Neal and Tony Parker helped the San Antonio Spurs hold off the Los Angeles Clippers 103-100 on Saturday in a matchup of the West’s second and third-best teams. The Spurs won their NBA-leading 10th in a row to solidify their hold on the No. 2 spot behind Oklahoma City.

“At this level, confidence is the biggest thing you can have,” said Neal, a second-year pro out of Towson. “It’s good to be counted on with your teammates.”

Neal was one of six Spurs in double figures with 17 points. He lost a pass from Parker, who had 30 points, with 9.5 seconds left in regulation.

“First of all, I wanted to strangle him because I didn’t know what happened,” Parker said, his hands forming a circle. “He lost it, but that can happen to anyone and we kept playing. We got the ball back and he hit a big 3. He’s known for that.”

Neal stole the ball 3.8 seconds later and hit the tying 3-pointer with 5.7 seconds left in regulation.

“I was running toward Chris (Paul) to foul him because I thought he was going to try to run out the clock,” Neal said. “My first dribble was toward the rim and I remembered we were down three.”

Paul blamed himself for losing the ball near half-court with 6.9 seconds left in regulation. Without any timeouts, the Clippers had to get the ball in play.

Matt Bonner added 13 points, Duncan had 11 points and 17 rebounds in over 41 minutes, and Danny Green scored 11 points for the Spurs, 6-0 on their annual rodeo trip that includes nine games. DeJuan Blair had 10 points.

Spurs star Manu Ginobili, who finished with two points in 19 minutes, twice left the court in the fourth. A team spokesman said after the game that he has a strained left oblique. Ginobili was playing in his fourth game after missing 22 games with a broken bone in his left hand.

Backup forward-center Tiago Splitter left with a sprained right calf in the first quarter.

Blake Griffin had 22 points and 20 rebounds, and Paul and Randy Foye scored 21 points for the Clippers. Paul scored Los Angeles’ last 10 points in regulation, rallying his team from a four-point deficit over the final 2:31, but the Clippers still lost for the 20th time in their last 21 games against the Spurs to stay No. 3 in the West.

In overtime, Paul hit two free throws to give the Clippers their last lead at 97-95. Bonner hit a 3-pointer that gave the Spurs a one-point lead before Griffin got fouled. He missed the first and made the second to tie it at 98 with 42 seconds left.

Neal then hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and Parker made two free throws for a 103-98 lead.

Griffin dunked with 10 seconds to go to get within three. Neal missed two free throws, but Paul missed a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left.

The Spurs pulled away to a 15-point early in the third. Eric Bledsoe replaced Paul for the Clippers, who ran off 17 straight points to regain a 67-65 lead. Foye scored 16 points in the period, including 11 in the spurt, and he set up DeAndre Jordan’s dunk with an alley-oop pass.

In Memphis, Tennessee, Tony Allen scored on a tip-in with 5.6 seconds left to lift Memphis past Golden State for its fourth straight victory.

Allen scored after Rudy Gay missed a shot to the right of the lane. Memphis also won off a miss from Gay on Friday night, beating Denver 103-102 on Dante Cunningham’s tip.

The Warriors had one last shot after Allen’s tip-in, but David Lee was called for an offensive foul with less than a second left, sending the Warriors their third straight loss.

Gay led Memphis with 19 points, and O.J. Mayo had 18. Marc Gasol added 17 points and 13 rebounds, Marreese Speights had 16 points, Mike Conley finished with 15 points and six assists, and Allen had 11 points.

Chicago:  Deron Williams scored 29 points, Kris Humphries had 24 points and 18 rebounds, and New Jersey beat Chicago to snap an eight-game losing streak.

Chicago’s Derrick Rose missed his fifth straight game because of back pain, and the Nets took advantage, jumping out to a 22-3 lead while rolling to their first victory since Feb. 1.

Carlos Boozer and Mike James each scored 16 points for Chicago.

In Portland, Oregon, LaMarcus Aldridge had 19 points and 10 rebounds in his return from a left ankle injury and Portland beat Atlanta to snap a four-game home losing streak.

Nicolas Batum had 22 points to help the Trail Blazers avoid losing five straight at home since the 2005-06 season. They also ended a six-game losing streak to the Hawks.

Joe Johnson had 19 points for Atlanta, and Josh Smith added 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Hawks have lost six of their last nine games.