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Indiana (15-10) at San Antonio (21-7)
Game Info: 8:30 pm EST Tue Dec 27, 2005
TV: WTTV, FxSW
An empty Christmas trip to Detroit turned worse for Tony Parker and the Spurs when they returned to San Antonio.
The star point guard hopes to put an ugly off-the-court incident behind him when the defending NBA champions host the Indiana Pacers.
The Spurs, tied with Dallas for the best record in the Western Conference, visited the Pistons on Sunday for a rematch of last season's NBA Finals. Owners of the league's best record, Detroit left little doubt that it was fast emerging as the team to beat for this year's crown, pulling away late for a relatively easy 85-70 win over San Antonio.
The Spurs, suddenly struggling in the absence of injured forward Manu Ginobili (foot), have lost three of their last five games. San Antonio knocked off Detroit in seven tough games in last season's NBA Finals, denying the Pistons their second straight le.
"We were playing a lot closer at the end of the season. They're a little bit ahead of us," admitted Spurs coach Gregg Popovich.
Parker scored 19 points and Tim Duncan added 18 and 11 rebounds for the Spurs, who have been without Ginobili the last eight games.
Parker's return to San Antonio didn't go very well either. He was cited for impeding traffic and failing to produce a valid Texas driver's license during a traffic stop in which girlfriend and "Desperate Housewives" actress Eva Longoria was his passenger, police said.
An officer on a bicycle saw the stopped car holding up traffic early Saturday and rapped the hood with his hand, according to a police report. Parker, behind the wheel, questioned why the officer touched the car, and the couple "began screaming in a verbally abusive and demeaning manner," police said. Longoria called the police report "highly inaccurate."
The Pacers are coming off Monday's 102-80 loss at Dallas, falling to 0-2 on a three-game road trip and 5-3 since putting disgruntled forward Ron Artest on the inactive list.
Jermaine O'Neal led Indiana with 15 points. Stephen Jackson and Jamaal Tinsley scored 12 and Austin Croshere 11. The game was so lopsided that no starter played more than O'Neal's 35 minutes, with the 11th and 12th men each playing nearly seven minutes.
STANDINGS (through Dec. 26): Pacers - 3rd place (tied), 7 GB, Central Division. Spurs - 1st place, Southwest Division.
PROBABLE STARTERS: Pacers - F Jackson, F O'Neal, C Jeff Foster, G Tinsley, G Sarunas Jasikevicius. Spurs - F Bruce Bowen, F Duncan, C Rasho Nesterovic, G Michael Finley, G Parker.
TEAM LEADERS: Pacers - O'Neal, 22.2 ppg and 10.2 rpg; Tinsley, 5.4 apg. Spurs - Duncan, 20.7 ppg and 11.8 rpg; Parker, 6.3 apg.
2004-05 SEASON SERIES: Tied, 1-1.
LAST MEETING: March 23; Pacers, 100-93. At Indiana, Reggie Miller scored 21 points to lead the Pacers, and became the 13th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 career points. Duncan sat out with an ankle injury as San Antonio lost its season-high third straight.
ROAD/HOME RECORDS: Pacers - 6-7 on the road; Spurs - 12-1 at home.
Td Off To n Good Start
must be the hair, huh
So Artest isn't even with the team at all?
Manuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Good to have Manu back. Please stay healthy.
Who's guarding Jackson?
so is Manu playing good or still banged up?
here comes the fouls
how come bruce got that technical?
damn, where's everyone at tonite ?
Manu comes in and makes an impact immediately. 1 assist and a steal.
that's what the Spurs have been missing !!!!!!!!
ohhhhhh welcome back
too bad we couldn,t of picked up O'neal
Hey Missy, get your sound back yet
yeah i did!!!
what are yall talking about?!!!!! i wanna know whats going on too!!! i wanna see what u guys are seeing on TV!!!!! damn!!!!!u guys!!!! yall get to see the games on tv live!!!! california only gives a about the lakers and queens games, but not my spurs!!!! why???!!!!!! oh well =(
Nope he is at his home ....
He is much of a Pacer right now as TO is an Eagle...
what a block by O'neal
stephen jacko mr."i make love to pressure" is havin a great quarter.....
down by 2 end of quarter 1.... good game so far
hey dude, hook up with NBA TV
man im glad i live in texas
Pony Tails???????
go spurs
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