by Sports Xchange

The power forward scored 24 points and 12 rebounds and the Spurs were actually able to celebrate Monday. Duncan wasn't the problem during the Spurs' 4-6 start, a record that moved to 6-6 Monday night with a 112-98 win over the Bucks.

The win was the first in four games in which Duncan scored at least 20 points.

"We'll win a lot more games if he scores 20," guard Roger Mason Jr. said. "I'll tell you that much."

Four of Duncan's rebounds came on the offensive glass and he added a pair of steals to help the Spurs win two in a row for just the second time in the first 12 games of the season.

Yet in typical Duncan style, he turned attention away from his game and onto the Spurs' bench, which has been one of the highest-scoring in the game. Against the Bucks, the Spurs' bench poured in 59 points as seven reserves scored. Three -- Mason, Matt Bonner and George Hill -- reached double figures.

"It was a huge boost for us," Duncan said of the bench play. "We got a lot of good play from the bench. Roger played well, Mattie played well and that's what we need. We're going to need, on nights when the energy isn't there or somebody's not playing well, for other people to step up and that's a big part of really becoming a team."

SPURS 112, BUCKS 98: Tim Duncan scored 24 points, but Matt Bonner stole the show with 23 points. Bonner shot lights-out from beyond the arc, hitting 6-of-8. He added six rebounds and a pair of assists.

George Hill joined Bonner off the bench for 14 points and Tony Parker chipped in with six points and six assists. The Spurs took charge with a 37-point outburst in the third quarter, keyed by a couple of hustle plays by Keith Bogans early in the period.