| The National Basketball Association defending | | | | close with four unanswered free throws down the |
| champion San Antonio Spurs won their fourth game in | | | | stretch, but Golden State's Jason Richardson hit the |
| a row, outlasting the Sacramento Kings 96-93 Monday. | | | | final free throw with eight seconds to go to lift the |
| Tony Parker netted 23 points and Tim Duncan added | | | | Warriors. Richardson scored 25 points for the night. |
| 22 and had a season-high 19 rebounds to lead the | | | | In the NBA's only other two games Monday, the Utah |
| Spurs in Sacramento. The Kings rallied to within four | | | | Jazz won for the first time in six games, 100-80 over |
| points of the Spurs late in the fourth quarter, but San | | | | the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Philadelphia 76ers |
| Antonio stayed ahead for the win. | | | | defeated the New Orleans Hornets 103-91. |
| In another close contest, the host Golden State | | | | Some information for this report provided by AP and |
| Warriors edged the New Jersey Nets 100-97 to snap | | | | Reuters. |
| a five-game losing streak. The Nets kept the score | | | | |