On : Spurs’ Rudy Gay not keen on idea to play without fans Gay was pressed into duty to absorb backup minutes at center. That left the 6-9 Trey Lyles and Drew Eubanks as the tallest remaining upright players on the Spurs’ roster.
Four minutes into the game, Poeltl - Aldridge’s 7-1 replacement in the Spurs’ starting lineup - limped off with a sprained knee. Aldridge was already out that night with a right shoulder strain. Gay’s turn as a latter-day David began Feb. The Spurs are the only team with three active players who have 16,000 career points: Aldridge (19,575), DeRozan (16,270) and Gay (16,045). It was just the fifth time in 50 games he's been held below double figures this season. Before this season, the Mavericks had lost 15 of their last 17 games to the SpursĪfter averaging 30 points over his previous five games, Porzingis scored just nine points on 3-of-17 shooting in the Mavericks' 112-109 loss to Indiana on Sunday night.
26 at the AT&T Center, Dallas gained its first season series victory over its I-35 rivals since the 2009-10 campaign. With a 109-103 victory over the Spurs on Feb. With a win Tuesday night, the Mavericks will complete the first season series sweep (4-0) of the Spurs in franchise history. Mavericks: Points (Doncic, 28.5), rebounds (Doncic, Porzingis, 9.4), assists (Doncic, 8.7), steals (Wright, 1.1), blocks (Porzingis, 2.1). Spurs: Points (DeRozan, 22.3 per game), rebounds (Aldridge, 7.5), assists (DeRozan, 5.5, steals (Murray, 1.7), blocks (Aldridge, 1.6). Inactive: Seth Curry (ankle), Willie Cauley-Stein (illness), Jalen Brunson (shoulder), Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (illness), Josh Reaves (G League), Dwight Powell (Achilles), Antonius Cleveland (G League) Barea (5-10, 14th), Boban Marjanovic (7-4, 5th) Questionable: Doncic (wrist), Dorian Finney-Smith (hip). Mavericks: Delon Wright (6-5, 5th), Justin Jackson (6-7, 5th), J.J.
Inactive: Dejounte Murray (calf), LaMarcus Aldridge (shoulder), Jakob Poeltl (knee), Chimezie Metu (G League assignment)
Spurs: Patty Mills (6-0, 11th year), Rudy Gay (6-8 14th), Marco Belinelli (6-5, 13th), Luka Samanic (6-10, 1st), Keldon Johnson (6-5, 1st), Quinndary Weatherspoon (6-3, 1st). Mavericks: PG Luka Doncic (6-7, 2nd), Tim Hardaway Jr. Spurs: PG Derrick White (6-5, 3rd), SG Bryn Forbes (6-3, 3rd), SF DeMar DeRozan (6-7, 11th), PF Drew Eubanks (6-10, 2nd), C Trey Lyles (6-10, 5th)