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Spurs snap Grizzlies’ four-game winning streak

SAN ANTONIO — Kawhi Leonard scored 19 points, Tony Parker had 18 and the San Antonio Spurs snapped the Memphis Grizzlies’ four-game winning streak with a 92-82 victory Saturday night.

Manu Ginobili added 15 points for San Antonio, which is unbeaten in six home games.

Tim Duncan had 10 points, including a pair of running floaters in the lane in the final 90 seconds to seal the victory, as well as 10 rebounds.

Mike Conley had 16 points and Courtney Lee added 15 points off the bench.

Memphis’ only lead came on Tony Allen’s 20-foot jumper to open the game.

Neither team had its starting power forward. LaMarcus Aldridge was a late scratch with a sprained left ankle, his first missed game with San Antonio. Memphis’ Zach Randolph was in uniform, but did not play in his second straight game due to right knee soreness.

Ginobili returned from a two-game absence to give the Spurs an early spark.

He scored 12 straight points in 3 minutes bridging the first and second quarters. After making three straight 3-pointers, the 38-year-old stepped in front of a pass on the wing to Lee and beat the younger Grizzlies guard down the court for a left-handed layup.

Kings 97, Magic 91

ORLANDO, Fla. — At times during his career, frustration has gotten the best of Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins.

He did the frustrating against the Orlando Magic.

Cousins had 29 points and 12 rebounds as the Kings held off the Magic 97-91 on Saturday night.

It was just the latest complete performance for Cousins, who has recorded four straight games with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. He also went 13 for 15 from the free throw line and had six assists.

“I don’t think I was as aggressive as I usually am, but that’s just kind of how the game went,” Cousins said. “I didn’t really have to be as aggressive, we kept moving the ball.”

He was back in the lineup after serving a one-game suspension for hitting Atlanta’s Al Horford with a forearm to the head on Wednesday.

Cousins carried the offensive load for the Kings in the first half, scoring 15 points. Sacramento entered the night averaging nearly 104 points per game, but recovered from shooting just 37 percent from the field in the opening 24 minutes.

Rajon Rondo added 13 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for Sacramento, which had lost two in a row. Marco Belinelli chipped in 13 points off the bench.

Trailing 65-61, the Kings outscored the Magic 22-2 in the final 5:03 of the third quarter to take an 83-67 lead into the fourth. Sacramento led by as many as 16 points in the final period.

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