SAN ANTONIO, April 24 (UPI) — Danny Green and Tim Duncan each scored 18 points Monday and the San Antonio Spurs clinched the Western Conference’s top seed with a 124-89 win over Portland. Tony Parker had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Spurs, who logged their eighth straight victory and tied the East’s Chicago Bulls for the NBA’s best overall record. The game began with an 18-6 San Antonio run and the Spurs never looked back

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) – The San Antonio Spurs have locked up another No. 1 seed. Now comes trying not to blow it again.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs have locked up another No.

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Written by The Sports Network (Sports Network) – The streaking San Antonio Spurs can wrap up the top spot in the Western Conference when they entertain the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday. A 114-98 rout of Cleveland on Sunday coupled with Oklahoma City’s double overtime loss in Los Angeles against the Lakers gave San Antonio a 1 1/2-game cushion atop the West with just three games to play. Since the Spurs own the tiebreaker over the Thunder thanks to a 2-1 record in the season series, Gregg Popovich’s club can clinch things tonight

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Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving, center, fights for a loose ball against San Antonio Spurs’ Boris Diaw, left, of France, and DeJuan Blair during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 22, 2012, in San Antonio.

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Trail Blazers (28-36) at Spurs (47-16) 5:30 p.m. Monday at AT&T Center TV on CSN (Comcast 37); radio on KXTG (750) No. Name Height Position Statistics 4 Nolan Smith 6-2 PG 3.4 ppg, 1.2 apg 2 Wesley Matthews 6-9 SG 13.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg 8 Luke Babbitt 6-8 SF 5.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg 21 J.J

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SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan rested, and Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili called it an early night. With another win Monday, the Spurs’ veterans can take the remainder of the regular season off

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The San Antonio Spurs have said for weeks that earning the No. 1 seed for the Western Conference playoffs wasn’t their main concern. The Spurs, though, can wrap up that top spot by beating the short-handed Portland Trail Blazers, losers of a season-high five in a row, on Monday night.

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Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili all scored at least 20 points to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 121-97 on Friday night and spoil Kobe Bryant’s return. Bryant had missed the previous seven games with a bruised left shin, and the Lakers went 5-2 without the NBA’s scoring leader

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SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili all scored at least 20 points to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 121-97 on Friday night and spoil Kobe Bryant’s return. Bryant had missed the previous seven games with a bruised left shin, and the Lakers went 5-2 without the NBA’s scoring leader.

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SAN ANTONIO (AP) Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili all scored at least 20 points to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 121-97 on Friday night and spoil Kobe Bryant‘s return. Bryant had missed the previous seven games with a bruised left shin, and the Lakers went 5-2 without the NBA’s scoring leader. But with only two games left in the regular season for Los Angeles (40-24), Bryant returned as he aims to get into a rhythm before the playoffs begin.

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SAN ANTONIO(AP) — The San Antonio Spurs handed the Los Angeles Lakers their worst loss of the season earlier this week, but that came with Kobe Bryant sidelined. The Spurs likely won’t get such a break this time with the Lakers star set to return from injury. The Western Conference-leading Spurs will be trying to extend their winning streak to six Friday night, but Bryant is expected to play for the first time in eight games and face San Antonio for the first time in 2011-12.

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(Sports Network) – The Western Conference-leading San Antonio Spurs handed a Kobe Bryant-less Lakers team its worst loss of the season earlier this week. Things don’t figure to be as easy this time around as the two teams clash in the Alamo City. Bryant, the NBA’s leading scorer who has sat out the last seven games with a sore left shin, is expected to return tonight.

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Lakers Friday preview: at San Antonio Spurs (45-16) April 19th, 2012, 8:05 pm · · posted by KEVIN DING, OCREGISTER.COM Lakers (40-23) vs.

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