CHICAGO -- It wasnt that they finally lost a road game and had their shot at a record dashed.No, what bothered the San Antonio Spurs was the disturbingly slow start.Dwyane Wade scored 20 points and the Chicago Bulls handed the Spurs their first road loss after a 13-0 start, hanging for a 95-91 victory on Thursday night.San Antonio fell one win shy of matching the NBAs best road start set by the Golden State Warriors last season. The Spurs cut an 18-point deficit midway through the third quarter to four in the closing minutes, only to come up short.Streaks are a good sign when theyre positive and theyre a bad sign when theyre negative, but at the end of the day, it doesnt give you anything else, said Pau Gasol, the former Bull.Hes more concerned that the Spurs keep struggling early in games. It could be San Antonio is still adjusting after a busy offseason that included the retirement of Tim Duncan and the addition of several new faces to complement Kawhi Leonard and LaMarcus Aldridge. Even so, the Spurs need that to change.Our opponents have outplayed us physically and execute-wise in most first halves for most of the season, and somehow we pull it together in the second half and play harder and smarter than we did in the first half, coach Gregg Popovich said. We got it to four, then some execution mistakes. Thats the disappointing part, that were not a very consistent team and we havent learned as a group the game is 48 minutes.Leonard scored 24 for San Antonio. Patty Mills added 16 points, hitting 4 of 6 3-pointers. Gasol had 13 points and 10 rebounds in his first game in Chicago since signing with San Antonio in the summer, but the Spurs lost a road game for the first time since Oklahoma City knocked them out in the Western Conference semifinals last season.Jimmy Butler scored all of his 13 points for Chicago in the second half. Rajon Rondo added 12 points, nine assists and 10 rebounds, and Chicago picked up the win after dropping three in a row and six of nine.The Bulls have beaten two of the NBAs best teams in the past week in the Spurs and defending champion Cleveland. But they also lost to Denver, the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas and Detroit during this slump.Its a long season, Wade said. We have time to fix it. We could play with good teams in this league home or road, but we still have time to fix that. As long as we understand what we need to do, what we have 60 games left, whatever it is, we have a lot of games to fix that so hopefully we can.STREAK ENDSThe Spurs had won 14 straight regular season road games since Denver beat them on April 8. But after a big push down the stretch, they couldnt pull out this one.The Bulls led 65-47 midway through the third following a surge by Butler, who scored seven in a 54-second span after missing his first six shots. But the Spurs jumped back into it in the closing minutes of the quarter.They went on an 11-2 run that Mills finished with a 3 to cut it to 72-66 just under a minute into the fourth.Things got real tight when Gasol nailed a 3 to pull San Antonio within 88-84 with 3:24 left. Doug McDermott then hit three free throws after being fouled by Tony Parker, and the Bulls hung on.WELCOME BACKGasol spent two seasons with Chicago and forgot for a moment where to go when he arrived at the United Center. The six-time All-Star was halfway to the Chicago locker room when he realized his mistake and turned around. The Bulls showed a video tribute to Gasol during a timeout midway through the first quarter.TIP-INSSpurs: Parker had eight points and five assists after missing a game because of a bruised left knee. ... For the second straight game, the Spurs set a season low for first-quarter scoring. 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Weekend results West Ham 1-0 Sunderland Leicester 1-0 Norwich Southampton 1-2 Chelsea Stoke 2-1 Aston Villa Watford 0-0 Bournemouth West Brom 3-2 Crystal Palace Man United 3-2 Arsenal Tottnnham 2-1 Swanea Liverpool 1-1 Man City AET Man City won 3-1 on penalties Chelsea - BChelsea are also going really well at the moment. Guus Hiddink has done a brilliant job to get back to basics and get results. Theyre safe now, so they can have a really good push to the end of the season and theyve got these cup competitions as well to concentrate on.Im giving them a B because they fought back against a very hard and good Southampton side. They showed a bit of character to get a good win in the end.Manchester United - BI was at the game against Arsenal, and credit to United, they took advantage and it was brilliant from the young kid Marcus Rashford again to score another two goals. Scoring three goals at home was excellent for Louis van Gaal and it gives them a chance now for the top four. Theyll be very happy with the win because its always a big game. Marcus Rashfords fairytale continued as he scored twice on his Premier League debut to help Manchester United to a 3-2 win over Arsenal at Old Trafford Liverpool - BI thought both teams really had a go at Wembley and it was a great game to watch. Liverpool were very unlucky in the end not to win it and penalties is a cruel way to lose a cup final, but those are the rules. They were three poor penalties in the end though that were well saved.Manchester City - BAgain, both teams were very good, and it was a good cup final. Fair play to Willy Caballero, he had a brilliant shoot-out as the cup goalkeeper ahead of Joe Hart and he made three good stops to win the Capital One Cup for City. Highlights from Wembley as Liverpool and Manchester City met in the Capital One Cup final Tottenham - BThis is another team that keeps getting results. Being 1-0 down (at home to Swansea) showed that character as well and Mauricio Pochettinos done an amazing job. Its a very young side who are growing together with a good energy and are real title contenders now.Stoke - BStoke had that little bit of a blip and were moving down the table but then theyve had some good results lately. Beating Bournemouth away was a big result and they followed it up with a win against Aston Villa. Everyone probably expected