Game 6: Dallas at San Antonio (April 29) 1st quarter: Dallas came out and laid an egg in the 1st quarter. San Antonio jumped out to a 7-0 lead, including 5 points from Tim Duncan, with 9:20 remaining before Dirk Nowitzki hit a baseliner with 9 minutes left to finally put Dallas on the board. San Antonio led 13-8 with 5:15 to go and Dallas again played terrible in missing their last 8 shots and committing 3 turnovers to the end of the quarter - it could have been worse as the Spurs scored just 9 points during those 5 minutes. San Antonio led 22-8 after 1. Dallas shot just 4-18 FG and didn't get to the line while San Antonio shot 10-20 FG and 2-6 FT. Dallas committed 5 turnovers (including a rare 5 seconds inbounds violation) in the quarter that led to 8 Spurs' points while Dallas didn't score on San Antonio's only turnover. Only Nowitzki and Caron Buter (4 each) scored for Dallas. 2nd quarter: San Antonio scored on their first 4 possessions while Dallas continued to struggle and the Spurs led 31-10 with 10 minutes left. Dallas could get no closer than 17 points over the next 7 minutes. Things got worse for Dallas when Nowitzki picked up his 3rd foul with 8:45 remaining - also putting Dallas in the penalty. Knowing that a loss would end Dallas' season, Nowitzki was reinserted with 6:15 left (along with Roddy Beaubois). Nowitzki lasted all of 1:24 of game time before picking up his 4th foul and then sitting the rest of the half. As is not unusual with a large lead early, the Spurs were unable to maintain their focus. San Antonio led 44-23 with 4 minutes left and Dallas closed the quarter with a 12-3 run, including 7 points by Beaubois. San Antonio led 47-34 at the half. Caron Butler had 10 points and Manu Ginobili had 10 points in the quarter. After their dismal 1st quarter, Dallas shot 10-22 FG and 5-6 FT (getting their first free throws of the game with 5:20 left) in out-scoring San Antonio 26-25 in the quarter. San Antonio shot 8-18 FG and 9-12 FT. For the half, San Antonio shot 47.4% FG, 0-5 3-pointers, and 11-18 FT and Dallas shot 35% FG, 1-8 3-pointers, and 5-6 FT. 3rd quarter: Nowitzki opened the 3rd quarter with a 3-point play to kick off a 10-2 Dallas run, ended with a 3-pointer by Nowitzki, and the Spurs' lead was down to just 49-44 with 9:35 remaining. San Antonio continued to hold on to a small lead, but 4 straight points by Nowitzki pulled Dallas within 52-54 with 6:30 left. The teams traded buckets and then traded misses and then Nowitzki drained a 3-pointer to give Dallas their first lead at 57-56 with 5 minutes to go. But the lead only lasted 20 seconds as Ginobili answered with a 3-pointer and then Duncan made the quick drive for 2 (was also fouled, but miss the free throw) and San Antonio went back to holding a small lead. San Antonio led 65-63 with 2:20 remaining and Dallas went back to missing shots (3) and committing turnovers (2) and the Spurs scored the last 5 points of the quarter to take a 70-63 lead after 3. Nowitzki had 15 points in the 3rd quarter in playing all but the last 3 seconds of the quarter (and not picking up his 5th foul). Dallas shot 12-21 FG and 3-4 FT while San Antonio shot 10-22 FG and a miserable 1-5 FT as Dallas out-scored San Antonio 29-23 in the quarter. Dallas did hurt their cause with 4 turnovers which results in 6 Spurs points (San Antonio again had just 1 turnover (and Dallas didn't score on it). 4th quarter: Jason Kidd opened the quarter with a 3-pointer, but George Hill answered with a 3. After a Nowitzki shot banked in, Duncan fed Hill for a layup and then Duncan fed Richard Jefferson to give San Antonio a 77-68 lead with 9:40 remaining. But Dallas then went on an 8-1 run, including 6 points by Nowitzki, to pull within 76-78 with 7:20 left. The teams traded jumpers and then San Antonio scored the next 6 points to take an 86-78 lead with 4:10 to go. Butler nailed a corner 3-pointer, but Hill answered with a corner 3 and it was still an 8-point game with 3:20 remaining. The teams traded 2 misses and Butler pushed the ball and was fouled - he hit both free throws with 1:50 to go. Tony Parker hit a long jumper to give San Antonio a 91-83 lead with 1:30 left. Nowitzki's jumper over McDyess banked in with 1:15 to go. Dallas blocked a driving Ginobili, but it was San Antonio ball out of bounds. Parker missed a shot, but Beaubois turned the ball over and committed a foul. Ginobili