GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: SAN ANTONIO (7-1) at DALLAS (5-2)

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA SAN ANTONIO 81
DALLAS 92 6:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA SAN ANTONIO 89
DALLAS 102 3:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA SAN ANTONIO 91
DALLAS 105 0:50 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA SAN ANTONIO 92
DALLAS 105 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN ANTONIO 18 22 30 22 92
DALLAS 33 26 21 25 105 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: SAS - MANU GINOBILI 25, TIM DUNCAN 22, BRENT
BARRY 13
DAL - JOSH HOWARD 23, JASON TERRY 18, DEVIN
HARRIS 18</div>

 

DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Dallas Mavericks fired the first salvoin what should be an entertaining battle for the SouthwestDivision title.


Josh Howard scored 23 points, and Jason Terry and Devin Harrisadded 18 apiece as the Dallas Mavericks knocked off thedefending champion San Antonio Spurs, 105-92, on Thursday.

Dirk Nowitzki chipped in 17 for Dallas, which won its fifthstraight and beat San Antonio for the fourth time in as manymeetings.


The Mavericks won 67 games last season and unseated the Spurs asdivision champions, but didn't get a chance to face them in theplayoffs. Dallas was stunned in the first-round by GoldenState in six games, while the Spurs went on to win their fourthtitle in six years.


Finals MVP Tony Parker shot just 1-of-10 and scored four points,and the Spurs shot just 38 percent (24-of-62) from the floor.

Dallas jumped all over San Antonio early as the tandem of Howardand Nowitzki combined for 31 points in the first half toprovide a 59-40 lead.


The Spurs, who shot just 32 percent (14-of-43) in the firsthalf, trailed the entire game and could only pull within 10 at80-70 thanks to an 8-2 run in the final three minutes of thethird period.


The Spurs trailed by double digits the entire fourth quarter, asHarris scored 14 points in the period.


Manu Ginobili scored 25 points and Tim Duncan added 22 and forSan Antonio, which had won seven of its first eight games.

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
SAN ANTONIO 92
DALLAS 105 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (92) AT DALLAS (105)

SAN ANTONIO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

T PARKER G 32:49 1-11 5-6 2 1 3 8 3 1 1 7
M FINLEY G 24:38 0-6 0-0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0
T DUNCAN F 33:28 11-21 2-2 4 1 5 1 2 1 5 24
B BOWEN F 19:04 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 5
F OBERTO C 18:56 1-2 1-2 5 0 5 1 3 1 1 3
E GINOBILI 31:52 7-15 10-13 3 6 9 7 3 3 4 25
M BONNER 21:41 3-9 1-1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 8
F ELSON 16:40 1-3 2-2 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 4
J VAUGHN 15:11 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
B BARRY 14:23 4-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11
I UDOKA 8:02 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
D WASHINGTON JR 3:16 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 32-80 22-28 15 23 38 17 25 7 14 92
(.400) (.786) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 15 (0 PTS)

DALLAS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

D HARRIS G 36:45 8-13 2-2 0 2 2 5 2 3 0 18
J HOWARD G 36:27 7-14 8-12 0 6 6 1 4 3 2 23
D NOWITZKI F 37:07 6-14 5-6 2 6 8 5 4 1 2 17
M AGER F 20:57 2-3 1-2 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 5
D DIOP C 20:28 2-3 1-2 2 4 6 0 5 3 2 5
J TERRY 29:45 7-9 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 18
B BASS 21:29 1-4 4-4 0 4 4 2 2 0 3 6
J STACKHOUSE 18:04 4-10 0-0 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 10
E DAMPIER 17:32 1-3 1-2 4 5 9 0 3 0 0 3
J BAREA 1:26 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTALS 240:00 38-73 22-30 9 32 41 20 26 11 13 105
(.521) (.733) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 14 (0 PTS)

