Spurs win 10th straight with rout of Cavaliers

Spurs win 10th straight with rout of Cavaliers

SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker scored 19 points and the San Antonio Spurs won their 10th in a row with a 116-92 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night.

Off to their best start in franchise history, the Spurs improved their NBA-best record to 11-1 while extending their longest winning streak in nearly three years. Next up: Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic on Monday.

Mo Williams scored 21 points and Daniel Gibson had 17 for the Cavaliers, who played a night after losing on the road to New Orleans — the only team to beat San Antonio so far.

Rookie Tiago Splitter, in the 7-footer's biggest game since the Spurs made him their marquee addition this summer, scored 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting.

Through a dozen games, San Antonio is easily making good on a training camp goal of starting fast.

The Spurs were 6-6 at this stage last season, and paid the price for those early losses with the seventh seed in the West playoffs, their lowest in the Tim Duncan era.

Aside from adding Splitter — a first-round Spurs pick in 2007 who stayed in Europe until now — the roster for the Spurs didn't change much since.

But they certainly don't look the same.

The second-highest scoring team in the NBA behind the Los Angeles Lakers, the Spurs pulled away with a barrage of 3-pointers and a 14-6 burst in the third quarter after Cleveland trailed by seven at halftime. The 24-point win is the biggest blowout so far for the Spurs.

Richard Jefferson scored 14 for San Antonio.

Antawn Jamison had 12 for the Cavaliers, who have lost four of five. Williams was 9 of 15 and had six assists, but was the only starter in double figures for the Cavaliers.

The Spurs made 12 of 25 from behind the 3-point line and had a season-high 32 assists, including nine from Parker. Matt Bonner, who hit four 3s, had 12 points.

Cleveland led by one going into the second quarter, but couldn't keep up while the Spurs shot 63 percent heading into halftime. Manu Ginobili scored all of his 13 points in the second quarter.

Notes: The last time the Spurs won 11 in a row was late in the 2008 season. Their longest streak a year ago was five games. ... Cavaliers center Ryan Hollins was ejected in the fourth quarter when he brought down Splitter with his forearm. ... A night after surpassing David Robinson as the career leading scorer in Spurs history, Duncan took it easy. He scored eight points in 17 minutes.