Spurs 104-87 Mavericks (24 Mar, 2012) Play-by-Play

Dallas Mavericks

27-22, 9-14 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	21	24	18	24	87
SA	24	28	18	34	104

San Antonio Spurs

31-14, 19-4 home

104

DeJuan Blair misses 6-foot two point shot
Daniel Green makes two point shot
Manu Ginobili misses driving layup
Tim Duncan misses 2-foot two point shot
Ian Mahinmi blocks Tim Duncan's layup
Tim Duncan makes layup
DeJuan Blair makes layup (Manu Ginobili assists)
DeJuan Blair makes layup (Manu Ginobili assists)
Manu Ginobili misses 23-foot three point jumper
Gary Neal misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Duncan makes layup (Manu Ginobili assists)
Kawhi Leonard makes layup (DeJuan Blair assists)
Kawhi Leonard misses 23-foot three point jumper
Gary Neal misses 20-foot two point shot
Daniel Green makes driving layup
Daniel Green makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)
Tim Duncan misses 5-foot jumper
Daniel Green misses 20-foot jumper
Gary Neal makes 23-foot three point jumper (Matt Bonner assists)
DeJuan Blair makes dunk (Daniel Green assists)
Manu Ginobili misses layup
DeJuan Blair makes 8-foot jumper
Brandan Wright blocks DeJuan Blair's layup
Matt Bonner makes 25-foot three point jumper (DeJuan Blair assists)
Gary Neal misses 7-foot two point shot
Stephen Jackson makes layup
Brandan Wright blocks Manu Ginobili's 4-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 7-foot two point shot
Matt Bonner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Gary Neal assists)
Manu Ginobili makes layup
Tim Duncan misses 9-foot two point shot
Kawhi Leonard misses three point jumper
Brandan Wright blocks Tim Duncan's two point shot
Matt Bonner makes 23-foot three point jumper (Gary Neal assists)
Matt Bonner misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tim Duncan misses 4-foot jumper
Shawn Marion blocks Tim Duncan's layup
Tim Duncan makes dunk
Kawhi Leonard makes 1-foot two point shot (Daniel Green assists)
Daniel Green makes jumper
Daniel Green misses 15-foot jumper
Daniel Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tim Duncan misses driving layup
Daniel Green misses 23-foot three point jumper
Manu Ginobili makes layup (Daniel Green assists)
Manu Ginobili misses 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 36-foot three point jumper
Tim Duncan misses 17-foot jumper
Tim Duncan makes 19-foot jumper (DeJuan Blair assists)
Tim Duncan misses 18-foot jumper
Daniel Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Daniel Green misses 6-foot two point shot
Manu Ginobili misses layup
Gary Neal misses 25-foot three point jumper
Manu Ginobili misses 26-foot three pointer
Tim Duncan makes two point shot
Tim Duncan misses 8-foot two point shot
Stephen Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Matt Bonner makes two point shot
Gary Neal makes layup (Daniel Green assists)
Boris Diaw makes jumper (Matt Bonner assists)
Daniel Green misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ian Mahinmi blocks Daniel Green's layup
Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot three point jumper (Matt Bonner assists)
Gary Neal makes 26-foot three pointer (Manu Ginobili assists)
Stephen Jackson makes layup (Manu Ginobili assists)
Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot three point jumper (Matt Bonner assists)
Daniel Green makes 2-foot two point shot (Manu Ginobili assists)
Stephen Jackson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Matt Bonner assists)
Daniel Green misses layup
Tim Duncan misses 21-foot jumper
Matt Bonner makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tim Duncan assists)
Matt Bonner misses dunk
Daniel Green makes 10-foot jumper
Daniel Green makes layup (Tim Duncan assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kawhi Leonard makes dunk (Tim Duncan assists)
Gary Neal misses two point shot
Jason Terry blocks Daniel Green's 6-foot two point shot
Kawhi Leonard makes layup
Kawhi Leonard makes layup
Tim Duncan makes 13-foot two point shot
Daniel Green misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kawhi Leonard makes two point shot (Daniel Green assists)
Daniel Green misses layup
Eric Dawson makes 17-foot jumper (Manu Ginobili assists)
Eric Dawson makes 15-foot jumper (Boris Diaw assists)
Eric Dawson makes 21-foot jumper (Daniel Green assists)
Daniel Green blocks Rodrigue Beaubois's layup
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ian Mahinmi makes 13-foot jumper (Rodrigue Beaubois assists)
Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes dunk
Manu Ginobili blocks Rodrigue Beaubois's layup
Dirk Nowitzki makes jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 11-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 5-foot hook shot
Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses jumper
Vince Carter misses jumper
Vince Carter misses layup
Jason Terry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Shawn Marion misses 10-foot jumper
Jason Terry misses 15-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes 8-foot jumper (Rodrigue Beaubois assists)
Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 16-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Terry misses 46-foot three pointer
Jason Terry makes 15-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rodrigue Beaubois assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 11-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 11-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki makes 10-foot two point shot (Vince Carter assists)
Matt Bonner blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 4-foot jumper
Rodrigue Beaubois makes layup
Shawn Marion misses jumper
Ian Mahinmi makes tip shot
Jason Terry misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Boris Diaw blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 12-foot two point shot
Rodrigue Beaubois makes three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Ian Mahinmi makes 15-foot jumper (Rodrigue Beaubois assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses 14-foot jumper
Shawn Marion makes dunk (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 4-foot two point shot
Shawn Marion misses layup
Dirk Nowitzki misses 15-foot two point shot
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 16-foot jumper
Ian Mahinmi misses 5-foot two point shot
Rodrigue Beaubois makes jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shawn Marion makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rodrigue Beaubois assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses 17-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 19-foot jumper
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Terry makes 18-foot two point shot
Jason Terry misses 15-foot two point shot
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Kidd misses 23-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 9-foot running jumper
Shawn Marion misses 9-foot jumper
Shawn Marion misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jason Terry misses 19-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 19-foot jumper
Jason Terry misses 26-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rodrigue Beaubois misses 16-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Jason Terry misses 18-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 13-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 9-foot jumper
Matt Bonner blocks Jason Terry's 11-foot jumper
Jason Kidd makes 24-foot three pointer
Jason Kidd makes 16-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ian Mahinmi makes 8-foot two point shot (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ian Mahinmi makes layup (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Terry misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kawhi Leonard blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 5-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes 25-foot three pointer
Shawn Marion makes two point shot
Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandan Wright misses layup
Eric Dawson blocks Yi Jianlian's jumper
Dominique Jones misses 21-foot jumper

