Parker spurs San Antonio to Texas-style victory

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Tony Parker scored 30 points Thursday as the defending champion Spurs edged rival Dallas in thrilling fashion. Box score
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San Antonio 92, Dallas 90
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS, AP Sports Writer
December 1, 2005

San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan, left, and Nazr Mohammed (2) defend against Dallas Mavericks Keith Van Horn, center, in the first half, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, in Dallas.
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DALLAS (AP) -- Tony Parker's season-high 30 points included a go-ahead layup with 35 seconds left, Michael Finley made three key free throws, and the San Antonio Spurs held on to beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-90 Thursday night and remain alone atop the Western Conference.

Parker added two free throws with 12 seconds left to make it 92-88, but that almost wasn't enough for the Spurs (12-3), who gave Dallas two more chances after that.

Marquis Daniels missed a shot for Dallas, but got the long rebound and threw a wild shot toward the basket, drawing a foul from Brent Barry to get three free throws with 6.1 seconds left. After Daniels made the first two shots, he missed the third.

Tim Duncan got the rebound in a crowd, but was called for traveling while trying to secure the ball with 3.5 seconds remaining. Dirk Nowitzki's potential game-tying shot off the inbound pass was partially blocked by Bruce Bowen and time ran out.

Finley, the former Mavericks player making his first start in San Antonio with Manu Ginobili out because of a jammed right foot, scored 15 points. Duncan was held to just 13 points, but had 14 rebounds.

Daniels finished with a season-high 24 points, and Jason Terry had 18 for the Mavericks, who lost consecutive games for the first time under coach Avery Johnson. The Mavericks missed a chance to match San Antonio's record by losing for the third time in four games.

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There were 26 lead changes, seven in the final 2:48. The last came on Parker's go-ahead drive that was redemption for his mistake just seconds earlier.

Parker had a bad pass stolen by Devin Harris, but the Spurs got the ball right back when Keith Van Horn threw a pass out of bounds and Parker drove for his layup. After Daniels missed a shot, Finley got the rebound, was fouled and made two free throws.

Finley scored the last seven points of the first half for the Spurs, giving them a 45-43 lead.

Nowitzki's free throw pushed Dallas ahead 42-38 before Finley made a 12-footer with 1:55 left and hit a 3-pointer on the next possession to put the Spurs ahead. After Daniels made a free throw, Finley's 22-footer broke the tie.

San Antonio jumped ahead 10-2 -- which would be its biggest lead -- by hitting five straight shots after Duncan missed the game's opening shot. Finley even made his first shot, unlike when he opposed the Mavericks for the first time last month.

Finley badly missed his first shot against Dallas on Nov. 5, when he finished with only two points on 1-of-6 shooting in 27 minutes of the Spurs' 103-84 loss. He spent 8 1/2 seasons with Dallas before being waived in August in a cost-saving move.

Ginobili will have an MRI exam on his jammed right foot Friday. He got hurt in the Spurs' 90-84 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night, when he scored 22 points.

Notes

Nowitzki finished with 14 points on 3-of-13 shooting. He's 20-for-64 his last three games. ... Duncan, who came in averaging 21.3 points, was held under 20 points for the third time in four games. ... Johnson was named the Western Conference coach of the month for November, when the Mavericks were 10-4. He also won the award last April, and is the first coach in league history to win coach of the month honors in both of his first two months coaching. "You've got have good players," said Johnson, 26-7 since replacing Don Nelson last March. ... Mavs G Josh Howard missed his third straight game with a sprained right ankle.

[Old School Chic]

I guess going out with Eva Is paying off...

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too bad tp the guy who avery said the spurs were trying to make a child do a man's job beat him tonight

[Old School Chic]

too bad tp the guy who avery said the spurs were trying to make a child do a man's job beat him tonight
:lmao

[Hatfield]

Parker was a beast

[CubanMustGo]

Parker added two free throws with 12 seconds left to make it 92-88, but that almost wasn't enough for the Spurs (12-3), who gave Dallas two more chances after that.


The author of this article obviously meant to say Bennett Salvadick gave Dallas two more chances. Three if you include the bizzare no-call on the Mav standing out of bounds who passed the ball back to Dik Nowitz.

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The author of this article obviously meant to say Bennett Salvadick gave Dallas two more chances. Three if you include the bizzare no-call on the Mav standing out of bounds who passed the ball back to Dik Nowitz.
Cuban must be paying Salvatore pretty handsomely because apparently, Dallas players can be blatantly standing out of bounds and still pass to their teammates. Just ask Houston about the call by Salvasshole that more or less cost them a series last year.

[Budkin]

Damn, Tony Parker....

I WAS SCREAMING BEEG NUTS BEEG NUTS!!!

:spin

Great game TP... keep it up!