Sonics bow to Bowen, Spurs
SAN ANTONIO – Bruce Bowen made six 3-pointers and scored 18 points, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Seattle SuperSonics 110-91 Tuesday night to sweep the four-game season series.
Tony Parker had 16 points and Tim Duncan added 14 for the Spurs, who had five players in double figures.
Though the game was rarely close, it wasn’t as bad as the beating the Sonics took late last month, when the Spurs beat them 120-79 for one of Seattle’s worst home losses in franchise history.
Chris Wilcox led Seattle with 20 points, followed by Rashard Lewis with 19 and Johan Petro with 14.
Only four Spurs players didn’t hit a 3-pointer in last month’s rout, when San Antonio’s 16 3s established a franchise record.
The 3s were contained to two players this time, but there were still plenty of them. That was even without Brent Barry, a 45 percent 3-point shooter who is third in the league. He was out with back spasms.
Bowen tied his career high for 3-pointers. His last one, which he hit from the corner with 5 minutes left in the third, gave the Spurs a 20-point lead.
Michael Finley hit three 3s to help the Spurs finish 9 of 21 (43 percent) from behind the arc. Seattle was 2 of 8 (25 percent). Finley, who started in place of Barry, had 13 points and has scored in double digits in his last six games.
Fabricio Oberto had 11 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio.
Down 26 points to open the fourth, two short of their biggest deficit of the game, Seattle went on an 8-0 run to make it 91-73. It was the closest the Sonics got in the fourth.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich had subbed out all of his starters less than halfway through the period. Only starter Damien Wilkins remained in for Seattle until the end.
Notes
Spurs forward Robert Horry was out with an abdominal contusion. … Seattle forward Andre Brown was out for nasal reduction surgery. Brown broke his nose in the first quarter of last Wednesday’s game against Denver. … The Spurs have won five straight at home against Seattle. … San Antonio is 29-4 this season when scoring at least 100 points. … The Spurs outrebounded the Sonics 41-22.