Spurs 88, Hawks 85

[dickaufan12]

Charles Smith had 15, Tommy Adams had 13, and Corey Benjamin had 10. I'd link to the box score, but right now, the link on their site doesn't work. From the stats that I saw before and after the game, Dickau played only 7 minutes, shooting 0-1. I'd assume this is because they gave the guys who didn't play too much a chance in the final game.

[Admin]

For the San Antonio Spurs, this may not carry the same prestige as winning the 2003 NBA Championship, but they completed the double, going undefeated and winning the 2003 Reebok Pro Summer League. Damone Brown led a late game rally, including converting an Eddie Gill steal into a 19-foot jumper from the right baseline with 51.2 seconds left in the game, to break an 85-85 tie and made a free-throw with 5.5 seconds left. The Hawks Travis Hansen then missed a desperation three-point attempt at the buzzer, as the Spurs(6-0) finished their week as the only undefeated team, beating the Atlanta Hawks (3-3) today, 88-85.

The Spurs saw their chance at going undefeated going down the drain as they trailed 85-78, with 3:34 left in the game. Evidently, though, losing even one game this week was not in the plans of Damone Brown or Udonis Haslem, as they led the Spurs on a 10-0 run to close out the game. Brown made a fast-break lay-up off a pass from Nate Johnson, hit a free-throw, Haslem got fouled twice and hit all four of this free-throws to tie the game and Brown hit the game winner to keep the Spurs record perfect.

Atlanta looked poised to pull off the upset. They took a 70-64 lead into the fourth quarter and held that lead throughout most of the quarter. A pair of free throws by Corey Benjamin gave the Hawks what looked to be a safe 7-point lead, with 3:34 left. But those would prove to be Atlanta’s last points of the game, as the Hawks just imploded. From that point on, the Hawks shot 0-5 from the field, committed 4 turnovers, 5 fouls and were out-rebounded 7-2.

As was the case yesterday, Atlanta’s bench was its strong point. Charles Smith led the team with 15 points, Tommy Adams had 13 points and Benjamin had 10. Ernest Brown who had 22 points and 7 rebounds paced the Spurs. Johnson added 16 and Damone Brown, the hero for the Spurs, had 14 points off the bench.

The Spurs were led during the week by Devin Brown who averaged 15.8 points per game. Haslem was one of the league’s top rebounders, averaging 7.7 boards per game. Smith led Atlanta in scoring this week with 11.5 points per game.