NBA teams
OKC

81

52-30
Final
SA

103

59-23
RecapBox Score
1 2 3 4 T
OKC 22 13 22 24 81
SA 35 27 13 28 103
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio
19y

Parker leads Spurs with 29 points, Duncan adds 22

San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder

SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- Not having to deal much with Ray Allen or
Vladimir Radmanovic made things much easier for the San Antonio
Spurs on Sunday night.

Not having those two key players could make future playoff games
a lot tougher for the Seattle SuperSonics.

San Antonio already had a double-digit lead when the Sonics lost
both Allen and Radmanovic to right ankle sprains in the second
quarter. After that, the Spurs' lead reached 30 points before
halftime in a 103-81 victory in the opener of their second-round series.

Seattle coach Nate McMillan said X-rays were negative for both
players. Allen is listed as questionable, while Radmanovic isn't likely to play in Game 2 and might sit out the remainder of the playoffs, depending on how long the series lasts. He left the locker room on crutches and didn't speak to reporters.

Game 2 in the best-of-seven series is Tuesday night.

"I don't want to even think about not having Ray Allen right
now," said Sonics center Jerome James, adding that if Allen can't
play, "I am more than ready to step up and play like I did in the
last series."

Neither Allen nor Radmanovic were in the locker room after the
game.

The injuries occurred in a span of less than a minute early in
the second quarter, and the Spurs took advantage by going on a 17-2
run that made it 58-28 with about two minutes remaining in the
half.

Allen, an All-Star who averaged 32.4 points in the SuperSonics'
first-round series win over Sacramento, got hurt while driving to
the basket.

"He means to them what Timmy [Duncan] means to us," said Spurs
coach Gregg Popovich. "He's huge and makes the whole team
confident."

Radmanovic rolled his ankle while defending Brent Barry and had
to be carried from the court by teammates.

Rashard Lewis, who led the Sonics with 19 points, said the team
has to step up its defense -- with or without Allen in the lineup.

"We are playing a championship team, so we have to get it done
on the defensive end," Lewis said.

San Antonio came out with more energy than it did in Game 1 of
the opening round, which the Spurs lost at home against Denver. San
Antonio then won the next four games to advance.

Tony Parker matched his career playoff high with 29 points for
the Spurs, 11 of them coming in the first quarter.

"The first game against Denver was a great wake-up call for
us," Parker said. "I wanted to make sure that, as a team, we
didn't make the same mistake."

Duncan added 22 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, who shot
51 percent. Glenn Robinson added 16 points.

Antonio Daniels scored 15 for Seattle.

Parker said before the series started that he would attack the
Sonics defense from the get-go, and he was true to his word.

He drove inside for San Antonio's first three baskets. Ten of
the Spurs' 12 field goals in the first quarter were layups, and
Duncan had a dunk.

Manu Ginobili hit a 3-pointer from the left wing to give San
Antonio a 18-8 lead midway through the first. Two layups by Allen
and a short jumper by Lewis cut it to 19-14, but the Spurs then
finished the period by outscoring Seattle 16-8.

San Antonio led by 13 when Radmanovic rolled his ankle.
Radmanovic had suffered a stress fracture in his lower right leg in
March and missed the final 19 games of the regular season. He
played in all five first-round playoff games against the Kings,
averaging 6.4 points and 3.6 rebounds.

Seattle, which trailed 62-35 at the break, finished the second
quarter by shooting 3-for-13 after Allen's injury.

Game notes
The Spurs are 5-0 in the Duncan era when hosting Game 1 of
a Western Conference semifinal series. ... The Spurs' Robert Horry
played in his 181st playoff game, moving past Dennis Johnson for
ninth place all-time. ... McMillan's playoff record is 5-5 as
Seattle's coach. ... Nick Collison beat the third-quarter buzzer
with a heave from the Spurs' free-throw line to make it 75-57. ...
After averaging a surprising 17.2 points and 9.4 rebounds in the
Kings series, James scored four points on 2-for-8 shooting and had
two rebounds.

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