The San Antonio Spurs are now up 2-0 on the Phoenix Suns, courtesy of a 27-11 third-quarter spurt in Game 2 that propelled the Silver and Black to a 102-96 victory over the Copper and Gray and Purple.
San Antonio had trailed 61-54 at halftime, including being outscored 35-26 in the first quarter.
Leading the way in scoring for the Spurs was Tony Parker with 32, Manu Ginobili (recently named as the NBA’s sixth man of the year) with 29 points and Tim Duncan with 18 points and 17 rebounds. Duncan did, though, struggle from the free-throw line as he hit only two of six shots. Amazingly enough, Duncan wasn’t called for any personal fouls (that might change when the series heads to Phoenix).
Suns center Shaquille O’Neal wasn’t so lucky, picking up four personal fouls. He did score 19 points and 14 rebounds while hitting seven of 14 free throws.
Game 3 of the Best-of-7 series will be Friday night in Phoenix.
Keywords: Manu Ginobili, Shaquille O'Neal, Spurs, Suns, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker
