That glorified D-League game that broke out in the second half Friday night at American Airlines Center finally ended, but not in favor of the Dallas Mavericks.
With key players for the Mavs resting in the second half and — in the case of San Antonio, some key players not even in North Texas — the Spurs hustled back from a 16-point deficit to upend the Mavs 102-89 before a sellout crowd of 20,133.
The loss was the seventh in the past eight games for the Mavs, who dropped to 32-47 and are playing out the string and concentrating on getting minutes for their young players in a season that went horribly wrong.