LOS ANGELES — Tony Parker contributed 29 points and 13 assists, Tim Duncan had 19 points and eight rebounds, and the San Antonio Spurs handed the Los Angeles Lakers their worst loss of the season, 112-91 Tuesday night.

Manu Ginobili scored 15 points as the Spurs improved their spot atop the Western Conference with their fourth straight victory. They also snapped Los Angeles’ four-game winning streak while dominating a meeting of division leaders — albeit with Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant sitting out his sixth straight game to rest his bruised shin.

Parker made 14 of 20 shots.

Andrew Bynum had 21 points and seven rebounds for the Lakers, whose Pacific Division lead over the Los Angeles Clippers dwindled to a half-game, although the Lakers hold the tiebreaker.

Six days after the Kobe-less Lakers jumped to a 26-point lead during a comfortable victory in San Antonio, the Spurs answered by scoring 18 consecutive points during an impressive second-quarter spree.

“It went just as well for us as it went for them in San Antonio,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “The Lakers had the kind of night we had back home when they destroyed us. So we had a good night, and we still caught a break: I looked hard, but I didn’t see Kobe anywhere.

“I think that helped us a little bit.”

San Antonio (44-16) has a half-game lead over Oklahoma City (44-17) for the No. 1 seed in the West. The Spurs have won 15 of their last 17 games.

Anthony leads

Knicks past Boston

NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony collected 35 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for his second career triple-double, and the New York Knicks made 19 three-pointers in a 118-110 victory over the Boston Celtics.

JR Smith and Steve Novak each added 25 points for the Knicks, who overcame a season-high 43 points from Paul Pierce and moved into sole possession of seventh place in the Eastern Conference while trimming Boston’s Atlantic Division lead to 3 ½ games. The Celtics would have wrapped up their fifth straight Atlantic title with a victory.

New York improved to 14-5 under interim coach Mike Woodson.

Woodson said forward-center Amare Stoudemire could return Friday in Cleveland. Stoudemire hasn’t played since March 24 because of a bulging disk in his back.

‘Wet willy’ angers

Utah’s Hayward

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Jazz swingman Gordon Hayward said he initially felt like ripping Delonte West’s finger off and fighting him after West jabbed it into Hayward’s right ear during the second quarter of Monday’s 123-121 triple-overtime victory over Dallas.

“I wanted to fight right there, but you can’t do that,” Hayward said Tuesday.

“It wouldn’t have been the smart idea. I’d risk getting a technical foul, getting suspended for the season, whatever.”

Ex-Sonic West insisted afterward Hayward had lint in his hair and he wanted to give him a “wet willy.”

West said, “We are two warriors, out here battling. I forgot the NBA is a gentleman’s game.”

Note

• Danny Granger scored 24 points, and Roy Hibbert had 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to their sixth straight victory, 102-97 over Philadelphia. The Pacers won their fifth consecutive road game.