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Tony Parker scored 18 points and Kawhi Leonard added 17 as the Spurs raced to a 114-83 blowout victory over Utah Wednesday night at the AT&T Center.
The victory gave the Spurs a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series. Game 3 will be played in Salt Lake City on Saturday night.
It was the third largest victory in the Spurs’ playoff history and the largest since a 122-88 victory over Sacramento on April 22, 2006.
The Spurs shot 57 percent from the field and had a balanced scoring attack featuring seven players in double figures.
It stretched the Spurs’ consecutive winning streak to a season-best 12 games, including the last 10 games in the regular season.
Josh Howard and Al Jefferson scored 10 points apiece to lead Utah, which shot 34 percent from the field.
Wednesday’s victory punctuated a big night for Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who was presented the Red Auerbach Trophy as the NBA’s Coach of the Year in ceremonies with Tim Duncan and David Robinson on the court shortly before tip-off.
The Spurs blew the game open with a run of 20 consecutive points late in the first half. During the run, Utah missed 12 straight shots and committed three turnovers in the drought that stretched for nearly seven minutes.
— Reported by Tim Griffin of the San Antonio Express-News Blog
