Kawhi Leonard continued his strong start to the preseason by scoring 20 points in 25 minutes for the San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.The All-Star forward added eight rebounds, three steals and two assists while leading the Spurs to an 86-81 win over the Detroit Pistons.Pau Gasol scored 11 in his third game as a Spur while LaMarcus Aldridge was one rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds.Andre Drummond remained on his preseason tear with a third consecutive double-double as he tries to build off his first All-Star season. He finished with 17 points and 13 rebounds and has led the Pistons in points and rebounds in all three games. Jon Leuer added 14 off the bench in the loss.---HORNETS 98, TIMBERWOLVES 86Kemba Walker had 15 points to lead Charlotte.Zach LaVine had 30 points in 28 minutes, shooting 13 for 20 from the field, including four 3-pointers in the loss.TIMBERWOLVES: Reigning Rookie of the Year Karl-Anthony Towns scored just four points on 2-of-6 shooting and grabbed six rebounds. ... Shabazz Muhammad was the only other Timberwolves player to reach double figures with 12 points.HORNETS: Frank Kaminsky had 17 points off the bench, including four triples for the big man. ... Jeremy Lamb knocked down 7 of 10 shots to finish with 16 off the bench.UP NEXT: The Timberwolves (1-1) host the Nuggets on Wednesday. The Hornets (1-2) travel to face the Bulls on Oct. 17.---HAWKS 99, CAVALIERS 93ATLANTA -- Dwight Howard scored 26 points in his home preseason debut with the Hawks as the Cavaliers rested LeBron James and other starters.Howard, who signed a three-year, $70.5 million deal with his hometown Hawks in July, added eight rebounds and two blocks.Rookies Kay Felder and Jonathan Holmes each had 15 points for Cleveland.CAVALIERS: James also will be held out of the next two preseason games before playing on Oct. 18 against Washington at Ohio State in the Cavaliers final preseason game. ... Cory Jefferson had 13 points and 11 rebounds. James Jones and Jordan McRae each had 12 points.HAWKS: F Paul Millsap is moving closer to returning from a non-surgical procedure to reduce swelling in his right knee. Millsap is on pace to be ready for the regular season. ... Thabo Sefolosha had 12 points. Rookie Taurean Prince and Mike Muscala each had 10. ... Players for the two teams interlocked arms for the national anthem in the Hawks first Unity Game.UP NEXT: The Cavaliers (2-1) play at home against Toronto on Thursday. The Hawks (2-1) play another home game against Detroit on Thursday.---KNICKS 90, WIZARDS 88Carmelo Anthony had his highest point total of the preseason as he scored 19 points, including four 3-pointers, during the victory.Bradley Beal was the lone Wizards starter to reach double figures and finished with 17.KNICKS: Kristaps Porzingis scored 15 for the Knicks, but hit just 1 of 6 3-pointers. Derrick Rose did not travel with the team.WIZARDS: John Wall was held to eight points in 16 minutes, but handed out four assists. ... Kelly Oubre Jr. and Johnny OBryant scored 10 apiece off the bench.UP NEXT: The Knicks (2-1) host the Boston Celtics on Saturday. The Wizards (1-2) host the 76ers on Thursday.---KINGS 135, MACCABI HAIFA 96Ben McLemore scored 18 points on 7 for 13 shooting off the bench for the Kings.Amit Simhon paced Maccabi Haifa with 17.KINGS: DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Tolliver had 14 apiece. ... Ty Lawson added 13 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.MACCABI HAIFA: Jarrid Famous scored 14 points and had eight rebounds. ... Alex Perez finished with 14.UP NEXT: The Kings (1-2) face the Lakers in Las Vegas on Thursday.---JAZZ 96, CLIPPERS 94Dante Exum stripped Jamaal Crawford with 5.1 seconds left to secure the victory.Joe Johnson started for the Jazz in place of Gordon Hayward, who is out for an unknown amount of time after fracturing his finger in practice last week.JAZZ: Rodney Hood scored a game-high 17 points. ... Shelvin Mack scored 12 on 5-of-8 shooting off the bench.CLIPPERS: Three-time Sixth Man of the Year Crawford had his best game of the preseason with 16 points. ... 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Below, Mark Saxon argues for the St. Louis Cardinals against fellow writers Eddie Matz (Baltimore Orioles), Andrew Marchand (New York Yankees), Katie Strang (Detroit Tigers) and Adam Rubin (New York Mets).For more on the other contenders, check out?Wild-card Wednesday.Saxon: If you believe the moral of the old fable The Tortoise and the Hare, then you buy that the Cardinals will reach the NL wild-card game. While the other two contenders, the Mets and Giants, have had wild swings of fortune, the Cardinals have just kept plodding along. Their longest losing streak is five games. Their longest winning streak is five games. They came one right after the other in mid-June. So all they have to do is continue their steady-as-it-goes approach and one of the other two contenders figures to beat itself. The other thing they have going for them: Starting Thursday, the best road team in baseball has 10 of its final 17 games away from Busch Stadium. If they get into the postseason, who knows? Maybe theyll finally get hot.Marchand: This does not feel like a classic Cardinals team. They have been great on the road, but that could be reaching its expiration point.Matz: As my mother will tell you, Im a good boy who follows directions, and my marching orders here were to shoot a hole in every one of these theories (except mine, of course). To do that, Im calling on my eexperience with logic puzzles back in Mrs.dddddddddddd Harris fifth-grade math class. If the Mets and Cardinals arent wild cards (which, per my instructions, they cant be), then the wild cards must be the second-place NL West team (Giants or Dodgers) and the ... Marlins?Strang: The Cards had dropped four of their past six games heading into Tuesdays action, including Mondays loss, in which they mustered just one hit off Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks (who, granted, has been lights-out against pretty much everyone in recent months) and saw Matt Carpenter exit the game with back tightness. More concerning is that St. Louis still has another set against the Cubs before closing out the season with a seven-game homestand. That stretch at home should be a good thing, especially considering their caliber of competition -- except for the fact, as Saxon astutely pointed out, that the Cards have been awful at Busch Stadium this year.Rubin: We already covered the disparity in schedule strength the remainder of the season to justify why the Mets will reach the postseason over St. Louis. Now lets zero in on the Cardinals swoon, which is being fueled by inconsistent starting pitching, erratic defense and a glaring lack of setup men. Jaime Garcia produced an 8.06 ERA in a five-start stretch through last Thursday. Meanwhile, Aledmys Diaz has only a .957 fielding percentage, with 16 errors through 93 games at shortstop. ' ' '
