National Basketball Association

Parker carries Spurs again without Duncan

Published Feb. 26, 2009 5:24 a.m. ET

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Tim Duncan and Tony Parker will rest up Thursday.

One needs it. The other earned it.

With Duncan sidelined for the second straight game with a leg injury, Parker scored 39 points in a dazzling encore to his 37 the previous night, and the Spurs continued Portland's misery in San Antonio with a 99-84 win over the Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.