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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. 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. Air Max Elite Sale . As Valanciunas was whistled for a rare technical toward the end of the third quarter - a result of waving his hand at an official after being called for a foul - Lowry pulled the Raptors sophomore aside, corralling him by his jersey and patting him on the back. Adidas Superstar Sale . The 31-year-old Spain midfielder hasnt played since Madrid lost in the Copa del Rey final to Atletico Madrid in May due to back and foot injuries. https://www.wholesaleshoesforcheap.com/n...ez-sale/.C. -- After turning Tobacco Road into "Raleigh Top," Tennessee is headed to the round of 16. Air Jordan 29 Sale . You can see all the action on TSN2 beginning at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. Chicago won two of three games during its stay at the United Center. The club began the homestand with a 5-1 win over Pittsburgh on March 1 and fell to Colorado on Tuesday before posting another blowout win in Thursdays tilt against Columbus. Air Max 92 Sale .That means, of course, that John Wall beat the Spurs for the first time ever — within weeks of his first wins in head-to-head games against nemeses Chris Paul and Derrick Rose.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Greg Olsons experience calling plays and his history mentoring young quarterbacks stood out to Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley.Thats why Bradley chose Olson as his offensive co-ordinator Wednesday.Hes a really, really good developmental coach, Bradley said following Senior Bowl practice in Mobile, Alabama. I think thats what impressed me. And he has a style and a conviction. I just thought he would be a great fit.Olson spent the past two seasons as Oaklands offensive co-ordinator. That followed a one-year stint as Jacksonvilles assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach — Coach Mike Mularkey, Olson and several other assistants were fired after a 2-14 season.Olson replaces Jedd Fisch, who was fired after two lacklustre seasons in which the Jaguars were ranked at or near the bottom of the NFL in nearly every offensive category.The Raiders werent much better under Olsons direction. Oakland ranked last in total offence this past season, finishing 32nd in rushing and 26th in passing. But rookie quarterback Derek Carr threw for 3,270 yards, with 21 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The Raiders ranked 23rd in total offence in 2013.We dont get caught up in traditional numbers like that, Bradley said. Were looking at does the team get better? And the talent he has, do they progress? Do you see improvement?The Jaguars will lean on Olson to help develop first-round draft pick Blake Bortles, who threw 11 touchdowns and 17 interceptions as a rookie and was sacked 55 times.Olson also has threee other offensive co-ordinator stops in the NFL: Detroit (2005), St.dddddddddddd Louis (2006-07) and Tampa Bay (2009-11). Bradley and Olson worked together in 2008.His best season came with the Rams in 2006. St. Louis ranked sixth in the NFL in total offence and became the fourth team in league history to have a 4,000-yard passer (Marc Bulger), a 1,500-yard rusher (Steven Jackson) and two 1,000-yard receivers (Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce) in the same season.I remember him from my time in Atlanta when we played him in Tampa and what he did there with Josh Freeman and that young offence, Jaguars general manager Dave Caldwell said. They went 10-6 that year and did a really nice job. Kind of exceeded everybodys expectations and did a really nice job with a young quarterback so Ive known about Greg for a long time. I know Gus has worked with him and all the feedback that we get on him is extremely good.Olson joins former Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone as offensive changes heading into Bradleys third season. Bradley hired Marrone on Tuesday as assistant head coach and offensive line coach. He replaced George Yarno, who left the team last summer to undergo cancer treatment.For us, developing the young quarterback and just putting them in position to succeed, Caldwell said. You combine (Olson) with coach Marrone, and with those two guys working together, its a lot of experience coming into our room that we did not have previously.___AP NFL website: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '