No ‘Big Three:’ Hardly any chance to win

The Spurs rested Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker in the same game again Monday night at Utah. The result was a 91-84 loss to the Jazz, snapping the Spurs’ 11-game winning streak.

The trio have all been held out of the same game seven times in the nine-plus seasons they have played together.

Here’s a list of the games all of them have missed together.

April 16, 2007 — 101-91 loss at Memphis. Starting lineup was James White, Jackie Butler, Jacque Vaughn, Bruce Bowen, Francisco Elson. Leading scorer – White, Michael Finley, 17. Leading rebounder – Butler, Matt Bonner 10. Leading assists – Beno Udrih 9.

April 18, 2007 — 100-77 loss to Denver. Starting lineup was James White, Jackie Butler, Jacque Vaughn, Francisco Elson, Bruce Bowen. Leading scorer – Beno Udrih 13. Leading rebounder – Butler 9. Leading assists – Udrih, Brent Barry 3.  

Feb. 3, 2009 – 104-96 loss at Denver. Starting lineup was George Hill, Roger Mason, Matt Bonner, Kurt Thomas, Bruce Bowen. Leading scorer – Mason 26. Leading rebounder – Bonner 8. Leading assists – Mason 6.

March 28, 2011 — 100-92 loss to Portland. Starting lineup was George Hill, Richard Jefferson, Tiago Splitter, Matt Bonner, James Anderson. Leading scorer – Hill 27. Leading rebounder – Splitter 9. Leading assists – Hill 6. 

April 12, 2011 — 102-93 loss at Los Angeles Lakers. Starting lineup was Tiago Splitter, George Hill, Gary Neal, DeJuan Blair, Richard Jefferson. Leading scorer – Neal 16. Leading rebounder – Blair 11. Leading assists  – Chris Quinn 9.

Feb. 21, 2012 — 137-97 loss at Portland. Starting lineup was Kawhi Leonard, Cory Joseph, Danny Green, DeJuan Blair, Richard Jefferson. Leading scorer – Leonard 24. Leading rebounder – Leonard 10. Leading assists – Joseph, Jefferson, Gary Neal 3.   

April 9, 2012 — 91-84 loss at Utah. Starting lineup was Danny Green, Stephen Jackson, Patty Mills, DeJuan Blair, Boris Diaw. Leading scorer – Gary Neal, Tiago Splitter 14. Leading rebounder – Blair 8. Leading assists – Neal 5.

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