Mavericks, minus stars, prevail over Spurs in OT
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FILE – Christian Wooden #35 of the Dallas Mavericks dunks the ball towards the Houston Rockets within the second half at American Airways Middle on December 29, 2022 in Dallas, Texas. Tim Heitman/Getty Pictures/AFP
Christian Wooden racked up 28 factors and 13 rebounds off the bench because the visiting Dallas Mavericks have been at their finest late in regulation and in extra time in a 137-128 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday.
With Dallas up by a degree, Jaden Hardy made considered one of two free throws with 3.4 seconds to play in regulation, giving the Spurs an opportunity to tie with a bucket. The Mavericks fouled Keldon Johnson with 1.7 seconds left, however he missed the primary free throw. That pressured Johnson to deliberately miss the second, which was grabbed by Dallas’ Maxi Kleber, however was fumbled out of bounds.
After a timeout, Johnson despatched the sport to the additional interval on an alley-oop dunk on the buzzer.
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— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) March 16, 2023
The Mavericks took cost by opening the extra time with a 9-2 run that gave them a 130-123 lead with 2:18 remaining and so they held on to snap a three-game dropping streak.
Hardy and Dwight Powell had 22 factors every for Dallas whereas Josh Inexperienced scored 21, Reggie Bullock had 20 factors and 13 rebounds and McKinley Wright IV scored 11. The Mavericks performed with out Luka Doncic (left thigh sprain), Kyrie Irving (proper foot soreness) and Tim Hardaway Jr. (left calf contusion).
Johnson led San Antonio with 27 factors. Malaki Branham added 20, with Romeo Langford scoring 17, Devonte’ Graham and Tre Jones hitting for 13 every, Blake Wesley tallying 11 and Sandro Mamukelashvili pitching in 10.
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) March 16, 2023
San Antonio, enjoying the second recreation of a house back-to-back, was lacking Jeremy Sochan (proper knee harm administration) and Zach Collins (left ankle harm administration), Keita Bates-Diop (left Achilles soreness) and Devin Vassell (left knee harm administration).
Each groups loved four-point leads within the first quarter that ended with San Antonio on prime 29-28. Two free throws by Bullock allowed the Mavericks to leapfrog again to the entrance earlier than Graham poured in a 3-pointer with 1.1 seconds to play to grant San Antonio a 62-60 benefit on the break.
Inexperienced paces all scorers with 13 factors earlier than halftime whereas Wooden had 12 factors and eight rebounds and Bullock and Wright added 11 factors every. San Antonio was led on the half by 11 factors apiece from Langford and Johnson and 10 from Graham.
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