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Ginobili’s 37 leads Spurs past Mavericks 97-95

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under Main 

San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, left, shoots as Dallas Mavericks forward Brandon Bass (32) and guard Josh Howard (5) defend during the third quarter of their game, played Wednesday night. Ginobili scored a season-high 37 as San Antonio would beat Dallas 97-95.

Whether the San Antonio Spurs missed Tim Duncan tonight is up for debate - I think they do - but be that as it may, they got a monster effort from guard Manu Ginobili. Ginobili’s 16 third quarter points would prove to be pivotal as the Spurs were able to narrowly defeat the Dallas Mavericks 97-95 at San Antonio.After being behind by 10 points in the first half, San Antonio would go on a 15-6 run to open the 3rd quarter. Ginobili would tie the game at 49 with 10:21 left in the 3rd and the Spurs would take the lead 53-52 on Tony Parker’s layup with 8:06 remaining in the period. By outscoring the Mavericks 31-17 in the 3rd period, San Antonio built a 73-66 lead to start the 4th quarter. The Spurs were up by 11 before Dallas closed in; the Mavericks go to within 4 with 58 seconds left in the game after Jason Terry stole the ball from the Spurs’ Michael Finley and dunked the ball making the score 97-93. Terry would then make a layup but miss a free throw for a 3-point play. With 3 ticks left, San Antonio’s Francisco Elson blocked Terry’s layup attempt then Dirk Nowitski would miss a last second 3-point attempt.

Ginobili, starting for the first time this season, would lead all Spurs scorers with a season-high 37 points; Parker added 23 while Finley scored 14 with 8 rebounds from off the bench. Dallas was led by Jason Terry with a solid 20 points; Brandon Bass in 25 minutes from off the bench added 18 while Nowitski was rather quiet as he scored 15. San Antonio (16-3), winners of 4 straight, continues their homestand as they host the Utah Jazz Friday night. Dallas (12-7) returns home to host the Denver Nuggets on Thursday.



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2 Responses to “Ginobili’s 37 leads Spurs past Mavericks 97-95”

  1. john on December 6th, 2007 3:39 am

    Nice blog!!! Could I get some comments here please

    http://mundoalbiceleste.blogspot.com/2007/12/nba-news-manu-of-night-ginobili.html

  2. lilo on April 17th, 2008 10:48 am

    SPURS ROCK!!!

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