OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- For most of the second half, Tim Duncan

appeared to be shut down by Troy Murphy. As it turned out, Duncan

simply was waiting until the last possible minute to put the San

Antonio Spurs on his shoulders.

Tony Parker scored 23 points and Duncan shook off a terrible

game to score the Spurs' final five points in their sixth straight

victory, 89-86 over the slumping Golden State Warriors on Thursday

night.

Duncan managed just 16 points and 11 rebounds under tight

defense from Murphy, but the All-Star game starter emerged from a

15-minute personal scoring drought just in time to secure San

Antonio's 28th victory in 32 meetings with Golden State.

That was no surprise to his teammates, who were rewarded with a

rare weekend off from coach Gregg Popovich after six straight road

victories.

"He played great in the last two minutes," Parker said of

Duncan, who has struggled with a foot injury for much of the year.

"I'm predicting 50 points by Timmy in the next game. After the

rest, he's going to be on fire."

Duncan got a good start on that burst in the final 2:27 against

Golden State. He also forced a key turnover in the final minutes by

the Warriors, who lost for the sixth time in seven games despite

plenty of chances to steal a win from the defending NBA champions.

"It's great to get these types of wins, because we haven't

played well this season, but we've found a way to win, just like

this," Duncan said.

Murphy scored 22 points and mostly shut down Duncan, who went

6-of-16 and didn't even take a shot for more than 16 minutes in the

second half. Baron Davis scored 17 points on 5-of-17 shooting, but

didn't take the Warriors' final shots after getting staggered by an

inadvertent elbow from teammate Andris Biedrins in the final

minute.

Jason Richardson sat out again with a sore back, leaving the

Warriors without their leading scorer for the fourth straight game.

The final minutes were fraught with the poor execution and bad

decisions that have catalyzed their slump.

"It hurts, especially because I felt like we're playing better

down the stretch," Davis said. "It's disappointing. We're

gettting there, and we're learning. We've just got to keep

ourselves in the game, and then we have to close it out."

Manu Ginobili scored 18 points for the Spurs, who went ahead

85-84 on Duncan's free throw with 2:27 to play. Duncan hit a jumper

in traffic on the next possession, but Golden State got within a

point on Derek Fisher's long jumper with his foot on the 3-point

line with 34 seconds left.

Duncan then missed a jumper but got his own rebound while

getting fouled, and he hit two free throws with 10.2 seconds left.

Fisher and Mickael Pietrus missed potential tying 3-pointers in the

final seconds.

With seven games left before the All-Star break, the Warriors

know they're running out of time to stay in the playoff race.

"We've said this a bunch this season ... but we really played

the game well and came up a rebound or two short," said Mike

Dunleavy, who had 13 points and seven rebounds. "If we can move on

from this and build, then it's a good thing."

Rasho Nesterovic had 12 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio

in the third stop of an eight-game road trip required by the annual

rodeo going on at the AT&T Center. But the Spurs got a

mini-vacation from Popovich before their next game Wednesday in

Toronto, allowing Parker to head away from Oakland with TV-star

girlfriend Eva Longoria for a weekend off.

"We're still searching, still trying to get to the level we

were at last year," Popovich said. "We're not there yet, but

they're finding ways to win games."

Both clubs also played in other cities on Wednesday night, and

they traded the lead throughout a tight second half. San Antonio

went ahead on Ginobili's three-point play early in the fourth

quarter, but the Warriors tied it at 84 on Murphy's jumper with

3:20 to play.Game notes
Former Warriors center Manute Bol got a standing ovation

when he appeared near the tunnel to the locker room with Chris

Mullin during the second quarter. The 7-foot-7 Bol played 10 NBA

seasons with four teams. ... Spurs G Nick Van Exel missed his third

straight game with a sore left elbow. ... Golden State C Adonal

Foyle left the game in the third quarter with a bloody nose.