Spurs Spear Bulls – NBA Roundup For February 12th

UNDATED (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs were missing their top three players Monday night, but that didn't stop them from earning a road win against a fellow division leader.

Kawhi (kah-WY') Leonard scored a career-high 26 points and Danny Green added 18 as the Spurs won 103-89 at Chicago. Gary Neal and Tiago (tee-AH'-goh) Splitter each had 16 points for the Spurs, who were without Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili (MAN'-oo jih-NOH'-blee) due to injuries.

San Antonio owns the NBA's best record at 40-12 and, one game ahead of Oklahoma City.

The Bulls remain percentage points ahead of Indiana for the Central Division lead.

Charlotte has put an end to the Boston Celtics' seven-game winning streak.

Byron Mullens had 25 points and 18 rebounds as the Bobcats outlasted the Celts 94-91. Ramon Sessions had 19 points for the Bobcats, including the go-ahead jumper from 18 feet with 25.7 seconds left.

Kevin Garnett had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Celtics, but missed a key 18-footer that would have given Boston the lead late in the game.

Boston was playing one night after winning a triple-overtime game against Denver.

The Los Angeles Clippers have capped a 4-4 road trip by winning the last two games, including tonight's 107-90 win at Philadelphia.

Chris Paul led the way with 21 points and 11 assists, while Blake Griffin and Jamal Crawford each added 20 points. Matt Barnes added 11 points for the Clippers, who lead the NBA's Pacific Division by 5 ½ games over Golden State.

In other NBA action, Brook Lopez poured in 25 points and Brooklyn won for just the second time in nine games by downing Indiana 88-84 in overtime. George Hill had 22 points for the Pacers, who've dropped two straight on their home court since winning 15 in a row at Indiana.

Josh Smith had 26 points and 13 rebounds as Atlanta downed Dallas 105-101, just the Hawks' second victory in their last 10 road games. Al Horford had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Jeff Teague scored 20 points for the winners.

Luke Ridnour scored 21 points and Minnesota snapped an eight-game road losing streak by beating the Cavaliers 100-92 in Cleveland. Ricky Rubio added 13 points and 10 assists as the Timberwolves halted a four-game skid and improved to 4-16 since Kevin Love suffered a broken hand.

Ryan Anderson scored 31 points and Robin Lopez had a double-double as New Orleans hammered Detroit 105-86. Lopez had 23 points and 10 rebounds in the Hornets' third victory in eight games.

Washington had been 3-21 on the road until rookie Brandon Beal scored a season-high 28 points to lead the Wizards past the Bucks 102-90 in Milwaukee. The Wizards have won four straight and are 10-7 since John Wall returned from injury.