SAN ANTONIO 18 22 30 22 - 92
DALLAS 33 26 21 25 - 105

BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - T PARKER. DALLAS - D NOWITZKI 4.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 6-15 (.400), T PARKER 0-1, M FINLEY 0-
2, B BOWEN 1-2, E GINOBILI 1-4, M BONNER 1-3, B BARRY 3-3. DALLAS 7-
16 (.438), D HARRIS 0-2, J HOWARD 1-2, D NOWITZKI 0-2, J TERRY 4-5,
J STACKHOUSE 2-5.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BOB DELANEY, LUIS GRILLO, PHIL ROBINSON.
A - 20,468. T - 2:32.</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (92)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
T Parker 32:49 1-11 5-6 2-3 8 3 7
M Finley 24:38 0-6 0-0 0-4 0 2 0
T Duncan 33:28 11-21 2-2 4-5 1 2 24
B Bowen 19:04 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 4 5
F Oberto 18:56 1-2 1-2 5-5 1 3 3
E Ginobili 31:52 7-15 10-13 3-9 7 3 25
M Bonner 21:41 3-9 1-1 0-3 0 3 8
F Elson 16:40 1-3 2-2 0-3 0 2 4
J Vaughn 15:11 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 3
B Barry 14:23 4-4 0-0 0-1 0 2 11
I Udoka 8:02 0-3 0-0 0-2 0 1 0
D Washington Jr 3:16 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 32-80 22-28 15-38 17 25 92
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.400, FT-.786. 3-Point Goals:
6-15, .400 (T Parker 0-1, M Finley 0-2, B
Bowen 1-2, E Ginobili 1-4, M Bonner 1-3, B
Barry 3-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Blocked Shots:1
(T Parker). Turnovers:14 (T Duncan 5, E
Ginobili 4, J Vaughn, F Elson, F Oberto, M
Finley, T Parker). Steals: 7 (E Ginobili 3, T
Duncan, F Elson, F Oberto, T Parker).


DALLAS (105)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Harris 36:45 8-13 2-2 0-2 5 2 18
J Howard 36:27 7-14 8-12 0-6 1 4 23
D Nowitzki 37:07 6-14 5-6 2-8 5 4 17
M Ager 20:57 2-3 1-2 0-2 3 3 5
D Diop 20:28 2-3 1-2 2-6 0 5 5
J Terry 29:45 7-9 0-0 0-1 1 2 18
B Bass 21:29 1-4 4-4 0-4 2 2 6
J Stackhouse 18:04 4-10 0-0 1-3 3 1 10
E Dampier 17:32 1-3 1-2 4-9 0 3 3
J Barea 1:26 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 38-73 22-30 9-41 20 26 105
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.521, FT-.733. 3-Point Goals:
7-16, .438 (D Harris 0-2, J Howard 1-2, D
Nowitzki 0-2, J Terry 4-5, J Stackhouse 2-5).
Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked Shots:4 (D
Nowitzki 4). Turnovers:13 (J Terry 3, B Bass
3, D Diop 2, J Howard 2, D Nowitzki 2, M
Ager). Steals: 11 (D Diop 3, D Harris 3, J
Howard 3, J Terry, D Nowitzki).

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SAN ANTONIO 18 22 30 22 - 92
DALLAS 33 26 21 25 - 105
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Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 20,468. T: 2:32.
Officials: Bob Delaney, Luis Grillo, Phil
Robinson.</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
SAN ANTONIO 18 22 30 22 92
DALLAS 33 26 21 25 105 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: SAS - MANU GINOBILI 25, TIM DUNCAN 24, BRENT
BARRY 11
DAL - JOSH HOWARD 23, JASON TERRY 18, DEVIN
HARRIS 18

HIGH REBOUND: SAS - MANU GINOBILI 9, TIM DUNCAN 5, FABRICIO
OBERTO 5
DAL - ERICK DAMPIER 9, DIRK NOWITZKI 8, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 6

HIGH ASSISTS: SAS - TONY PARKER 8, MANU GINOBILI 7, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 1
DAL - DEVIN HARRIS 5, DIRK NOWITZKI 5, TWO
PLAYERS WITH 3

ATT: 20,468</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (92) AT DALLAS (105)

SAN ANTONIO

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

T PARKER G 32:49 1-11 5-6 2 1 3 8 3 1 1 7
M FINLEY G 24:38 0-6 0-0 0 4 4 0 2 0 1 0
T DUNCAN F 33:28 11-21 2-2 4 1 5 1 2 1 5 24
B BOWEN F 19:04 2-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 4 0 0 5
F OBERTO C 18:56 1-2 1-2 5 0 5 1 3 1 1 3
E GINOBILI 31:52 7-15 10-13 3 6 9 7 3 3 4 25
M BONNER 21:41 3-9 1-1 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 8
F ELSON 16:40 1-3 2-2 0 3 3 0 2 1 1 4
J VAUGHN 15:11 1-2 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
B BARRY 14:23 4-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11
I UDOKA 8:02 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
D WASHINGTON JR 3:16 1-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2

TOTALS 240:00 32-80 22-28 15 23 38 17 25 7 14 92
(.400) (.786) TEAM REBS: 7 TOTAL TO: 15 (20 PTS)

