CHARLOTTE, N.C. _ The road certainly agrees with the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs improved their record away from AT&T Center to 8-0 with a 119-114 victory Wednesday over the Charlotte Hornets at Spectrum Center. Kawhi Leonard led the Spurs (12-3) with 30 points, but the Hornets (8-6) gave San Antonio a battle throughout.
Point guard Kemba Walker closed Charlotte's deficit to one with under a minute left, completing a four-point play off a 3-point basket and a free throw. On the ensuing Spurs possession, Walker fouled power forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who made one of two free throws.
That gave the Hornets possession, down two, with 34.2 seconds left. Spurs guard Tony Parker broke up an in-bounds pass. It was originally ruled Hornets ball, but overturned upon review. Parker then nailed a 3-pointer from the corner for a five-point lead with 22 seconds left.
The Hornets lost the ball on the next possession when Marco Belinelli (12 points, four rebounds, three assists) was ruled not to have in-bounded the ball within five seconds. Charlotte got back the ball with 18 seconds left when San Antonio's Danny Green stepped out of bounds. Walker made a layup, then Parker hit two free throws to extend the Spurs' lead to five with 10 seconds left.
Walker finished with 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
