No Kawhi Leonard, no Tiago Splitter, no Patty Mills—no problem for the San Antonio Spurs. Especially if Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili are still around to save the day.
The Spurs' grizzled Big Three combined for 57 points and Chandler Parsons' potential game-winning shot clanged off the rim, as San Antonio earned a 101-100 home victory over the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday night.
Down by one with under a minute remaining, the Mavericks swung the ball around the perimeter beautifully for an open shot for Parsons, their high-profile offseason acquisition. The former Houston Rocket clanged the ball off the rim to end a dispiriting Mavericks debut as Duncan snared the rebound to cap off a double-double night (14 points, 13 rebounds).
Parker accounted for a team-high 23 points, looking in midseason form as he slashed into the paint. Ginobili scored 14 of his 20 points in the second half, including nine in a critical third-quarter run. The Spurs and Mavericks were playing for the first time since their epic seven-game first-round series, which was easily the most San Antonio was tested on its ...
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