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San Antonio Spurs 122 Dallas Mavericks 106
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 T
Spurs 32 36 24 30 122
Mavericks 31 29 29 17 106
Q4 46.1 DAL 122-106 Jett Howard makes 23-foot three point jumper
(Tobi Lawal assists)
Q4 1:08 SA 122-103 Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes 24-foot three pointer
Q4 1:20 DAL 119-103 Tobi Lawal makes 24-foot three point step back
jumpshot (Sergio de Larrea assists)
Q4 1:53 DAL 119-100 Jett Howard makes 8-foot driving floating jump
shot (Walter Clayton Jr. assists)
Q4 2:28 DAL 119- 98 Tobi Lawal makes 1-foot layup (Walter Clayton
Jr. assists)
Points Sergio de Larrea 21 Assists Marcus Sasser 5 Rebounds Daniel Gafford 9
Points Victor Wembanyama 23 Assists De'Aaron Fox 9 Rebounds Victor Wembanyama 7
Wembanyama, Harper lead Spurs past short-handed Mavericks 122-106 for their first victory
DALLAS -- Victor Wembanyama had 23 points, seven rebounds and four blocks, Dylan Harper scored 22 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-106 on Saturday night for their first victory of the season.
DeAaron Fox and Stephon Castle added 19 points apiece as the Spurs avoided their first 0-3 start since 2008-09. They lost to Oklahoma City on Tuesday and to Houston in Austin on Friday.
Rookie Sergio de Larrea led the Mavericks (1-2) with 21 points off the bench, going 3 of 4 behind the arc. Dallas five starters combined for 50 points, topped by P.J. Washington with 12 points.
The Mavericks played without their two marquee players, Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving . Flagg, last seasons Rookie of the Year, is out with a shoulder injury that occurred during Dallas win at Indiana on Friday night and will be reevaluated next week. Irving, the nine-time All-Star, didnt play the second night of the back-to-back. He returned this season after being sidelined for 19 months with a torn ACL.
The Spurs squandered a 14-point lead in the third quarter but opened the final period on a 17-5 run in the first six minutes. They outscored Dallas 30-17 in the quarter as Spurs fans took over American Airlines Center in the closing minutes.
Wembanyama started slow, scoring only one point until midway through the second period. He then scored on two alley-oop dunks within two minutes and finished the half with 12 points.
The Spurs grabbed 15 offensive rebounds and outscored the Mavericks 25-10 in second-chance points.
Dallas scored 46 points in the paint in the first half, a franchise high during the play-by-play era (since 1997-98), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Spurs: Host Sacramento on Tuesday.
Mavericks: At Miami on Monday.
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