DALLAS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

D HARRIS G 36:45 8-13 2-2 0 2 2 5 2 3 0 18
J HOWARD G 36:27 7-14 8-12 0 6 6 1 4 3 2 23
D NOWITZKI F 37:07 6-14 5-6 2 6 8 5 4 1 2 17
M AGER F 20:57 2-3 1-2 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 5
D DIOP C 20:28 2-3 1-2 2 4 6 0 5 3 2 5
J TERRY 29:45 7-9 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 18
B BASS 21:29 1-4 4-4 0 4 4 2 2 0 3 6
J STACKHOUSE 18:04 4-10 0-0 1 2 3 3 1 0 0 10
E DAMPIER 17:32 1-3 1-2 4 5 9 0 3 0 0 3
J BAREA 1:26 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J HOWARD DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T HASSELL DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 38-73 22-30 9 32 41 20 26 11 13 105
(.521) (.733) TEAM REBS: 11 TOTAL TO: 14 (21 PTS)

SAN ANTONIO 18 22 30 22 - 92
DALLAS 33 26 21 25 - 105

BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - T PARKER. DALLAS - D NOWITZKI 4.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 6-15 (.400), T PARKER 0-1, M FINLEY 0-
2, B BOWEN 1-2, E GINOBILI 1-4, M BONNER 1-3, B BARRY 3-3. DALLAS 7-
16 (.438), D HARRIS 0-2, J HOWARD 1-2, D NOWITZKI 0-2, J TERRY 4-5,
J STACKHOUSE 2-5.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: BOB DELANEY, LUIS GRILLO, PHIL ROBINSON.
A - 20,468. T - 2:33.</div>

 

NBA: SAN ANTONIO at DALLAS

<div class="pre">SAN ANTONIO (92)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
T Parker 32:49 1-11 5-6 2-3 8 3 7
M Finley 24:38 0-6 0-0 0-4 0 2 0
T Duncan 33:28 11-21 2-2 4-5 1 2 24
B Bowen 19:04 2-3 0-0 0-2 0 4 5
F Oberto 18:56 1-2 1-2 5-5 1 3 3
E Ginobili 31:52 7-15 10-13 3-9 7 3 25
M Bonner 21:41 3-9 1-1 0-3 0 3 8
F Elson 16:40 1-3 2-2 0-3 0 2 4
J Vaughn 15:11 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 3
B Barry 14:23 4-4 0-0 0-1 0 2 11
I Udoka 8:02 0-3 0-0 0-2 0 1 0
D Washington Jr 3:16 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 32-80 22-28 15-38 17 25 92
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.400, FT-.786. 3-Point Goals:
6-15, .400 (T Parker 0-1, M Finley 0-2, B
Bowen 1-2, E Ginobili 1-4, M Bonner 1-3, B
Barry 3-3). Team Rebounds: 7. Blocked Shots:1
(T Parker). Turnovers:14 (T Duncan 5, E
Ginobili 4, J Vaughn, F Elson, F Oberto, M
Finley, T Parker). Steals: 7 (E Ginobili 3, T
Duncan, F Elson, F Oberto, T Parker).


DALLAS (105)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
D Harris 36:45 8-13 2-2 0-2 5 2 18
J Howard 36:27 7-14 8-12 0-6 1 4 23
D Nowitzki 37:07 6-14 5-6 2-8 5 4 17
M Ager 20:57 2-3 1-2 0-2 3 3 5
D Diop 20:28 2-3 1-2 2-6 0 5 5
J Terry 29:45 7-9 0-0 0-1 1 2 18
B Bass 21:29 1-4 4-4 0-4 2 2 6
J Stackhouse 18:04 4-10 0-0 1-3 3 1 10
E Dampier 17:32 1-3 1-2 4-9 0 3 3
J Barea 1:26 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
J Howard DNP - COACH'S DECISION
T Hassell DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 38-73 22-30 9-41 20 26 105
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.521, FT-.733. 3-Point Goals:
7-16, .438 (D Harris 0-2, J Howard 1-2, D
Nowitzki 0-2, J Terry 4-5, J Stackhouse 2-5).
Team Rebounds: 11. Blocked Shots:4 (D
Nowitzki 4). Turnovers:13 (J Terry 3, B Bass
3, D Diop 2, J Howard 2, D Nowitzki 2, M
Ager). Steals: 11 (D Diop 3, D Harris 3, J
Howard 3, J Terry, D Nowitzki).

-------------------------------------------
SAN ANTONIO 18 22 30 22 - 92
DALLAS 33 26 21 25 - 105
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 20,468. T: 2:33.
Officials: Bob Delaney, Luis Grillo, Phil
Robinson.</div>

 

DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Dallas Mavericks fired the first salvoin what should be an entertaining battle for the SouthwestDivision title.


Josh Howard scored 23 points, and Jason Terry and Devin Harrisadded 18 apiece as the Dallas Mavericks knocked off thedefending champion San Antonio Spurs, 105-92, on Thursday.

Dirk Nowitzki chipped in 17 points for Dallas, which won itsfifth straight and beat San Antonio for the fourth time in asmany meetings.


