DALLAS – For a moment Wednesday night, it looked like the Dallas Mavericks were on the verge of blowing out the San Antonio Spurs. Less than eight minutes into the game and before fans could get totally comfortable in their seats, the Mavs held a massive 23-4 lead.
Final score: Spurs 105, Mavs 101.
The Spurs outscored the Mavs, 60-45, in the second half as the Mavs went 0-2 on this short home stand and lost for the fifth time in the last seven games. It was not what the American Airlines Center crowd of 20,214 – the Mavs’ 700th straight sellout – expected after the Mavs darted out of the gate like a deer trying to cross a busy highway.