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PHOENIX -- The San Antonio Spurs continue to be the NBAs best road team.The Spurs turned a close game early in the fourth quarter into a romp, getting 18 points and 10 rebounds from Kawhi Leonard and 18 points and nine boards from Pau Gasol in a 107-92 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.The Spurs (21-5) withstood the Suns attempt to push the tempo after San Antonio had played Wednesday, and held Phoenix to 40 percent shooting. They improved to an NBA-best 14-1 on the road.We havent really thought about that much, guard Danny Green said. Took one loss last time on the road, wanted to bounce back and play better.San Antonio took a 10-point lead early in the third quarter, but the Suns wouldnt go away until the fourth. Leandro Barbosa flipped in a finger roll and was fouled with 10:08 to play in the game, and the Suns 77-76 lead was their first since midway through the second quarter.The Spurs responded with an 11-0 run and clamped down defensively to take control of the game for good, and beat Phoenix for the eighth consecutive time.We have such a deep team, we really dont play our guys a lot of minutes. So our effort is pretty steady, Gasol said. When teams ramp it up and try to increase the intensity, they make their runs, they might get ahead at times, but then its hard for them to sustain it for 48 minutes.Devin Bookers 17 points led the Suns, who missed a chance to win consecutive games for only the second time this season.Our guys fought and gave all they could. Some games end up like this, coach Earl Watson said.Phoenix took a 39-33 lead on Tyson Chandlers dunk with 4:44 to go in the first half, but the Spurs scored 18 of the final 22 points of the half for a 51-43 lead. Two came from a steal and dunk by Leonard and his 3-pointer with 39.5 seconds left.For us we have a couple of more hurdles to get over, but that is the biggest hurdle, the fourth quarter, Suns forward Jared Dudley said. When teams go on big runs we lose our confidence. We lose our composure.TIP-INSSpurs: The Spurs moved to 6-1 in the second of back-to-back games this season. ... F LaMarcus Aldridge returned to the starting lineup after being rested Wednesday night and had a rough first half of shooting, but finished with 14 points. He passed the ball when he needed to, he scored when he needed to, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.Suns: F T.J. Warren missed his 13th straight game due to a head injury ... F Alex Len missed his second straight with a right hip bruise. ... The Suns recalled G Tyler Ulis, F-C Alan Williams and F Derrick Jones Jr. from Northern Arizona of the D-League. Ulis and Williams got major minutes Wednesday night in a one-game stint with Northern Arizona, then were brought back to the Suns.IN MEMORY OF SAGERBoth teams coaches expressed sorrow regarding the passing of longtime NBA reporter Craig Sager, for whom a moment of silence was observed in the arena before tipoff.Popovich spoke only of Sager for about 2 minutes before the game. Watson said it was his and many other players dream to be interviewed by Sager.Every genius is never afraid of being exactly who they are. And he was a genius at his job, a genius at everything that hes done, Watson said. He stayed true to himself and we all embraced him.Booker wore a brightly colored Sager tribute T-shirt during warmups.KNIGHT TAKES TWO HITSSuns G Brandon Knight absorbed two hard fouls on consecutive possessions in the third quarter. He took a forearm from Manu Ginobili, then was knocked off-balance and fell to the court with a thud when Patty Mills yanked his arm going up for a layup. 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The speculation went into meltdown mode, of the golden nugget variety. Bill Wade Jersey . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. ROME -- After bringing in the likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Miralem Pjanic, Dani Alves and Medhi Benatia, the top priority for Juventus is clearly the Champions League.Juventus has finished runner-up four times since it last won the trophy 20 years ago, including to Barcelona in 2015.Everyone says Juve will win everything -- the league, cup and the Champions League. But that hurts us, because we lose perspective, Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said. Weve got to play the matches and win them on the pitch.Juventus opens its campaign at home against Sevilla on Wednesday in Group H after impressing in its opening three Serie A matches.Higuain transferred from rival Napoli for 90 million euros ($99 million) after scoring 36 goals last season to break a 66-year-old Serie A record. He scored twice in the opening 10 minutes of a 3-1 win over Sassuolo on Saturday.Juventus will definitely be a protagonist until the end, Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti, a former Juventus coach, told the Gazzetta dello Sport. If you have a player who scores 30 goals per season thats really key -- it gives you fewer uncertainties.Here is a look at Wednesdays other matches:---GROUP ETottenham is back in the Champions League, and Monaco is returning after a one-year absence.Monaco, which reached the Champions League final in 2004, is leading the French league and travels to England unbeaten in four games. The team has been boosted by the return of striker Radamel Falcao, who came back from a five-week injury layoff last weekend.Meanwhile, Harry Kane scored his first goal of the season on Saturday as Tottenham beat Stoke 4-0 in the Premier League.The match will take place at Wembley Stadium because of construction work at White Hart Lane.Also, Bayer Leverkusen warmed up for CSKA Moscows visit with a 3-1 win over Hamburg on Saturday.Mexico striker Javier Chicharito Hernandez will again lead the front line against Moscow, which has lost on all five previous visits to Germany.---GROUP FLooking to become the first team to win back-to-back Champions League titlees, defending champion Real Madrid opens its campaign at home against Sporting Lisbon.ddddddddddddIn the other group match, Borussia Dortmund will take on Legia Warsaw, Polands first Champions League representatives since Widzew Lodz in 1996-97.Legia Warsaws two biggest home losses in Europe came against German opposition. The club has never beaten a German team, losing five of its eight matches.---GROUP GThis is possibly the weakest of all the eight groups at this stage -- despite boasting the presence of the English champions.Leicester is making its debut in the Champions League after its unlikely title triumph in the Premier League last season and is joined in the group by two other inexperienced teams at this level.Club Brugge, Leicesters first opponent on Wednesday, is competing in the group stage for the first time in 11 years while FC Copenhagen has only gotten this far three times before.It leaves Champions League regular FC Porto -- a two-time European champion -- as comfortably the most experienced team in the group.Porto and Copenhagen both had to go through qualifying. Copenhagen won six matches to make it this far, while Porto overcame Italian side Roma in the playoff round with a 4-1 aggregate win.Leicester was the story of European soccer last season but the encore is proving tough. The team has won only one of the first four games and heads to Belgium on the back of a 4-1 loss at Liverpool.---GROUP HComing off a 3-1 loss in the French league that exposed its defensive frailties, Lyon will host Dinamo Zagreb.The seven-time French champions may have to play without striker Alexandre Lacazette because of a left leg injury. The France internationals absence is a problem for Lyon coach Bruno Genesio, who does not have proper cover on the bench.Dinamo has its own worries. The Croatian clubs unbeaten run of 103 league matches at home, dating back to 2010, ended over the weekend against Osijek. ' ' '