Lagging behind much of the game, the San Antonio Spurs leaned on their fourth-quarter defense to come out on top. Tony Parker scored 24 points, Tim Duncan had 17 and the Spurs pulled away in the final period to beat the Denver Nuggets 102-94 on Tuesday night. ''It was our defense,'' Duncan said after the Spurs outscored the Nuggets 30-16 in the fourth quarter. It changed everything for us.'' Kawhi Leonard added 14 points and Tiago Splitter 12 for the Spurs, who beat the Nuggets for the fifth time in the last eight meetings at the Pepsi Center. More...