Spurs beat Hornets to improve NBA mark
0 
Tony Parker scored 19 points as the San Antonio Spurs won 109-84 on Sunday night, beating the New Orleans Hornets for the second time in a week.
Matt Bonner added 14 points, hitting four of five 3-point attempts, as the Spurs improved their NBA-best win-loss record to 17-3 and matched their best start through 20 games since the 2007-08 season.
Chris Paul had 16 points for the Hornets, who have lost four of five. They trailed by 38 and lately look nothing like the team that opened with eight straight wins.
But this win will likely be overshadowed by news on Sunday that Hornets owner George Shinn has agreed to sell the club to the NBA.
In Toronto, Amare Stoudemire had 31 points and a season-high 16 rebounds and Wilson Chandler added 21 points as the New York Knicks extended its road winning streak to seven with a 116-99 win over the Raptors.
Landry Fields had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Raymond Felton had 18 points for the Knicks, who matched their longest road winning streak since a seven-game run between December 27, 1994, and January 22, 1995.
Amir Johnson had a season-high 22 points and a career-high 16 rebounds for Toronto.
In Denver, Nene scored 27 points and Arron Afflalo added 25 as the Nuggets held off Memphis 108-107 to give coach George Karl his 999th NBA victory.
Karl, talking with the Nuggets about an extension through the 2011-12 season, is 999-677 for a winning percentage of .596. Rudy Gay led the Grizzlies with 24 points.
In Newark, New Jersey, Nate Robinson scored 21 points starting in place of an injured Rajon Rondo, leading the Boston Celtics to their seventh straight victory with a 100-75 win over the Nets.
Rondo was a last-minute scratch because of hamstring and foot injuries.
Elsewhere in NBA, it was: Suns 125, Wizards 108; Thunder 114, Warriors 109; and Pistons 102, Cavaliers 92.
