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Spurs vs Mavericks Final Score: San Antonio Back At It, Beats Dallas 101-100

By Wes Goldberg

Oct 28, 2014; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan (21) is defended by Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler (left) during the first half at AT&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 28, 2014; San Antonio, TX, USA; San Antonio Spurs power forward Tim Duncan (21) is defended by Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler (left) during the first half at AT&T Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports /
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The reigning NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs started the season where they left the last season off, beating the Dallas Mavericks 101-100 on opening night.

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The San Antonio Spurs  (1-0) won an NBA championship with illustrious ball movement that garnered plenty of open shots for a deep roster. Every year, the Spurs are questioned as being too old and many wonder if they can keep up being one of the most consistent teams in sports over the past decade. On the NBA’s opening night, they showed they still got it, beating the Dallas Mavericks (0-1) 101-100 at the AT&T Center Tuesday night.

The game was close throughout, and the first game of the year gave us plenty of highlights and a lot to be excited about for the next 81 games.

Within minutes, we saw Mark Cuban’s new toy Chandler Parsons throw down a dunk on the Spurs defense.

We also saw evidence of that aforementioned Spursy ball movement.

The Mavericks took a 53-45 lead into halftime, riding the efforts of Dirk Nowitzki’s vintage performance in the first half. San Antonio came out in the second half guns blazing, executing pick-and-rolls, moving the ball at a break-neck pace and hitting open shot after open shot.

Dallas made a late push and the game was close to that last possession. Parsons had an opporutnity to win the game at the end but missed the shot.

Tony Parker led the team with 23 points and Manu Ginobili had 20 points and six assists. Tim Duncan had a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. For the Mavericks, Monta Ellis went to his bulk-shooting ways, hitting 11-of-21 shots for 26 points. Parsons went 2-for-10 in his Mavs debut and Dirk finished with 18 points.

Despite committing 21 turnovers, the Spurs got off a lot of open 3-pointers, and shot 50 percent for the game from long range. Ball movement can cure many wounds, but those 21 turnovers came in large part because the team was passing so much. That should get cleaner as the regular season goes on.

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