hit both free throws to again make it an 8-point game with 43 seconds left. Nowitzki missed a 3-point attempt and Ginobili was intentionally fouled - he hit both free throws to basically seal the game. Butler missed a 3-point attempt with 24 seconds remaining and 2 more free throws by Ginobili capped the scoring. San Antonio won 97-87. San Antonio takes the series 4-2. You can give Dallas credit for making a game of it and a tight 4th quarter, but you also have to give them blame for such a poor start - 8 points in a quarter is inexcusable, especially in an elimination game. And when Dallas struggles, they start playing one-on-one and go away from the team game - there was a period of over 15 minutes from midway through the 1st quarter through midway through the 2nd quarter where Dallas had just 1 assist, while they had 6 assists during an 11 minute span from the 2nd to the 3rd where Dallas (briefly) took a 1-point lead. But the Mavs did rally back, thanks to Dirk Nowitzki and Roddy Beaubois. Much 2nd guessing is being done for Rick Carlisle's rotation in the 4th quarter as Beaubois sat until 3 minutes left in the quarter while the struggling Jason Terry played. I also would have used hack-a-Duncan when Dallas went into a slump in the 2nd half as Tim Duncan looked terrible at the line in this game (1-7 FT). But give San Antonio credit for not folding after giving up such a huge lead and hitting the key shots down the stretch (notably George Hill). So the Spurs season continues and Dallas goes home for a long summer. For the numbers, San Antonio shot 47.4% (37-78) FG including 4-12 3-pointers (all 4 came in the 2nd half) while Dallas shot 43.8% (35-80) FG [52% in the 2nd half] and 5-20 3-pointers. San Antonio had a big edge at the line, but struggled to make them, with 19-31 FT and Dallas shot 12-15 FT. San Antonio out-rebounded Dallas 43-40 including 12-11 offensive. The Spurs even had the edge in fastbreak points at 40-32. San Antonio had 23 assists and Dallas had 15 assists. The biggest factor: Dallas only scored 4 points off of San Antonio's low 8 turnovers while San Antonio scored 22 points off of Dallas' 13 turnovers. The Spurs' largest lead in the game was 22 points and Dallas held a 1 point lead for 20 seconds in the 3rd quarter. Turns out that the last thing Dallas wants to do is win the division title. 3 times Dallas has won the division and all 3 times Dallas then lost in the 1st round - 1987 Midwest Division (55-27) lost to Seattle 1-3, 2007 Southwest Division (67-15) lost to Golden State 2-4, 2010 Southwest Division (55-27) lost to San Antonio 2-4 [though this was not as much as an upset as the other 2 were]. George Hill wasn't the high man, but was the star of the game. 10 of his 21 points came in the 4th quarter. He also had 6 rebounds in the game. Manu Ginobili was the high man with 26 points on 7-19 FG and 10-12 FT and had 5 assists. Tim Duncan had 17 points including (as mentioned above) a mere 1-7 FT. He had a solid all-around game with 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 steals (and 3 turnovers). Coming off the bench the entire series, Tony Parker chipped in 10 points, including a critical bucket late in the game, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists. Richard Jefferson only reached double-digits in 2 of the 6 games and had just 7 points in this game. He also had 4 rebounds. Antonio McDyess had 8 points and 6 rebounds. Those 6 were the main players for San Antonio. Matt Bonner played 12 minutes and had 4 points and 7 rebounds. DeJuan Blair only played 5 minutes and had 4 points and no rebounds - he was in a car accident (not injured) coming to the game and that might have affected how he played. Keith Bogans had 1 rebound for his only stat in 7 minutes. Ian Mahinmi and Garrett Temple were subbed in with a few seconds left so Duncan and Parker could go out. Dirk Nowitzki struggled in the 1st half, partially due to his foul problems (picked up 4 in the 2nd quarter), but came alive in the 2nd half (didn't pick up his 5th foul until 17 seconds left) where he scored 25 (including 9-14 FG) of his game high 33 points. He also had 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Caron Butler had 25 points and 3 rebounds. Roddy Beaubois provided a spark in scoring all 16 of his points during Dallas' comeback in the 2nd and 3rd quarters (he missed his only shot and had 