Spurs notch 20th straight win

The San Antonio Spurs have taken a 2-0 lead in their NBA Western Conference finals series against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

A spectacular shooting performance propelled the Spurs to a 120-111 victory at the AT&T Center on Tuesday.

With victory, San Antonio become just the fourth team in NBA history to notch 20 consecutive wins with their last loss coming back in April against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Even more impressive is that 10 of those have come in the play-offs with the Spurs sweeping the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Clippers in the first two rounds.

Tony Parker was in irresistible form, shooting just under 74 percent from the field on his way to a game-high 34 points and eight assists.

Manu Ginobili again provided valuable support off the bench with 20 points, while Kawhi Leonard drained three three-pointers in his 18 points, as well as pulling down 10 rebounds.

San Antonio set up their victory with a dominant first half that saw them open up an 11-point lead at the long break.

They carried their momentum into the third quarter where they added another 37 points to at one stage lead by 22 points.

Oklahoma did mount a charge to close within six points midway through the final term, but the Spurs were never seriously threatened.

Kevin Durant led the way for the Thunder with 31 points, while James Harden (30 points) and Russell Westbrook (27) were also strong contributors.

Game three of the series will be at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma on Thursday.

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