Manu Ginobili scores 37 — again — in Spurs' 104-98 win over Utah

SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili scored 37 points for the second straight game to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 104-98 win over the Utah Jazz Friday for their fifth straight victory.

The Spurs remained unbeaten at home despite their second straight game without Tim Duncan, who is recovering from a sprained ankle.

Tony Parker had a rough shooting night but added 16 points for the Spurs and Michael Finley contributed 15.

Deron Williams and Carlos Boozer had 28 points apiece for Utah, which hasn't won in San Antonio since 1999. Williams also had 10 assists and Ronnie Brewer added 14 points for the Jazz, who have now lost two in a row.

The Jazz led for most of the game and were up by as many as 11 points. But the Spurs inched their way up in the fourth, and took their first lead since the first quarter at 85-84 off Matt Bonner's jumper with 6:36 to play.

Once they took the lead again off Michael Finley's 3-pointer with 5:31 to go, it was for good. The Jazz were always lurking and were within one, 99-98, with 19 seconds to play after Williams hit a long 3, but Spurs' eight free throws in the final 31 seconds of the game gave them the win.

Ginobili had 14 points in the fourth quarter for San Antonio. Williams had 15 in the period for Utah.

The Spurs eked out a 97-95 win over rival Dallas on Wednesday without Duncan, but doing that twice in a row looked unlikely for most of the game Friday. Ginobili scored a season-high 37 in that win and tied it on Friday.

Bonner, in his first-ever start for the Spurs, scored 13 points.

The Jazz surged to an 11-point lead in the first quarter off Williams' 11 points and Utah shot 70 percent from the field in the period.

Meanwhile, Parker had trouble with his shot early, and as a result only made one in the entire second quarter. The Jazz went up by as many as 10 in the period, and it was only Ginobili's 14 second-quarter points that kept the Spurs in it. His jumper closed a 15-5 Spurs run and tied the game at 45 with 2:26 to play in the half.

The Spurs tied the game four times in the third but couldn't get a defensive stop to take the lead. Boozer scored 10 points in the period, as many as Parker had in the first three quarters.