Mavs at Spurs 122 - 117 Review

The Dallas Mavericks thanks to an amazing performance by Luka Doncic were able to hold off a late run by the San Antiono Spurs for the 122-117 victory. Doncic was one rebound away from a triple double as he matched his season high with 36 points. DeMar DRozan did his best for the Spurs with 29 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the loss. The Mavericks move to 8-7 while the Spurs fall to 8-8 on the season. Make sure to check out all the highlights from Sports Talk Line in case you missed it. And be sure to follow the host Joshua Griffith on Twitter @JoshuaGriffith0 1st Quarter – Kristaps Porzingis came out hot for the Mavericks as he would make a 3 to start things before scoring the first 7 points for Dallas. Doncic would hit a fading two and the early lead was 11-4. Both Teams would go cold until Lonnie Walker was able to nail a 3 for the Spurs to cut into the lead. Porzingis would hit another 3 as that would set the tonne for the Mavericks game plan. Demar DeRozan was doing his best from the mid range as usual and attacking to get to the foul line. Lamarcus Aldridge had a big dunk on a clear out from Walker to make it 14-10. Luka Doncic had a impressive first quarter and drove for 2 of his 19 first quarter points. Aldridge would hit a 3 before Doncic would respond with a 3 of his own. The teams were lighting things up from beyond the arc as Aldridge would hit not one, but 2 more 3 top cut the lead to 21-19. Dallas would take a timeout but the Spurs would hold defensively before Rudy Gay would give them their first lead with a 3 of his own. Mills would come right back after a stop by San Antonio, The Aussie was fouled it what looked like a shot but it didn’t matter as he nailed another 3 off the inbound play. The Spurs had their largest lead of the night 25-21. Doncic would set up a nice alley op for the Mavericks before Aldridge nailed another 3. Luka Doncic was having a brilliant first quarter as he would find Willie Cauley-Stein for the flush. Derozan would respond with a spin in the lane for 2 but Doncic would take over to end the Quarter, two big 3’s capped off by this bomb to make it 37-32. Rudy gay would cut the score to 37-34 as the first quarter came to an end. Doncic had 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. In the Quarter! 2nd Quarter – The Kid from Compton DeRozan would get an early layup before Porzingis nailed another 3. The Mavs were shotting 6/11 from 3 point range at this point. Try as Demar might he could only do so much as his 2 was countered with a Jalen Brunson drive for the bucket and one to push the lead back up to 43-38. A Brunson 3 and a Tim Hardaway Jr. slam before Hardaway would nail a 3 of his own to force Greg Popovich to take a timeout down 10, 48-38. Keldon Johnson would score a pretty little reverse layup by the Spurs were still down 59-45. Dallas had two quick buckets to push their lead to the largest on the night at 18 before San Antonio would wake up. Derozan would attack, attack, attack for two’s and trips to the line. Lonnie Walker was able to cut the lead to 10 with a big 3 off a Dallas turnover before Johnson took the pass from Walker and brought things down to 8. Hardaway would stop the bleeding with a jumper and the teams would go into the half with the Mavericks up 68-58. DeRozan had 15 points to lead the Spurs while Doncic had 21-6-7 well on his way to another triple double. 3rd Quarter – 68-58 Down by 10 to start the 3rd quarter the Spurs came out trying to get back in the game. Aldridge would hit a two and they would get some stops on defense before Keldon Johnson would get the Offensive rebound and put it back in to cut the lead to 70-62. But the Mavericks would respond thanks to Hardaway Jr. who threw down 2 of his 21 points. Patti Mills would pick up for the Spurs as he hit a mid range shot before what ever this was between DeRozan and Brunson as they just comically bounce off each other. You need to make that shoot D! 4th Quarter – Johnson would get an early tip in on an offensive rebound before Patty Mills would hit a 2 as the 4th quarter would grind down to a snails pace. Lot of fouls and whistles. Rudy Gay would hit a 3 on the second chance possession to cut the lead back down to 8 with 9:19 to go and it looked like we had a game. Hardaway was trying to make sure it wasn’t with a slam that caused the Spurs to use another timeout. The Spurs couldn’t take advantage with Doncic on the bench and he would check back in with 7:18 to go. He would right away make an impact to bring the lead back to 108-98 with a jumper. DISCLAIMER: All clips are the property of the NBA. No copyright infringement is intended, all videos are edited to follow the "Free Use" guideline of YouTube. THANK YOU! #Mavericks #Spurs #NBA #NBAHighlights #NBA2021 #DallasMaverics #SanAntonioSpurs #DAL #SAS #LukaDoncis