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Shootout in San Antonio
Nuggets overcome 23-4 deficit to win 129-119

San Antonio, TX (AP) -- In the blink of an eye it was 23-4. The Spurs hit 11 of their first 12 field-goal attempts including two three pointers and had the Nuggets in a big hole. San Antonio built a 30-13 lead before Denver finally got going, as they outscored San Antonio 14-8 to close the quarter. The Nuggets still trailed 38-27 after one quarter of play. San Antonio scorched the nets to the tune of 69% shooting in the opening frame and also shot 3/6 from three. Richard Jefferson and Manu Ginobili combined to score 17 of the Spurs 38 points on a combined 7/11 shooting and accounted for all of the team's three point makes and attempts.

Manu Ginobili's 37 points weren't enough for the Spurs

Both teams were on fire in the second quarter as the Nuggets outscored the Spurs 39-32 to make it a 70-66 game. Denver shot 15/24 from the floor and 5/7 from three in the second as the Spurs shot 12/23 and 3/6 from three in the period. It was a Tyler Hansbrough and-one that broke a 72-72 tie and gave Denver their first lead, 75-72, with 8:24 to play in the third quarter. In a nip-and-tuck third quarter, Denver outscored San Antonio 30-25 to hold a slim 96-95 lead heading into the fourth.

It was the Tyler Hansbrough show down the stretch in the fourth quarter as the 6'9" power-forward scored 14 points in the final six minutes to extend the Denver lead to as much as 10 points, and that was the final margin of victory for Denver as they won 129-119. Overcoming a 23-4 deficit early, Denver more than earned their 22nd victory of the season.

Denver Nuggets (22-4) at San Antonio Spurs (13-12)
Jan 8, 2012 1 2 3 4 Final Denver 27 39 30 33 129 San Antonio 38 32 25 24 119 Top Performers Denver Nuggets Ty Lawson: 22 pts, 13 ast, 5 reb, 1 stl Tyler Hansbrough: 21 pts, 9 reb, 1 ast San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili: 37 pts, 4 reb, 5 ast, 3 stl Tony Parker: 14 pts, 8 reb, 8 ast, 2 stl, 1 blk	Team Stats Comparison DEN SAS FG Made-Att 46/86 47/91 3PT Made-Att 8/15 11/26 FT Made-Att 29/40 14/20 Rebounds 45 44 Assists 28 26 Turnovers 11 16 Steals 11 10 Blocks 5 4
Denver Nuggets STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Ty Lawson 33 9/19 2/4 2/5 5 13 1 0 4 22 Tyler Hansbrough 32 8/15 0/0 5/6 9 1 0 0 0 21 Nene 30 4/6 0/0 4/6 7 3 2 0 1 12 Danilo Gallinari 30 5/8 2/3 6/6 4 3 3 1 1 18 Aaron Afflalo 26 8/12 4/5 3/4 2 0 1 1 2 23 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Andre Miller 17 3/7 0/1 2/2 0 4 1 1 1 8 Jonas Valanciunas 15 3/6 0/0 3/5 6 1 2 0 1 9 Rudy Fernandez 14 0/4 0/1 4/4 5 1 0 0 0 4 Chris Andersen 13 4/4 0/0 0/2 5 0 1 2 0 8 Corey Brewer 11 2/4 0/0 0/0 2 2 0 0 0 4
San Antonio Spurs STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Richard Jefferson 36 8/13 3/6 2/2 2 3 1 0 2 21 DeJuan Blair 35 5/15 0/1 4/8 15 1 1 2 2 14 Tony Parker 35 7/18 0/2 0/0 8 8 2 1 4 14 Manu Ginobili 33 14/25 7/14 2/3 4 5 3 0 0 37 Tim Duncan 16 2/2 0/0 1/2 1 3 1 1 0 5 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Kawhi Leonard 19 4/5 0/0 1/1 2 1 1 0 1 9 Tiago Splitter 12 1/2 0/0 2/2 4 0 0 0 3 4 Gary Neal 12 2/5 0/1 0/0 2 0 0 0 3 4 T.J. Ford 10 2/2 0/0 0/0 1 5 1 0 0 4 Matt Bonner 7 1/1 0/0 2/2 3 0 0 0 1 4 James Anderson 6 1/2 1/2 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 3