robinson, 0-for-5 from the field in 21 minutes against Dallas on
Tuesday, had eight points in the first 4:24 of the third quarter,
helping the Spurs take a 67-47 lead.
Robinson also hit a 15-foot jumper at 3:47 of the second quarter
to move past Isiah Thomas into 37th place on the NBA's career
scoring list with 18,834 points.
Washington guard Mitch Richmond became the 26th player in NBA
history to score 20,000 points when he hit a 16-foot jumper in the
second quarter. Richmond led the Wizards, who have lost five in a
row, with 18 points.
The Alamodome crowd gave Richmond a standing ovation.
"It's been a long 13 years and it feels great to be in the
company of the 25 or 26 guys who are in that group," Richmond
said. "I thought it would come a lot quicker. I've had a subpar
three years in Washington. But that standing ovation was
beautiful."
The rest of Washington's performance wasn't.
Juwan Howard, Washington's leading scorer at 17.9 points per
game, managed just two points in the first half and was held
without a basket until 4:04 remained in the second quarter. Howard
finished with 11 points, while Tyrone Nesby scored 18 and Richard
Hamilton 16.
"Every time we missed it seemed like they came back and
scored," Howard said. "We were what, 5-for-19 shooting in the
first quarter. Against a team like San Antonio, that's not going to
do it."
The Wizards were held scoreless for 5:25 of the first quarter
and hit just 26.3 percent of their shots from the field in the
opening period. The Spurs held Washington without a field goal for
6:06 at the end of the first and the start of the second quarter,
outscoring the Wizards 12-1 during that time.
Duncan led six San Antonio players in double figures and was
9-of-14 from the field. Duncan also added 12 rebounds for his
NBA-leading 39th double-double of the season.
Reserve Jaren Jackson scored 14 points and Johnson added 10 in
his second game back after missing 27 games with a hamstring
injury.
"We knew we couldn't go in thinking this was an easy game for
us," guard Derek Anderson said. "We showed an aggressive mindset
from the start and that made the difference."
Game notes
The Spurs have won 10 of their last 11 games. ...
Richmond's 20,012 career points trail Tom Chambers by 37 for 25th
place. ... San Antonio begins a grueling three-games-in-four-days
road trip at Minnesota on Friday night, then goes to Toronto and
Milwaukee. ... The Spurs are 31-7 when holding opponents under 100
points and 13-1 when keeping teams under 80. ... Robinson scored in
double figures for the 781st time.
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Indiana 82
Detroit 73
Miami 98
Toronto 91
Dallas 102
Cleveland 81
San Antonio 102
Washington 78
Portland 105
Sacramento 81
Boston 108
Seattle 88
Vancouver 99
Golden State 89
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