Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks
The Spurs and Mavs clash for playoff positioning while the young'uns try to play their way into the rotation. Pounding the Rock previews the game for the Spurs
| Final - 3.16.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio Spurs | 30 | 35 | 27 | 22 | 114 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 19 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 105 |
The Spurs and Mavs clash for playoff positioning while the young'uns try to play their way into the rotation. Pounding the Rock previews the game for the Spurs
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Game Preview: San Antonio Spurs at Oklahoma City Thunder
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 30 | 35 | 27 | 22 | 114 |
| Oklahoma City | 19 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 105 |
| San Antonio | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kawhi Leonard | 38 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 5-3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 15 |
| Tim Duncan | 33 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 6-11 | 19-4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0-0 | 16 |
| DeJuan Blair | 26 | 11-15 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 11-6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4-0 | 22 |
| Danny Green | 38 | 8-12 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4-0 | 21 |
| Tony Parker | 38 | 10-22 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 4-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3-0 | 25 |
| Matt Bonner | 26 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 3 |
| Gary Neal | 20 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 7 |
| James Anderson | 14 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Tiago Splitter | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Manu Ginobili | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Stephen Jackson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eric Dawson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Cory Joseph | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 45-87 | 9-19 | 15-25 | 49-15 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 18-1 | 114 | |
| .517 | .474 | .600 | Team Reb: 10 | Total TO: 2 (17 pts) | |||||||
| Oklahoma City | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 43 | 8-19 | 2-8 | 7-7 | 7-0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2-0 | 25 |
| Serge Ibaka | 25 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5-0 | 12 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | 14 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Russell Westbrook | 44 | 13-29 | 1-5 | 9-10 | 3-2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4-0 | 36 |
| Nick Collison | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 2 |
| James Harden | 33 | 8-11 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 7-1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2-0 | 19 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Royal Ivey | 23 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Reggie Jackson | 3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Lazar Hayward | 8 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Daequan Cook | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Cole Aldrich | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Ryan Reid | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eric Maynor | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 39-88 | 9-25 | 18-20 | 37-11 | 17 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 23-0 | 105 | |
| .443 | .360 | .900 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 0 (21 pts) | |||||||