Belinelli gives Spurs extra crunch-time option

Even before he joined the Spurs as a free agent last summer, Marco Belinelli enjoyed a reputation as a big-shot maker.

It took Belinelli only three games in a Spurs uniform to show off his late-game chutzpah.

Belinelli scored 15 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter of the Spurs’ 115-105 loss at Portland on Saturday. His three 3-pointers, all buried with a high degree of difficulty, helped keep the Spurs within striking distance.