San Antonio Spurs Team Report - December 11
12.11.2003
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(Basketball News) - A battle of Midwest Division rivals takes place tonight, when the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets play the first of a home-and- home set at the Toyota Center.
Both teams come into tonight’s contest having won four straight games.
On Wednesday, Tim Duncan scored 18 points and pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds, leading the defending champion Spurs to a 102-77 win over the Trail Blazers at SBC Center.
Tony Parker and Rasho Nesterovic both added 17 points for San Antonio, while Hedo Turkoglu contributed 12 off the bench and Manu Ginobili netted 11 in the victory.
San Antonio is 5-7 as the visitor this season.
In 2002-03, the Spurs won three of the four meetings between the two squads, winning twice at home and once at Houston.
Overall, the Spurs have won three straight and seven of the last eight meetings with the Rockets. San Antonio has won three of four and eight of its last 10 at Houston.
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