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San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks

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0-1, 0-1 Away
Final
109 - 120

1-0, 1-0 Home

Doncic scores 28, Thompson adds 22 in Dallas debut as Mavs top Spurs 120-109

Stephen A. raves about Klay Thompson's debut in Dallas

Kyrie Irving had 15 points for the defending Western Conference champions, who got eight assists from Doncic and seven rebounds from Thompson.

Victor Wembanyama shot just 5 of 18 from the field for 17 points to open the young French phenom's second year with the Spurs. Jeremy Sochan and Julian Champagnie scored 18 apiece.

Takeaways Spurs: Thompson's first game with the Mavericks was the headliner, but Chris Paul's San Antonio debut to start his 20th season was an important moment for the Spurs in the growth of a young team seeking to end a five-season playoff drought. The offense looked rough, and Paul's only points came on a 3 in the third quarter. But the point guard's long-term value showed with eight assists and seven rebounds.

Mavericks: Dallas has been talking defense with the star offensive trio of Doncic, Irving and Thompson. There was a brief display in the third quarter with three consecutive San Antonio turnovers. Thompson had the first steal, Irving the next two. Dallas scored just two points, though.

Key moment The Mavericks took their biggest lead to that point at 69-55 in the third quarter when Doncic was in heavy traffic under the basket and threw a blind pass over his head to P.J. Washington Jr. for an open 3.

Key stat Dallas pulled away by warming up significantly from long range in the second half. The Mavs were 13 of 21 on 3s after the break after finishing the first half 6 of 23.

Up next The Spurs play the first of consecutive home games against Houston on Saturday. The Mavericks play their road opener Saturday at Phoenix.

This story updates a previous version to correct that Dallas was 13 of 21 from 3-point range in the second half instead of 13 of 18.

Regular Season Series

DAL leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Mavericks: 78.7%
Spurs: 21.3%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 109 - 120
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 109 - 120
4th 2.0 shot clock turnover 109 - 120
4th 24.0 Spencer Dinwiddie defensive rebound 109 - 120
4th 26.1 Blake Wesley misses two point shot 109 - 120

Statistics

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39-86 FG 42-102
45.3 Field Goal % 41.2
12-36 3PT 19-44
33.3 Three Point % 43.2
19-24 FT 17-23
79.2 Free Throw % 73.9
52 Rebounds 50
12 Offensive Rebounds 17
40 Defensive Rebounds 33
30 Assists 27
6 Steals 9
5 Blocks 5
19 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 1
19 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
1 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 9
13 Fast Break Points 23
44 Points in Paint 38
18 Fouls 21
6 Largest Lead 21

Game Information

American Airlines Center

Location: Dallas, TX
Attendance: 20,373 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Dallas 2 1 .667 - W1
New Orleans 2 1 .667 - L1
Houston 2 2 .500 0.5 W1
Memphis 2 2 .500 0.5 L1
San Antonio 1 2 .333 1 L1
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