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The San Antonio Spurs and the Toronto Raptors, two of the NBA’s most proven and successful teams, will battle to stay unbeaten in their early-season schedules when they square off on Monday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.
San Antonio, missing star forward Kawhi Leonard and point guard Tony Parker because of injuries, relied on its defense to win at Chicago 87-77 on Saturday. LaMarcus Aldridge, who has stepped up as the focal point of the Spurs’ offense because of the injuries, scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead San Antonio over the Bulls.
Aldridge is just the second Spurs player ever to have 25-plus points and 10-plus rebounds in the first two games of a season (Tim Duncan, 2004-05).
“I’ve been in a different mindset since the summer started, and that has carried over to training camp to preseason to now,” Aldridge said. “My mindset coming into the season was to try to be more dominant.”
The Spurs scored 23 points off turnovers in Saturday’s win, which was just the 10th victory in team history at Chicago by double-digits and only the second such victory in the past 10 years. It also allowed San Antonio to snap a three-game losing streak at Chicago that was the second-longest…
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