MAVERICKS

SPURS

TIME		DAL	SA
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Ian Mahinmi vs. Tim Duncan (DeJuan Blair gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Manu Ginobili bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	0	0
11:41	Daniel Green blocks Rodrigue Beaubois's layup	0	0
11:40	Dallas offensive team rebound	0	0
11:26	Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:25	Daniel Green defensive rebound	0	0
11:17	DeJuan Blair misses 6-foot two point shot	0	0
11:15	Daniel Green offensive rebound	0	2
11:15	Daniel Green makes two point shot	0	2
10:57	Ian Mahinmi makes 13-foot jumper (Rodrigue Beaubois assists)	2	2
10:42	Manu Ginobili misses driving layup	2	2
10:41	San Antonio defensive team rebound	2	2
10:18	Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:17	Dallas offensive team rebound	2	2
10:17	shot clock turnover	2	2
10:02	Manu Ginobili lost ball (Shawn Marion steals)	2	2
9:57	Shawn Marion makes dunk	4	2
9:36	Tim Duncan misses 2-foot two point shot	4	2
9:33	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	4	2
9:18	Manu Ginobili blocks Rodrigue Beaubois's layup	4	2
9:18	Daniel Green defensive rebound	4	2
9:08	Ian Mahinmi blocks Tim Duncan's layup	4	2
9:07	Tim Duncan offensive rebound	4	4
9:07	Tim Duncan makes layup	4	4
8:45	Shawn Marion lost ball (Manu Ginobili steals)	4	4
8:41	DeJuan Blair makes layup (Manu Ginobili assists)	4	6
8:18	Dirk Nowitzki lost ball (DeJuan Blair steals)	4	6
8:07	DeJuan Blair makes layup (Manu Ginobili assists)	4	8
8:04	Dallas full timeout	4	8
7:43	Dirk Nowitzki makes jumper	6	8
7:28	Manu Ginobili misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	8
7:26	Daniel Green offensive rebound	6	8
7:16	Gary Neal enters the game for Daniel Green	6	8
7:16	Vince Carter enters the game for Rodrigue Beaubois	6	8
7:13	DeJuan Blair bad pass	6	8
6:54	Dirk Nowitzki makes 11-foot two point shot	8	8
6:43	Gary Neal misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	8
6:41	Ian Mahinmi defensive rebound	8	8
6:28	Dirk Nowitzki misses 5-foot hook shot	8	8
6:26	Manu Ginobili defensive rebound	8	8
6:20	Tim Duncan makes layup (Manu Ginobili assists)	8	10
6:01	Vince Carter misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	10
5:58	Kawhi Leonard defensive rebound	8	10
5:46	Kawhi Leonard makes layup (DeJuan Blair assists)	8	12
5:24	Dirk Nowitzki misses jumper	8	12
5:22	Kawhi Leonard defensive rebound	8	12
5:15	Kawhi Leonard misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	12
5:13	San Antonio defensive team rebound	8	12
5:13	DeJuan Blair loose ball foul (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)	8	12
5:13	Daniel Green enters the game for Kawhi Leonard	8	12
5:13	Stephen Jackson enters the game for Manu Ginobili	8	12
5:13	Jason Terry enters the game for Dirk Nowitzki	8	12
