Spurs spank Raptors on Blair's big night

The San Antonio Spurs showed their class, delivering a fourth quarter knockout punch to put away the Toronto Raptors 111-100 on Wednesday, underlining their status as the NBA's top team.

Trailing 84-81, the Spurs opened up the fourth quarter with a 15-4 run and never looked back easing to their fourth straight win and improving their record to an NBA best 44-8.

"We're one of the better teams in the league at this point but there are several teams better than us even though our record is better," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "They (Raptors) gave us all we could handle.