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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The San Antonio Spurs are suddenly looking like road warriors.After losing just one game at home last season, the Spurs have started this season 8-0 on the road after a 119-114 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 points and seven rebounds, and Danny Green had 16 points as the Spurs won their seventh straight game overall.Hornets coach Steve Clifford has a pretty good idea why the Spurs have been so tough to beat on the road.They have a guy who is an MVP candidate (in Leonard), Pau Gasol and Tony Parker who are probably Hall-of-Famers, Aldridge, who is a perennial All-Star and Danny Green who has been a starter on two championship teams. Plus they have a guy who is maybe the best coach of our time -- except for all that theyre just OK, Clifford said.In other words, as Clifford added, the Spurs have a pretty good recipe for success.San Antonios win didnt come without a fight, though.The teams entered the fourth quarter tied at 84 in a tightly contested game that included 28 lead changes in the first three quarters.Aldridge gave the Spurs the lead for good with 2:53 left on a pair of free throws. Green knocked down two crucial 3-point shots in the closing minutes and Parker made four free throws in the final 10.2 seconds to seal the win.Its a weird year, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. Weve lost three in a row at home and last year we lost one the whole year. Now were undefeated on the road, so dont ask me. Thats why they call it a game because you never know whats going to happen.Added Green: The losing (at home) has helped us on the road. For some odd reason, I think we just have more focus on the road. Were coming together as a group and trusting each other.TIP-INSSpurs: Aldridge has scored in double digits in all 15 games this season. ... Leonard came into the game with the top spot in NBA history for best winning percentage in his first 300 starts (235-65).Hornets: Jeremy Lamb was active after missing the last 10 games with a hamstring injury. He played only six minutes. ... Cody Zeller missed his third straight game with a shoulder injury, but coach Steve Clifford said there is a chance he could return to action this week.WALKER JUST `NOT EVEN FAIRKemba Walker led the Hornets with 26 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Frank Kaminsky had 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench.Kembas really fast. Its not even fair, Popovich said.FOUL SHOOTINGIt may not garner much attention, but the Spurs are winning games with their foul shooting. They came into the league first in the NBA in free throw shooting percentage and made 18 of 20 against the Hornets, including the four clutch shots by Parker in the closing seconds to put the game away.JORDAN HONOREDHornets owner Michael Jordan tipped his cap to the crowd after the scoreboard showed a highlight of the former NBA star receiving the Presidential Medal of Honor from Barack Obama on Tuesday in Washington.GOOD INTENSITYDespite his teams third straight loss, Clifford was happy with his teams overall intensity.I just felt like were back to playing with a normal intensity level that youre going to have to play at to play well, Clifford said. That cant be something that comes and goes so much. I feel like until these last two games we have been playing with good energy, good focus.UP NEXTSpurs: San Antonio returns to action Friday night when they travel to face the Boston Celtics.Hornets: Charlotte will head to Madison Square Garden for a Friday night game against the New York Knicks. Billy Williams Jersey . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. Kendall Graveman Jersey .J. -- Marshawn Lynch said Thursday it will be good to get back to football after the Seattle quiet talking running back wrapped up his final mandatory media session of Super Bowl week. https://www.cheapcubs.com/3190t-sammy-sosa-jersey-cubs.html . 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Jamie George has told Eddie Jones that he can match the ferocity brought to Englands front row by Dylan Hartley.George plays second fiddle to Hartley and given Jones admiration for his Grand Slam championship-winning captain, the hierarchy at hooker will be unchanged for the foreseeable future.Hartley has been sidelined for a month by a back problem, but is expected to make his comeback for Northampton over the next fortnight.If he suffers a setback in the build-up to the approaching autumn series, however, then George is adamant he is able to offer England the same combative edge.I definitely feel like I can. I have been at Saracens my whole career and thats exactly the game we want to play, George said. Eddie spoke about Bodyline in Australia in June, about being physical and confrontational.I play in a team that does that the whole time in the way we defend here and the style of game we play at Saracens. If thats what he wants me to do then Ill do it.Its constantly a work-on of mine, making sure I stay on top of mmy collisions and that Im physical and dominant, and I feel like Im doing that at the moment.dddddddddddd.Despite having eight caps I still feel like I have been in and around the camp quite a long time.I have played a lot of rugby for Sarries and started a lot of games and I feel my form at the minute is pretty good.I still have a lot to work on, but if the opportunity was to come about I definitely feel I am ready, I would take it with both hands.Set-piece expertise is Georges greatest strength, although five tries in six matches have made the Saracen the unlikely leading try-scorer in the Aviva Premiership so far this season.I guess its the way the new laws dictate that the hookers come in on the back of a maul, said George, who crossed twice in Sundays 30-14 victory over Wasps.Im pretty happy about it because my name gets on the scoresheet but at the same time its almost embarrassing. 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