5:13	Matt Bonner enters the game for DeJuan Blair	8	12
4:58	Vince Carter misses jumper	8	12
4:56	Vince Carter offensive rebound	8	12
4:54	Vince Carter misses layup	8	12
4:54	Matt Bonner defensive rebound	8	12
4:50	Gary Neal misses 20-foot two point shot	8	12
4:48	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	8	12
4:41	Jason Terry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	11	12
4:41	San Antonio full timeout	11	12
4:22	Ian Mahinmi personal foul (Tim Duncan draws the foul)	11	12
4:11	Daniel Green makes driving layup	11	14
3:53	Shawn Marion misses 10-foot jumper	11	14
3:51	Tim Duncan defensive rebound	11	14
3:40	Vince Carter shooting foul (Stephen Jackson draws the foul)	11	14
3:40	Stephen Jackson makes free throw 1 of 2	11	15
3:40	Rodrigue Beaubois enters the game for Jason Kidd	11	15
3:40	Brandan Wright enters the game for Ian Mahinmi	11	15
3:40	Stephen Jackson misses free throw 2 of 2	11	15
3:40	Vince Carter defensive rebound	11	15
3:27	Jason Terry misses 15-foot jumper	11	15
3:25	Tim Duncan defensive rebound	11	15
3:15	Daniel Green makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)	11	17
2:59	Shawn Marion makes 8-foot jumper (Rodrigue Beaubois assists)	13	17
2:41	Tim Duncan misses 5-foot jumper	13	17
2:39	Stephen Jackson offensive rebound	13	17
2:31	Daniel Green misses 20-foot jumper	13	17
2:31	Rodrigue Beaubois defensive rebound	13	17
2:23	Shawn Marion offensive foul (Gary Neal draws the foul)	13	17
2:23	Shawn Marion turnover	13	17
2:23	DeJuan Blair enters the game for Tim Duncan	13	17
2:23	Dirk Nowitzki enters the game for Shawn Marion	13	17
2:12	Gary Neal makes 23-foot three point jumper (Matt Bonner assists)	13	20
2:03	Dallas 20 Sec. timeout	13	20
1:47	Vince Carter makes 25-foot three point jumper	16	20
1:27	DeJuan Blair makes dunk (Daniel Green assists)	16	22
58.8	Dirk Nowitzki makes 16-foot jumper	18	22
38.9	Gary Neal bad pass (Jason Terry steals)	18	22
31.9	Jason Terry makes 25-foot three point jumper	21	22
25.8	Gary Neal bad pass	21	22
25.8	Manu Ginobili enters the game for Gary Neal	21	22
10.9	Rodrigue Beaubois bad pass (Manu Ginobili steals)	21	22
6.9	Manu Ginobili misses layup	21	22
4.8	DeJuan Blair offensive rebound	21	22
3.3	DeJuan Blair makes 8-foot jumper	21	24
0.0	Jason Terry misses 46-foot three pointer	21	24
0.0	Dallas offensive team rebound	21	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	24

Regular Season Series

Series tied 2-2

Mavericks
71
Spurs
93

Game 1

6/1

Spurs
100
Mavericks
101

Game 2

29/1

Spurs
99
Mavericks
106

Game 3

18/3

Mavericks
87
Spurs
104

Game 4

24/3

Frost Bank Center

12:30 AM, 24 March 2012

San Antonio, TX

Attendance: 18,581

Referees:
Ed Malloy
Kevin Fehr
Eric Dalen

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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