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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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Chances wise, its very slim, but Im just going to do everything I can to try and be right for the weekend, Hodgson told reporters on Tuesday.The Raiders hooker, who has missed only one game this season - through suspension - said he would give himself until at least Friday to see how he feels.The final call, though, will be made by coach Ricky Stuart.Im having to play it day by day. It settled down pretty well yesterday, but today its a little bit sore again, he said.Austin however is on track to return from his broken hand, having stepped up his training load.Saturdays semi-final would be the first post-season appearance of his career.Im quite confident Id be able to get plenty done tomorrow and get my head right for the game, Austin said.While Stuart is set to make the call on Hodgson, Austin said he is likely to be the one to decide how much work he can handle with his hand.Youre nevver going to have full tackling at training.dddddddddddd Its never going to stack up going into the game. Itd be about doing as much as I can, he said.Its getting to the point now where its just going to be mental. Its going to be making sure I feel comfortable and ready to head into the game.Hodgson said he had a similar injury when playing for Hull KR in the English Super League, when he took a couple of weeks to recover.Asked what he will need to do to be fit for Saturdays sudden-death clash at GIO Stadium, the in-form rake said hes simply got to run.If I can, Ill be sweet. Itd be devastating (if I cant play). Its been a big year and I always want to be playing every game with the boys and for the team, he said.Kurt Baptiste is his likely replacement at No.9, with Adam Clydsdale potentially coming on to the bench.The 25-year-old was confident he could fill Hodgsons massive shoes.Ill be ready for whatever minutes I have to play, Baptiste said.Ive got a good bunch of blokes around me, Ive got good halves there that can help me out. So Ill confident I can do the job. ' ' '