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San Antonio, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Tony Parker scored 17 points to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a comfortable 99-85 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday. Kawhi Leonard scored 15 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, and Manu Ginobili also added 15 points to help the Spurs win for the fourth time in five games. Tim Duncan chipped in 14 points and seven boards. The Lakers lost their seventh straight game hours after confirming Kobe Bryant tore a rotator cuff, putting his season in jeopardy. Nick Young led Los Angeles with 17 points, and Carlos Boozer, Jordan Hill, Wayne Ellington and Jordan Clarkson joined him in double figures. We havent just scrapped the season ... were still going to try and win basketball games, Lakers coach Byron Scott said. Without Bryant, the Lakers allowed San Antonio to open the game with a 9-0 lead. Duncan hit shots on back-to-back possessions, and Parkers jumper following a Duncan block extended the lead to nine. Clarkson got the first Los Angeles bucket 3 1/2 minutes into the game. The Spurs went on a 10-0 run with five points from Leonard later in the quarter to go up 25-8 and led 31-15 after one period. Los Angeles would not pull within single digits for the remainder of the game. We feel good that we played at a good pace on a back-to-back, said Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. San Antonios lead fluctuated between 16-23 points on its way to a 56-38 lead at the break. Despite missing all five 3-point attempts in the quarter, the Spurs shot 50 percent and never allowed the Lakers to gain ground. Despite poor Spurs shooting in the third quarter, the Lakers were still unable to pull within single digits, and San Antonio took a 76-61 lead into the final period. Wesley Johnsons 3 cut San Antonios lead down to 10 points with 10 minutes to play, but a 7-0 Spurs run ended the Lakers comeback chances. Ginobili immediately responded with an acrobatic layup at the other end, and Patty Mills triple not even a minute later extended San Antonios advantage to 17 points. Game Notes Los Angeles fell to 2-7 without Bryant in the lineup ... The Spurs improved to 9-5 in the second game of a back-to-back ... Lakers point guard Jeremy Lin was a healthy scratch ... The Spurs improved to 7-0 when holding their opponent below 40 percent shooting ... San Antonio outrebounded the Lakers, 52-40 ... The Spurs won the season series, 2-1. Brett Hull Jersey . -- Conner Bleackley got it done in regulation time and in the shootout. Chris Pronger Jersey . Cruz set the tone with a two-run homer in the first inning, and Baltimore scored eight times in the eighth to pull away for a 12-3 victory in Game 1. The major league leader with 40 homers during the regular season, Cruz added an RBI single to his early blast off Max Scherzer. http://www.cheapbluesjerseys.info/authentic-pavol-demitra-blues-jersey/ . 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With a victory in Thursday nights game, Toronto would stop a streak of 20 consecutive winless road series against the Rays. The Blue Jays, who have won two of three against the Rays to start a four-game set, havent won a series at Tampa Bay since April 2007. Of the 20 series, the Blue Jays have lost 19 and split one. "Obviously, it hasnt been a good place for this team," Buehrle said. "Hopefully come out and take this series tomorrow and get off to an even better start." Buehrle (1-0) struck out 11 and walked one. "It was a tremendous game for him," Toronto manager John Gibbons said. "A great effort, I dont know how else to describe it." It was just the second career double-digit strikeout games in 430 major league starts for Buehrle. The other was a 12-strikeout game on April 16, 2005, against Seattle, while with the Chicago White Sox. "That ball was running, ducking, and darting," Gibbons said. Sergio Santos entered after Ben Zobrist had a two-out single off Buehrle in the ninth and walked Evan Longoria. Brett Cecil then struck out pinch-hitter Matt Joyce for his first save. Bautista put the Blue Jays ahead 1-0 on his first homer of the season, a solo shot off Matt Moore (0-1) in the fourth. Dioner Navarro made it 2-0 later in the inning with an RBI single. Toronto went up 3-0 on Bautistas second homer, a towering solo drive to left off Josh Lueke during the seventh.dddddddddddd It was the sluggers 22nd multihomer game. "For the most part their offence was centred around one guy. He can do that kind of stuff," Rays manager Joe Maddon. Moore gave up two runs, six hits and three walks in 5 2-3 innings. The Blue Jays had runners on first and second with two outs in the first when Longoria got a forceout at third after leaping to catch Navarros grounder that went airborne after hitting the base. Toronto third baseman Brett Lawrie saved a run in the fifth when he made a leaping catch on Sean Rodriguezs liner with a runner on a second. "Our defence was amazing," Buehrle said. "If they dont make some of those plays, Im not out there probably past the sixth inning. It was a perfect storm. Everything worked out." Notes: Tampa Bay RHP Chris Archer and Blue Jays RHP Brandon Morrow are Thursdays scheduled starters. Archer and the Rays agreed to a $25.5 million, six-year deal on Wednesday. The contract includes club options for 2020 and 2021 that could raise the value to $43.75 million. ... Blue Jays SS Jose Reyes (mild left hamstring inflammation) is getting treatment and feeling better. He hopes to return in a couple weeks. ... Toronto closer Casey Janssen, on the 15-day disabled list due to a strain in his left abdominal area and lower back, threw in the outfield. ... Rays OF David DeJesus (bruised right foot) was out of the lineup for the second straight game and is day to day. ... Blue Jays LHP J.A. Happ (back tightness) had a bullpen session. ... Toronto agreed to a minor league contract with INF Juan Francisco. ' ' '