With great performances from the wing Kawhi Leonard and pivot LaMarcus Aldridge, the San Antonio Spurs won on Saturday (local time) the Toronto Raptors 102-95 at the AT & T Center, setting a new franchise record.
With the result, the Spurs reached 64 wins in the regular season, surpassing the 63 wins achieved in 2005-2006 when the team ended up being later defeated in the Western Conference finals by the Dallas Mavericks.
Leonard, with 33 points, six rebounds and seven assists, and Aldridge with 31 points and 15 rebounds, were the highlights of the house owners in victory, facilitated by the Toronto Raptors of the decision to save its two main players, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan .
Another who did not play by decision of the coach of the Canadian franchise, Dwane Casey was Brazilian Lucas baby.
The rest was given because both teams have already qualified for the playoffs. The Spurs, with 64 wins and 12 losses on the season, are the second West, behind the Golden State Warriors. Toronto is already the deputy leader of the East (51-25), conference led by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In other games Saturday, the Miami Heat, the third place in the East, lost away from home to the Portland Trail Blazers, sixth place in the West by 110 to 93. And in the duel of two teams have no chance of advancing to the playoffs, the Sacramento Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 115-106.
Earlier, in direct confrontation for the last waves of the East in the postseason, the Detroit Pistons, eighth place in the conference defeated the Chicago Bulls by 94-90 in Chicago, which ranks ninth. The Indiana Pacers, in the seventh, overcame without difficulty the Philadelphia 76ers by 115-102.
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