Around The NBA: Spurs Beat Pacers For 4-0 Start

Around The NBA: Spurs Beat Pacers For 4-0 Start

The San Antonio Spurs have won four NBA championships, made 32 playoff appearances and captured 18 division titles in their 40-year history.

However for all their success, they had never started a season with four straight victories.

But at last, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and the Spurs finally did so Monday night, rolling past the Indiana Pacers 101-79 to remain victorious.

''I'm surprised we're still doing records,'' Parker said. ''It seems like we did everything, but that's another one. That's great.''

''It's just a stat, not that important in the long-term,'' Manu Ginobili said. ''But at this point we are enjoying it. It's curious that a team this successful hasn't started that well before.''

The Spurs upended the Pacers (2-2) with what has become a familiar formula in recent years.

Gary Neal scored 17 points, DeJuan Blair 14 and Stephen Jackson 12 to pace San Antonio's reserves. The Spurs outscored the Pacers' bench 57-35.

''That's kind of been our motto,'' Neal said. ''With Manu coming off and Stephen Jackson, those guys could be starting on any team in the NBA. We are a deep team. We've just got to maintain effort when the bench comes in.''

Duncan added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and Parker finished with six points, seven assists and only one turnover.

Former Spurs guard George Hill led Indiana with 15 points. Paul George added 14 points and David West had 10.

The Spurs needed a boost from their bench after a slow start.

Both teams aggressively defended the point early, resulting in a combined 4-for-16 shooting from the field in the first 5 minutes.

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