The Mavericks won 67 games last season and unseated the Spurs asdivision champions, but didn't get a chance to face them in theplayoffs. Dallas was stunned in the first round by GoldenState in six games, while the Spurs went on to win their fourthtitle in six years.


"Year-in and year-out, everyone talks about the Spurs as theteam to beat", Howard said. "I think we are probably one of theonly teams that can beat them consistently. I think we deservesome respect just like they do, but I think it comes withwinning championships as well. We've just got to get back tothat point again."


Meanwhile, Terry said he didn't feel like it was statement game.

"No not necessarily," he said. "I mean it's just another gameearly on in the season against a great team, the defendingchampions, but we did what we had to do at home and we've got tosee them three more times so a long ways to go."


Finals MVP Tony Parker shot just 1-of-10 and scored four points,and the Spurs shot just 38 percent (24-of-62) from the floor.

"We just wanted to keep Parker's penetrations to a minimum,"Harris said. "He still got in the lane, he just missed a lot offloaters and a lot of shots tonight. His jump shot wasn'thitting and he just had one of those games."


Dallas jumped all over San Antonio early as the tandem of Howardand Nowitzki combined for 31 points in the first half toprovide a 59-40 lead.


"Guys were ready to play," Howard said. "We were just playinguptempo. Coach wanted us to be aggressive and that's what wewere doing."


The Spurs, who shot just 32 percent (14-of-43) in the firsthalf, trailed the entire game and could only pull within 10 at80-70 thanks to an 8-2 run in the final three minutes of thethird period.


The Spurs trailed by double digits the entire fourth quarter, asHarris scored 14 points in the period.


"If it wasn't Devin Harris it was an offensive board or aturnover, a blocked shot or something", said Manu Ginobili, whoscored 25 points. "It was always some little thing that reallykept us from making that final run."


"He's showing a lot more confidence in his game", Spurs coachGregg Popovich said of Harris. "He's not worried about makingmistakes. He's taking the open jumpers that are given to himand he's attacking the rim real well. He's always been a gooddefender, but I think he shows a lot more confidenceoffensively."


Tim Duncan added 22 for San Antonio, which had won seven of itsfirst eight games.

 

DALLAS (Ticker) -- The Dallas Mavericks fired the first salvoin what should be an entertaining battle for the SouthwestDivision title.


Josh Howard scored 23 points, and Jason Terry and Devin Harrisadded 18 apiece as the Dallas Mavericks knocked off thedefending champion San Antonio Spurs, 105-92, on Thursday.

Dirk Nowitzki chipped in 17 points for Dallas, which won itsfifth straight and beat San Antonio for the fourth time in asmany meetings.


The Mavericks won 67 games last season and unseated the Spurs asdivision champions, but didn't get a chance to face them in theplayoffs. Dallas was stunned in the first round by GoldenState in six games, while the Spurs went on to win their fourthtitle in six years.


"Year-in and year-out, everyone talks about the Spurs as theteam to beat", Howard said. "I think we are probably one of theonly teams that can beat them consistently. I think we deservesome respect just like they do, but I think it comes withwinning championships as well. We've just got to get back tothat point again."


Meanwhile, Terry said he didn't feel like it was statement game.

"No not necessarily," he said. "I mean it's just another gameearly on in the season against a great team, the defendingchampions, but we did what we had to do at home and we've got tosee them three more times so a long ways to go."


Finals MVP Tony Parker shot just 1-of-10 and scored four points,and the Spurs shot just 38 percent (24-of-62) from the floor.

"We just wanted to keep Parker's penetrations to a minimum,"Harris said. "He still got in the lane, he just missed a lot offloaters and a lot of shots tonight. His jump shot wasn'thitting and he just had one of those games."


Dallas jumped all over San Antonio early as the tandem of Howardand Nowitzki combined for 31 points in the first half toprovide a 59-40 lead.


"Guys were ready to play," Howard said. "We were just playinguptempo. Coach wanted us to be aggressive and that's what wewere doing."


The Spurs, who shot just 32 percent (14-of-43) in the firsthalf, trailed the entire game and could only pull within 10 at80-70 thanks to an 8-2 run in the final three minutes of thethird period.


The Spurs trailed by double digits the entire fourth quarter, asHarris scored 14 points in the period.


"If it wasn't Devin Harris it was an offensive board or aturnover, a blocked shot or something", said Manu Ginobili, whoscored 25 points. "It was always some little thing that reallykept us from making that final run."


"He's showing a lot more confidence in his game", Spurs coachGregg Popovich said of Harris. "He's not worried about makingmistakes. He's taking the open jumpers that are given to himand he's attacking the rim real well. He's always been a gooddefender, but I think he shows a lot more confidenceoffensively."


Tim Duncan added 22 for San Antonio, which had won seven of itsfirst eight games.