The San Antonio Spurs defeated the Charlotte Hornets, 119 - 114, at Spectrum Center on Wednesday. The Spurs (12 - 3) have long been renowned for their defense, and rightfully so. However the Hornets (8 - 6) were able to pierce San Antonio's armor Wednesday, touching up Gregg Popovich's crew for a season - high 114 points. Charlotte had eight players hit double digits in the scoring column and tallied 51 and 55 percent success rates from the field and three - point range, respectively. Their second unit compiled 45 points overall, but the Spurs countered with standout efforts from Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge, which were pivotal in keeping the Spurs' road record unblemished at 80. Leonard collected 30 points, five rebounds, four assists, a steal and a block to lead the visitors. Aldridge followed with 23 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal. Danny Green was solid with his best effort since returning seven games ago, posting a season - best 16 points and adding three rebounds, two assists and a block. Tony Parker totaled a modest 11 points, three assists, a rebound and a steal, and hit a clutch 23 - foot three - pointer with 22 seconds remaining to extend San Antonio's advantage to 115 - 110. Davis Bertans paced the bench with 11 points. Kemba Walker led the Hornets with 26 points and supplemented them with nine rebounds and seven assists. Nicolas Batum was next with 13 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Roy Hibbert, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Marvin Williams posted a trio of 10 - point efforts and also combined for 10 rebounds. Frank Kaminsky III led the second unit with 13 points, eight rebounds and five assists, while Marco Belinelli and Spencer Hawes supplied 12 and 11 points, respectively, off the bench as well. The Spurs head to Boston to tangle with the Celtics on Friday afternoon, while the Hornets go up north for a Friday evening tussle with the New York Knicks.
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