[外電] Paul has steal in 106th straight game as Hornets win
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NEW ORLEANS -- After his history-making swipe, Chris Paul helped the Hornets
steal a victory from the San Antonio Spurs.
Paul set an NBA record with a steal in his 106th straight regular-season game
and had 19 points and 12 assists to lead New Orleans to a 90-83 comeback
victory Wednesday night.
Paul broke Alvin Robertson's NBA mark -- which stood since 1986 -- when he
deflected and quickly corralled an attempted pass by Tony Parker late in the
second quarter.
"It's an unbelievable achievement. Hopefully nobody else will come break it,"
said Paul, who often preaches the importance of getting turnovers in order to
ignite the transition offense he leads so creatively. "I figure since I set
the record, why not smash it? Let's see how long it can go."
David West scored 21 points for New Orleans, hitting a pair of late 3s to
help erase a seven-point deficit in the last 5 minutes.
"Luckily, they went down," West said. "I just let them go. That's what you've
got to do. You can't be thinking. Obviously, knowing we were down, we just
needed some plays. We needed something good to happen for us and it didn't
stop there. Other guys made some big plays down the stretch and were able to
really push us forward."
With the victory, the Hornets (15-7) narrowly held on to first place in the
rugged Southwest Division, moving ahead of idle Houston (16-9) by a half-game
and the Spurs (15-9) by a full game.
Parker led San Antonio with 20 points, and Tim Duncan had 16 points and 11
rebounds.
Paul got a brief rest to start the fourth quarter before checking back in
with 8:50 to go and New Orleans trailing 74-67. Soon after, he converted a
layup while getting fouled on a ball fake as he hung in the air. He then used
a crafty bounce pass to set up West for an open jumper that pulled New
Orleans to 75-72 with 6:25 to go.
Those plays sparked a 23-8 Hornets run to close out the game.
"I know when coach calls on me in the fourth quarter, that's my time to do
what I do," Paul said. "I knew I had to be aggressive. We didn't have another
quarter left. Don't hold anything back."
The Spurs, who lead 74-65 after Manu Ginobili's driving layup early in the
fourth quarter, did little else to help themselves offensively the rest of
the period, when they shot 19 percent (4-of-21).
"New Orleans did a great job down the stretch," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich
said. "They had mental and physical toughness. ... They just outplayed us in
the last four minutes. They made a couple of shots, we didn't, and that was
the game."
Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 11 rebounds and gave the Hornets the lead
for good with a pair of free throws with 2:13 to go. On the Spurs' next
possession, the Hornets got a stop and took off on the fast break, which
Rasual Butler converted when he put back James Posey's miss. Posey then hit a
3 to make it 85-79 with 1:06 to go and San Antonio did not threaten again.
Butler finished with 13 points for the Hornets, who needed him to produce
with Peja Stojakovic sidelined by back spasms.
Ginobili was 3-of-4 from 3-point range and had 17 points and nine rebounds
for San Antonio, but was neutralized for the last 10 minutes of the game.
San Antonio hit 9-of-26 3-pointers (34.6 percent), but the Hornets responded
with 7-of-17 shooting (41.2 percent) from long range. New Orleans outshot San
Antonio overall, 43.2 percent to 38.8 percent.
The Hornets, who've won three straight and 10 of their last 12 games, also
appeared to be the hungrier team inside, outrebounding the Spurs 48-39.
Defense defined much of the game from the outset. The first quarter ended
with the Spurs leading 15-14 after George Hill's 3 from the corner.
Parker's fast break layup as he was fouled by Paul capped a 7-0 run that gave
San Antonio a 30-26 lead, but the Hornets rallied back to take a 33-32 lead
on Paul's 16-foot jumper, which he hit two possessions after victimizing
Parker for his record-breaking steal.
The crowd was still buzzing from Paul's exploits when Parker got his revenge,
bottling up Paul and stripping him near midcourt before setting up Ginobili
for a fast-break 3. Parker then added a jumper and banked in a 3, giving San
Antonio its largest lead of the half at 42-35 before Paul hit a driving layup
just before time expired in the second quarter.
恭喜保羅阿！ 連續106場都有抄截 這記錄真是酷！
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