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SAN ANTONIO -- Kawhi Leonard scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half, and the San Antonio Spurs held off the Minnesota Timberwolves 104-86 on Sunday night for their fourth straight win.Cheap NFL Jerseys . Tim Duncan had 15 points and Tony Parker added 14 points and 10 assists for Western Conference-leading San Antonio. Matt Bonner also scored 14 points -- including 4-for-5 shooting on 3-pointers -- and Marco Belinelli had 13 points and Patty Mills added 10. Nikola Pekovic scored 22 points to lead Minnesota. Kevin Love had 14 points and Alexey Shved added 11. Already without Manu Ginobili and Tiago Splitter, the Spurs lost Danny Green early in the second quarter to a sprained finger. Minus two of their top wings, Leonard took over in the second half. He had nine points in the third quarter, continually cutting to the basket to escape his defender for a series of dunks and layups. Leonards final basket of the quarter was a layup off an assist from Aron Baynes to put San Antonio up 81-71 entering the fourth. Leonard finished 6 for 9 from the field in the second half. Duncan was assessed a technical foul with 4:11 left in the third quarter while awaiting the first of two free throws by Love. Official Karl Lane made the call after Duncan continued protesting a non-call on his missed field-goal attempt on the previous possession. NOTES: Ginobili missed his second straight game with tightness in his left hamstring despite a four-game break between games. ... Green did not return after spraining his left index finger early in the second quarter. Making his second consecutive start after coming off the bench in 11 straight, Green missed his only field-goal attempt and had three rebounds in 9 minutes prior to the injury. ... The Timberwolves have alternated wins and losses in their past eight games. They next play at home Wednesday against Sacramento. ... Splitter (sprained right shoulder) missed his third straight game. Splitter is expected to miss another two to four weeks with the injury, which occurred early in the fourth quarter of San Antonios home victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Jan. 4. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . And fans of the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs will have to wait a little longer to see those teams meet again in the post-season. Jerseys NFL Cheap . Neil Schwartz confirmed the deal to The Associated Press. Tennessee has declined comment on any deals until the team is able to sign veterans Friday afternoon.http://www.jerseysnflwholesale.us/ . All in all, the Red Sox couldnt have found a better way to end a whirlwind weekend. Lester allowed four hits over seven innings, Ortiz went 4 for 4 with his 20th home run and Boston used a 5-0 victory Sunday to earn their first series win over the Orioles in two years.OAKLAND, Calif. -- Denvers hopes of moving up in the Western Conference standings took another serious hit, and guard Ty Lawson is concerned the Nuggets are losing sight of the goal at hand. Lawson had some harsh words for his teammates following Denvers 112-97 loss to Golden State on Saturday -- and for good reason. It marked the third time in the last two weeks that the Nuggets fell to a sub-.500 team and dropped them into the No. 8 seed in the West with Phoenix and Utah only a game behind. Instead of enhancing its playoff position, Denver is now on the fringe of the playoffs as the regular season winds down. "Its getting ridiculous at this point," said Lawson, who had 21 points and six assists. "Were losing to teams we should never ... that we shouldnt lose to, especially with the magnitude of whats going on in the season with the playoff run and where were at. We cant be losing these games." A day after a 105-99 victory over Phoenix, Denver came out fast but finished flat against a Warriors team that had lost 12 of its previous 15 games and is playing without Stephen Curry. This one is bound to stick with the Nuggets for a bit. They jumped out to an early lead behind Aaron Afflalo and had the Warriors on their heels before Golden State rallied to win at home for just the third time since March 1. "Whatever flow we had going in the first, we didnt have for the last two or three quarters," said Afflalo, who finished with 16 points. "We need to string some games together simply for our playoff positioning and hopes. Its almost a must. We kind of have to." David Lee had 17 points and nine rebounds, and the Warriors got a big lift from their reserves to put the dent in Denvers playoff hopes. Brandon Rush added 20 points, Nate Robinson had 14 points and seven assists, and Richard Jefferson scored 10 points to help Golden State, which also outrebounded the Nuggets and scored 58 points in the paint. "Were trying to continue to be aggressive," Lee said. "We know that jumpshots come and go but Nate got in the paint a bunch tonight, as did Charles (Jenkins). I tried to be an insidee threat as well. Jerseys NFL Wholesale. I think it really feeds into our overall game." Nuggets coach George Karls team has dropped both of its games with Golden State this season and doesnt have much time to find a solution. The teams play again in Denver on Monday. Coming off a 30-point night Friday, Afflalo had 13 in the first quarter, including a leaning 19-footer with the Warriors Klay Thompson draped over him as the shot clock buzzer sounded. That was about as good as it got for the Nuggets. After Rushs 32-footer as time expired in the opening period pulled Golden State within 27-26, Lee and Dominic McGuire combined for 15 points in the second quarter to help the Warriors go up by seven at the break. The Nuggets trailed by as much as 17 and looked nothing like a team in the thick of a playoff hunt before making their best run of the night in the third behind Al Harrington. The former Warrior scored eight points in just over two minutes, raising his arms to the booing crowd at Oracle Arena after his fourth 3-pointer of the night cut Golden States lead to 79-71. Harrington later earned a delay of game penalty that resulted in a technical foul. Denver, still playing without injured forward Danilo Gallinari, got within 92-87 on Andre Millers reverse layup with 7:32 left in the fourth but managed only four buckets the rest of the way. "Its exciting to peek every now and that at what we will be," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said. "But we have to make sure that we stay true to the process and continue to do the things that put us in position to one day be real good." NOTES: Denver, which tied a franchise record with only five turnovers in Fridays victory, had eight in the first quarter alone against Golden State and finished with 16 overall. ... Nuggets G Wilson Chandler underwent a second MRI on his strained groin but results were not disclosed. Chandler, who missed his fourth straight game, is scheduled to meet with doctors on Monday to further discuss the situation. ... Karl said Gallinari (fractured left thumb) is expected to play on Monday after missing 10 games with a fractured left thumb. ' ' '