DENVER - After hitting a tough stretch in December, the San Antonio Spurs are regaining their winning form with a turnaround that has coincided with getting Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker back from injuries.Parker scored 18 points, Leonard had 17 points and 15 rebounds, and the Spurs won their fourth in a row by beating the Denver Nuggets 109-99 on Tuesday night.We were missing some players, still we didnt like what we were seeing, Manu Ginobili said of a three-week stretch in December in which the Spurs lost nine of 14 games. We didnt play well enough so we worked on it. Dont believe weve fixed the issues, its a process. Weve won four in a row but it doesnt mean were good to go now.Tim Duncan added 16 points, all in the second half, to help the Spurs beat the Nuggets for the fifth straight time.Leonard has been a big part of San Antonios recent surge, averaging 16.3 points in three games after missing the previous 15 because of a bruised right hand. Parker, too, is rounding into form after missing much of December with a hamstring strain.Its coming back, Parker said. Im still mad at myself because I missed some easy stuff (against the Nuggets). I just have to be patient. Its only my seventh game back.Leonard said he feels like the Spurs are back on track.We all felt like we gave away some of those games in December, Leonard said. We just have to win out these next games, get into a rhythm going into the All-Star break.Denver got a big game from Kenneth Faried, with 26 points and 14 rebounds but it wasnt enough to avoid their fourth straight loss, including their second in two nights. Golden State routed the Nuggets by 43 points Monday, Denvers biggest loss of the season and the seventh biggest defeat in franchise history.We tried. We brung it, but the Spurs are a championship team and theyre on a hot streak right now, Faried said. Theyve been winning games. Their chemistry is starting to get back together, so its kind of tough, when youre in a drought, and you play a team like that. They come out and kind of school you a little bit.Arron Afflalo added 21 points for the Nuggets.Leading 66-65 in the third quarter, the Spurs used a 7-0 burst to extend their advantage to eight points before settling for an 80-76 lead heading to the fourth.Leonard then hit two 3-pointers as part of an 11-2 run by the Spurs starting the final period, stretching their advantage to 91-78 with 9:18 left for their biggest lead to that point.Denver pulled to 100-92 on successive layups by Wilson Chandler and Faried but Parker cut off the Nuggets momentum by connecting on a 3-pointer with 2:01 remaining. The Nuggets could not threaten the rest of the way.San Antonio took its first lead of the game 29-27 on Cory Josephs jumper with 9:03 remaining in the second quarter. 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Vancouver has won two of three on a four-game road trip after besting the Florida Panthers 4-3 yesterday in a shootout. Vancouver was facing Roberto Luongo for the first time since dealing him to the Panthers on March 4. Luongo made 29 saves, but also yielded the lone goal of the shootout to the Canucks Nicklas Jensen. Eddie Lack, whose production as a rookie this season led to Luongo being dealt, ended with 26 saves and stopped all three skaters in the shootout. Dan Hamhuis and Alexandre Burrows scored in regulation for the Canucks, who escaped with two points after giving up a game-tying goal with 1:35 left in regulation. "Especially the way the game was tied up there at the end, to get the win was huge for us," said Jensen. Vancouver won for just the third time in its last nine games (3-5-1) and improved to 3-12-1 in its past 16 on the road. The victory also pulled the Canucks to within three points of the Dallas Stars and Phoenix Coyotes for the second wild card spot in the Western Conference. The Canucks have lost four of their past six versus the Lightning, including a 4-2 defeat at home on Jan. 1. Alex Killorn and Valtteri Filppula both had a goal and an assist, while Bishop made 28 saves. Lack yielded four goals on 33 shots for the Canucks, who have won four of their past six in Tampa. Both Bishop and Lack faced their respective opponent for the first time in their career in that earlier meeting. Ben Bishop is one of the main reasons that the Lightning remain in the playoff pictture despite an extended absence by Steven Stamkos due to injury.dddddddddddd Fresh off of setting a club record for wins in a season, Bishop will look to lead the Lightning past the Canucks in the finale of a six-game homestand. Though Stamkos missed 45 games from mid-November to early March with a broken right leg, the Lightning were able to keep pace in the Eastern Conference and Atlantic Division. With 79 points, Tampa Bay is occupying the first wild card spot and also is just one point behind the Toronto Maple Leafs for third place in the division. Bishop has been a big part of that success as he is among the league leaders with 31 wins, five shutouts, a 2.10 goals against average and .929 save percentage. The 27-year-old, in his first season as a full-time starter, had struggled to string victories together recently, but won a second outing in a row for the first time since late January with a 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. Bishop made 23 saves in his eighth career shutout and surpassed Nikolai Khabibulins 2002-03 franchise record of 30 wins in a season. "Its a nice accomplishment," Bishop said, "A a whole lot of credit goes to the guys in front of me. I dont get that without them. 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