Sunday July 6th, 2025 1:30PM

Spurs 95, Hawks 81

By The Associated Press
<p>Tim Duncan beat the stomach flu _ and the Atlanta Hawks.</p><p>Duncan had 17 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks, and Tony Parker scored 27 points to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Hawks 95-81 on Sunday.</p><p>"(Duncan) did a great job, especially with the way he was feeling yesterday," said Manu Ginobili, who missed a game Tuesday night because of the bug.</p><p>"When I was first feeling bad, the following day I was feeling terrible. So I was surprised. I didn't expect him to contribute much."</p><p>Duncan's playing status wasn't certain until about 20 minutes before the game. At least five other Spurs have been affected by the bug.</p><p>"I thought Timmy did a great job coming off the flu he had yesterday to come back and play like he did," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "I didn't think he would play."</p><p>The Hawks (have lost seven straight and 11 of 12 to drop to 9-20. The Hawks have lost nine straight in San Antonio dating to Feb. 15, 1997.</p><p>The Spurs led 67-61 after three quarters, and opened the fourth with a 10-0 run.</p><p>San Antonio outscored the Hawks 14-2 on the fast break in the fourth quarter.</p><p>"We were feeling pretty good about ourselves at the end of the third period down by only six points," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "We need a lot of help offensively. This team is fighting a lack of chemistry."</p><p>San Antonio outrebounded Atlanta 55-43, including a 14-8 advantage in offensive rebounds.</p><p>The Hawks committed only three more turnovers than the Spurs, but San Antonio scored 27 points off the Hawks' 21 mistakes compared to the nine points Atlanta converted off turnovers.</p><p>The Spurs beat Atlanta 23-6 on the fast break, which led to a 54-26 advantage San Antonio had scoring points in the paint.</p><p>Joe Johnson scored 23 points for the Hawks and Josh Childress added 19.</p><p>It was Parker's third straight game scoring more than 20 points and fourth in his last five.</p><p>Led by Ginobili's 8-of-10 performance from the floor, the Duncan-Ginobili-Parker trio combined to shoot 25-of-41. The rest of the team was 12-of-39.</p><p>"It was a great all-around effort," Popovich said.</p><p>Notes:@ Atlanta was 7-22 after 29 games in 2005-06. ... F Robert Horry got his second start of the season for the Spurs, both coming in the past two games because of C Francisco Elson's right torn rotator cuff injury. ... Spurs F Matt Bonner had a season-high seven offensive rebounds.</p>
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