Parker lifts Spurs past Wizards 109-94

San Antonio Spurs forward Fabricio Oberto, of Argentina, (7) and forward Tim Duncan (21) defend Washington Wizards guard Nick Young (1) as he drives for the basket during the third quarter of their NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. San Antonio won 109-94. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SAN ANTONIO—Tony Parker had 29 points and 11 assists to help the San Antonio Spurs beat the Washington Wizards 109-94 on Wednesday night.

Manu Ginobili added 19 points and Tim Duncan had 16 for the Spurs.

Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison, who have stepped up for the Wizards since guard Gilbert Arenas went out last week for three months following knee surgery, combined to go just 9-of-24 from the field for 28 points. Brendan Haywood scored a season-high 19 points for Washington.

The Wizards got within six points, 86-80, with 8 1/2 minutes to go in the fourth, but Parker's 10 fourth-quarter points were the difference for San Antonio, which led from midway through the second quarter.

Parker also had eight rebounds for the Spurs. Bruce Bowen had 12 points and Francisco Elson and Michael Finley each added 10.

Antonio Daniels had 11 points for Washington and DeShawn Stevenson scored 10. Jamison also grabbed 13 boards for the Wizards.

Neither team was able to pull away in the first half. The Spurs were up 49-46 at the break, but that didn't show how Washington had moderate success in containing Parker, who is usually able to get to the rim at will. Parker took just five shots, hitting three. Ginobili led the Spurs at the half with 11 points off the bench.

Washington, coming off a 110-98 win at Dallas on Monday, was led by Butler's 10 points at the break.

But San Antonio broke the game open in the third quarter when the Spurs quickly surged to a 61-51 lead as Finley swished his second 3-pointer of the quarter with 7:55 to go.

A previously quiet Parker also got into a groove for San Antonio in the third. His fifth basket of the quarter, where he cut between Haywood and Stevenson for a driving layup, pushed his point total to 19 and gave the Spurs a 74-60 lead with 3:35 left.

The Spurs outscored the Wizards 30-24 in the third quarter, which ended with San Antonio up 79-70. The Wizards hit just six of the 16 attempts in the period.

The Spurs had the lead for good after Elson's layup with 7:44 on the clock in the second quarter broke a 36-all tie.

In the fourth, Parker scored eight straight points for the Spurs that would give them a 104-87 lead with about 3 minutes to play, including a fastbreak layup amid two Washington defenders with his back to the basket.

Notes:@ Even the usually stone-faced Popovich showed a little emotion in the Spurs' breakout third quarter. He clapped after Bowen sank a jumper to put San Antonio up 79-68 with 26 seconds to play. ... Butler hit two 3s Wednesday for a total of 16 so far this season. That's just two fewer than he had all of last season.