them to win at home against a struggling Villa, but theyve still got to do the job.They had that little bit of good fortune going 2-0 up, and youre thinking the points are in the bag but Villa fought back with the goal, although it wasnt enough to save them anything from the game. Stoke are showing a much better character now and much better performances.West Bromwich Albion - BWest Brom were brilliant in the first half. Crystal Palace were very poor but West Brom went out there, got the three-goal advantage and it was a brilliant performance so credit to them. Ray Parlour thinks West Brom are now safe from a relegation battle following their 3-2 win against Crystal Palace Scoring three goals at home is a bonus as well because at times, theyve been a bit lacklustre in front of goal and havent scored enough but now theyve got three so a good performance all round that really puts them safe now for me.Leicester - CLeicester ground out their 1-0 win over Norwich, but thats what youve got to do to be champions when you play poorly. They had that two-week break, and were probably thinking about the Arsenal game that they lost in the last minute so sometimes its difficult to have that amount of time off, but again they came back and got the result. The most important thing at the end of the day is the three points, no matter how you play. I thought it was a good performance, similar to West Ham with how they played and what they achieved.ddddddddddddNorwich - CYou could probably say they were unlucky. Again, they were a bit like Sunderland in that they probably did enough to get a point as well and that could have been vital for them staying up. Alex Neil will probably be a little bit angry with the way it happened and he will say that they deserved more from the game.Thats the problem they will have for the rest of the season, they need to pick up points when they deserve them and they certainly deserved a point at the weekend.West Ham - C Michail Antonio scored the only goal during a 1-0 win against Sunderland on Saturday Another good win for West Ham and theyre having a great season so far. It was an important win going into the week that theyve got - playing Spurs at home on Wednesday - so its a big week for West Ham. It wasnt a great performance but its all about winning games and getting three points on the board. They can play better but again, theyre getting good results.Sunderland - CSunderland were unlucky at West Ham. I thought they deserved a draw because they created chances. Sam Allardyce alluded to it after the game, talking about having lots of opportunities in the second half and that they did enough to get a point. That will stand them in good stead going forward and they were unlucky not to go away with something from the game.Bournemouth - C Ray Parlour watched Bournemouths draw with Watford and believes another few wins will see the Cherries safe from relegation It was a good battling point for Bournemouth at Watford and another point to safety. It will probably be about 37 or 38 points to stay up this season and Bournemouth are now on 29. Knowing that if they can get points away from home is a bonus and if they can get a few wins at home, theyll be staying in the Premier League.Swansea - CSwansea have got some big games coming up. Theyve got Arsenal on Wednesday, but then theres a three-game period where they are playing teams around them at the bottom. Thats when they need to pick the points up. It wasnt a great performance but Spurs is always a tough place to go.Arsenal - DDefensively, it wasnt good enough from Arsenal, especially from the back four who didnt push up enough at times and were a bit deep as a side. It wasnt the greatest performance away from home, and this will be the key for them now to get the away performances better than they did at Man United. Ray Parlour identified a lack of leadership among the current Arsenal squad as he reacts to their 3-2 defeat at Manchester United Theyve got Spurs next and Man City later in the season as well as West Ham and Everton, so there are some big away games coming up and they have to play better than that.Southampton - DSouthampton are having a great run at the moment. Its brilliant the way theyve moved up the table, and its been a big plus having Fraser Forster back in the side. It was always going to be a difficult game, Chelsea are now playing much better. Their big players are playing on a regular basis and consistency is so important, but Southampton will have a good run to the end of the season.Maybe they were a bit unlucky with the Gary Cahill incident to not get a penalty, but I think everything is going well and Saints fans will be looking forward to the end of the season.Aston Villa - DIt looks like Aston Villa are doomed. Its going to be tough for them because no one expects them to stay up now. I think its all about rebuilding the club for next season and trying to see whos going to be there and whos moving on. Aston Villa are now eight points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League table Watford - DI was at this game, and Watford missed some really good chances in the first half. Odion Ighalo - who is usually so clinical in front of goal - missed a couple of good chances and Artur Boruc made a really good save from one of his efforts. It was probably a game that wasnt great to watch, but this is what you expect. From Watfords point of view and for missing those chances, Ill give them a D.Crystal Palace - DTheyve been unbelievable since the start of this year, theyve only got one point so theyre really struggling at the moment and theyve got to be careful. They probably need another two wins to keep them up but they have only had one point out of 10 so its a little bit of a worry for Alan Pardews men. I still think theyll have enough and Yannick Bolasie being back is a big bonus for them, but it wasnt a great performance, especially in that first half. All the best bits from Jeff Stelling and the Soccer Saturday panel Also See: Merson: Wengers job on line Cup final talking points Premier League questions Van Gaals youngsters ' ' '