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PHILADELPHIA -- The San Antonio Spurs showed the
Philadelphia 76ers how to do it their way. Danny Green
scored 18 points, Tony Parker had 14 and the Spurs rolled
to an easy 109-85 victory over the 76ers on Monday night.
The defending Western Conference champions are off to a
7-1 start following consecutive wins in New York and
Philadelphia. "Its been pretty good basketball for us,"
Green said. "Were moving the ball, cleaned things up
defensively and were headed in the right direction." Evan
Turner scored 20 points and Spencer Hawes had 17 for the
Sixers, who couldnt give coach Brett Brown a better
effort in his first game against his former team. Brown
spent 11 years in San Antonio, including seven as an
assistant under Gregg Popovich and was part of the teams
four championships. "Thats the Spurs and thats what we
aspire to get to," Brown said. Popovich didnt enjoy the
experience. "Its no fun at all," he said. "If you win,
you sort of feel bad. If you lose, you sort of feel happy
for him. Its a weird feeling because youre supposed to
want to win. When I coached against Larry (Brown), we
both hated it every time." The Spurs didnt even need Tim
Duncan, who was given a rest in the second of back-to-
back games. The surprising Sixers are 4-4, a far better
start than expected. Oddsmakers predicted they would win
fewer than 17 games this season. "The biggest thing we
take away is their unselfishness on both sides of the
ball," Hawes said. "They sell out defensively and theyre
excited about making that extra pass on offence. We run
the same offence. You look at the way they did it and
say: Thats how its supposed to be." Duncan, the three-
time NBA Finals MVP, had 11 points and 10 rebounds in
Sundays 120-89 rout of the Knicks at Madison Square
Garden. This one was pretty much the same kind of
laugher. The Sixers missed their first seven shots, and
the Spurs closed out the first quarter on a 14-0 run to
take a 31-13 lead. Seven players scored for San Antonio
in the opening 12 minutes, and that was just the start.
In a reversal, the Spurs missed their first seven shots
in the second quarter, while the Sixers went on a 10-0
run to get within 31-23 following Turners 3-pointer.
Boris Diaw ended that run with a layup and a hook shot.
Green then hit a 3 to give the Spurs a double-digit lead
for good, 46-34. They were up 19 at halftime and
increased the lead to 29 by the middle of the third
quarter. All the starters were on the bench by the start
of the fourth quarter. "We were not playing that well the
previous four games," Manu Ginobili said. "But in New
York and here, we really took care of business from
minute one. We made it look easy." The Spurs had more 3-
pointers (13) than free throws attempted (11). Six
players scored in double figures for San Antonio,
including Kawhi Leonard (13) and Marco Belinelli (12).
"Hes a young kid and sometimes he defers to everybody
else on the court," Popovich said of Leonard. "We talked
about it at halftime and he did his thing." Rookie
Michael Carter-Williams had a season-low eight points on
2-for-11 shooting for Philadelphia. NOTES: Brown had a
steady stream of visitors in his office before the game,
including Parker. Brown had dinner with Popovich and the
Spurs staff on Sunday night. ... The Sixers have trailed
by double digits in six of their games this season. ...
The Spurs have won the last five games vs. Philadelphia.
... The Spurs are 4-1 when scoring over 100 points.
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