Streaking Spurs silence Jazz for 1-0 series lead
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tony Parker scored a game-high 28 points and the red-hot San Antonio Spurs rolled to a 106-91 victory over the Utah Jazz on Sunday in the opening game of their best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final.
For the West's top-seeded Spurs, who were upset in the opening round last year despite also being the No. 1 seed, the victory was their 11th consecutive after closing out the regular season with a 10-0 run.
After the Jazz held the regular season's second-highest scoring team to just two points in the game's first two minutes, the Spurs went on an 8-0 run late in the first quarter to grab control and broke open the contest with 31 points in the third.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tim Duncan added 17 points and 11 rebounds while Stephen Jackson came off the bench to score 14 points for the Spurs, who at 50-16 shared the league's best regular season record with the Eastern Conference's Chicago Bulls.
Eighth-seeded Utah, which used a five-game winning streak to squeeze into the playoffs, was led by Paul Millsap's 20 points.
Game Two is Wednesday in San Antonio.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo North Carolina; Editing by Frank Pingue)