Duncan leads Spurs past the Suns

Tim Duncan had 33 points -- 13 in the fourth quarter -- and 19 rebounds Saturday night to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 108-101 victory over the Phoenix Suns at San Antonio and a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference second-round series.

Manu Ginobili also had the kind of game San Antonio needed from him after poor performances in Games 1 and 2. Despite a bloodied eye, he had 24 points, including 10 in less than two minutes in the third quarter.

Phoenix point guard Steve Nash was scoreless in the first half and finished with 16 points. He had 10 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough as the Suns got as close as 99-93 with 3:22 left and 104-98 with 1:42 to go.

Shawn Marion led the Suns with 26 points. Amare Stoudemire finished with 21 but was in foul trouble for most of the second half.

Bruce Bowen’s three-point basket with eight minutes left in the third quarter was the go-ahead basket for San Antonio and gave it a 62-60 lead.

New Jersey 96, Cleveland 85 -- Jason Kidd got the Nets back into the Eastern Conference semifinals by doing what he does best: a bit of everything. Kidd had his 11th postseason triple-double, breaking a tie with Larry Bird for second place on the career list, and the Nets cut the Cavaliers’ lead in the series to 2-1.

Kidd, who is averaging a triple-double in this postseason, finished with 23 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds at East Rutherford, N.J. He even took some turns defending LeBron James, who was limited to 18 points in the lowest-scoring postseason game of his career. James made only five of 16 shots and failed to score at least 20 points for the first time in his 20 playoff games.