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DENVER -- As the winning streak climbs, so does the stress level for San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich. Justin Reid Texans Jersey . At least, that was Tim Duncans assessment after the Spurs ran their streak to 16 straight by beating the Denver Nuggets 133-102 on Friday night. This is their longest regular-season win streak since reeling off 17 in a row from Feb. 29 to March 31, 1996. And Popovich seems to be growing more antsy with every victory. "Oh, very. Very, very, very. Very much," Duncan said. "Hes a teacher and wants to teach. He wants the good and the bad. Even through this streak, hes been on us a tremendous amount, making sure we dont rest on just the wins, but were learning from game to game." Popovich found a teaching moment in the third quarter with the game well in hand. His team relaxed on one possession and allowed an easy transition basket by Randy Foye. Popovich quickly called timeout and voiced his displeasure to his team. "Even as much as were up, he was still on us the entire game," Duncan said. Hard to find too much fault with the Spurs effort in this one. Marco Belinelli scored 27 points, Duncan had 20 and the Spurs scored a season high in points. San Antonio also maintained a three-game lead for the top seed in the Western Conference. Its a quick turnaround for the Spurs, who host New Orleans on Saturday. "This (winning streak) is great challenge," Duncan said. "Its a big challenge. People can get lackadaisical and look past certain games. Weve done a good job of not doing that." Foye scored 20 for a banged-up Nuggets squad that lost for the fourth time in five games. Wilson Chandler was out with a strained groin, while Timofey Mozgov and Kenneth Faried were hampered by an illness. Faried still finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds. "Theyre devastated, injury-wise," Popovich said. "Its not a fair deal." Still, a 31-point loss was hard for Nuggets coach Brian Shaw to absorb, even if he is missing quite a few starters to season-ending injuries. "That was an embarrassing loss," Shaw said. "Just from every standpoint of the game -- defensively, body language, energy, just embarrassing, and it starts with me, just doing whatever I need to do to get our guys prepared and to come out and give the kind of energy and effort we need, especially playing the top team in the league." Belinelli stepped into the starting lineup with Danny Green hobbled by an inflamed right foot and quickly found his rhythm. Belinelli scored 14 in the first quarter and finished 10 of 15 from the field. "We really love to move the ball together, thats why were winning together right now," Belinelli said. Popovich insisted before the game that hes not going to overextend his players to secure the No. 1 seed in the West. His goal is to keep them "as healthy and energetic as possible at this time of year." The veteran coach didnt have to worry about taxing his team too much in this one, building a 25-point lead midway through the third quarter and resting most of his starters for a majority of the fourth. All this winning so close to the playoffs is making Popovich a little anxious because, "maybe this comes too easy," he said. "Losing is not a bad thing at this point of the year." Trailing 20-14 in the first, the Spurs closed out the quarter on a 17-3 run. The Nuggets couldnt rally back into the game, like they did Wednesday in San Antonio when they trailed the Spurs by 24 only to make it close down the stretch, before falling 108-103. "We just let them do basically what they wanted to do," Foye said. "We had more fight on their court last game than we did on our court tonight. Thats unacceptable. We didnt bring it tonight and against a team like that if you dont bring it, its going to be a long night for you." NOTES: San Antonio kept Matt Bonner (strained calf) at home because, "he wasnt going to play anyway," Popovich said. ... The Spurs finished with 37 assists, including seven by C Tiago Splitter. ... Nuggets F Jan Vesely (bruised rib cage) was back on the court after missing two games. He finished with five points. ... Reserve G Evan Fournier had 15 points for the Nuggets. ... Denver trailed by as many as 35 points. Aaron Colvin Jersey . -- Arizona pitcher Bronson Arroyo is expected to miss a week to 10 days because of a back injury. Jordan Akins Jersey .com) - NFL owners have unanimously approved the sale of the Buffalo Bills. http://www.texansrookiesproshop.com/jordan-akins-texans-jersey/ .J. -- Patrick Sharp is on one of those streaks.After a thrilling first round defeat, the Raptors entered the season as favourites to win the Atlantic division. What they werent expected to do was lead the entire Eastern Conference, a position they currently find themselves in. So what makes this Raptors team so different? Why is it that theyve not only lived up to their expectations, but are currently exceeding them? The third season of Open Gym has arrived and with its arrival comes an in-depth look at a youthful Toronto Raptors squad thats been built to be the finest in the franchises 20 year history.Were sure youve heard during broadcasts that the Raptors are a tight knit group of players, partially seen Drakes interactions with the team and fawned over how adorable Kyle Lowrys son is, but with Open Gym youll get chance to experience that all first hand.To mark the launch of the third season of Open Gym, Bell invited fans to attend the November 28th match-up between the Raptors and the Dallas Mavericks. Fans were treated to a private box like experience on the "Fan Deckk" where they got to watch the game before receiving a scrumptious slice of banana bread to close the night out. Custom Houston Texans Jerseys. Unfortunately, that was the only sweet ending to the night, as the Raps did fall to the Mavs 106-102. But that banana bread though...Another Raptors fan attending the Open Gym event, Paul Jewell, offered his view on how the Raptors will perform this season, while also underling the "wolf pack" like personality of the teams fan base. "Were gonna shock a lot of people" says Paul. In some ways even though the Raptors fan base extends from ocean to ocean, its a tight knit group, just like the team they support.Long time fans may share the same us against the world mentality as the current raptors squad, but on Tuesday December 2nd they should prepare themselves for reinforcements. As once Open Gym airs, the whole country is going to know exactly why these 2014-15 Raptors are so special.Catch the premiere of the third season of Open Gym on December 2nd at 1 pm EST on TSN4. 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