After his team's game one loss Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said said some on his team played like "dogs". In game two it was the Mavericks who played like dogs with the Spurs playing the part as their master.
The Spurs never trailed on their way to a convincing 102-88 victory that tied the series at a game a piece. The Spurs big three one again led the way with Tim Duncan proving he can still play a little with 25 points and 17 rebounds while Manu Ginobili added 23 points and Tony Parker 16 points of his own. It was though the Spurs main game one canine, Richard Jefferson, who stepped up by scoring 17 of his 19 points in the first half.
For the Mavs it was a disappointing night on both ends of the floor as they could only manage 36.5% shooting while allowing the Spurs to shoot 48.2%. Dirk Nowitzki was held to only 9-24 shooting for 24 points while Jason Tery scored a game high 27.
The Spurs jumped out to an early double digit lead as the Mavs were ice cold from the field, and although Dallas was able to cut that lead to one in the 2nd quarter it was back up to 12 at halftime.
The lead would increase to 20 in the third before a Mavs rally cut it to 5 in the 4th before San Antonio once again took over putting the game away led by Duncan's brilliance.
The series now heads to the Alamo city for games 3 and 4 where the NBA's best road team will hope to at least get a split in a arena where they have had a lot of recent success. This series appears to be a long one with these two rivals trading punches but with a knockout being hard to come by.
The way I see it, there is only one reason that the Mavs lost Game 2...your brother.
ReplyDeleteGK314 attends Game 1 and they win. He sits at home for Game 2 and they lose. In order for the Mavs to win, he needs to be there.
If he is a true Mavs fan, I expect to see him on tv for Games 3 & 4 in San Antonio as well as Game 5 back at the AAC.