1 rebound and 1 turnover during his 3 minutes of playing time in the 4th quarter). He also had 5 rebounds in the game. And that was it for Dallas - besides those 3, the rest of the players scored just 13 points. Shawn Marion had 6 points and 4 rebounds in 25 minutes. Brendan Haywood again started, but had foul problems and had just 2 points and 7 rebounds in 21 minutes. Jason Kidd had 3 points on just 1-6 FG, but did have 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Jason Terry had a lousy outing with just 2 points (only bucket came with 6 minutes left in the game) on 1-7 FG, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 2 turnovers in 20 minutes. Erick Dampier played well, but didn't score (missed his only shot) in trying to defend Duncan. He doesn't get enough credit for his off-the-ball play - he's the best screen setter on the team and has often given other players open looks. He had 5 rebounds in his 21 minutes. J.J. Barea played just 6 minutes and missed 3 shots, didn't have an assist, and had 2 rebounds. He did manage to block a layup attempt by Parker at the end of the 1st quarter. Eduardo Najera missed his only shot and had 1 rebound and 1 foul in 4 minutes. Quotes [Popovich, Carlisle, Ginobili, Nowitzki transcribed by me] Gregg Popovich: "First I'd want to compliment Rick [Carlisle] and his group for being one hell of a team. And I hope we never have to play those guys ever. I don't even want to play them in the regular season - change the rules or whatever. But they're a hell of a team, really hard to guard, work hard. We're even, you know, nobody's better than anybody else. The Western Conference seems to be that way. I just want to compliment them on a great season and a tough mental, physical playoff. I thought that they were great." Popovich: "For us, the 2 losses we had began with turnovers and it fueled everything that they do. In Game 1 and Game 5 the turnovers caused their fastbreaks to begin. They get rolling and once that happens, they're really, really tough to deal with. So, the turnovers were huge. And then the other thing for us is defense. I think they had 87 [points] tonight. And when they scored 100, they won - both of those games. In the games we won, I think they were 90 or below. So I was real pleased with our team's overall defense, covering for each other and guarding a team that's hard to guard." Popovich: "It's the NBA and everybody makes runs. They made one heck of a run. I think they got it within 2 and then they went up by 1 or 2, when we're up by 22. They came out in the 3rd quarter and knocked everything down. Dirk was great. We took a pretty good punch. For me that was my favorite part of the game, to see the guys continue to persevere and pursue the basketball, rebound. I think Tony had 7 rebounds. They continued to play hard and never felt bad about losing the lead as far as crying to the officials or getting on each other or anybody going off on their own. They stuck together, stuck with the game plan, and did a really good job." Popovich on the 1st quarter: "Sometimes a coach's worst nightmare is to get a big lead early in the game. Because in the NBA it's really hard to keep them." Popovich on McDyess: "We would have guarded Dirk Nowitzki much worse without Antonio, if that's what you mean. I thought he did as good a job as anyone on the planet can do. He really was disciplined with his defense and he made it easy for everybody else to adjust to what we were trying to do. It began with Antonio doing what he did." Popovich on Hill: "He was huge. He did a great job." Popovich on Hill: "His confidence - he's a scorer. He was a scorer in college. He wasn't a point guard. For him to attack and have that ability is really good for us because I can play him with Tony. This playoff series will really help his confidence. He wasn't really hurting that way anyway. He played all year long for us and played that role, so he knows. In fact, I got on him at halftime and told him he was being complacent and he was deferring again, he was being Mr. Nice Guy and trying to fit in. I tried to tell him, 'To hell with the rest of the team, go get your name in the paper. Go score.' And he had a great half." Popovich on McDyess making shots: "That's really important because we weren't scoring for a while. They were covering Tony, Timmy, and Manu really well and making it tough in the pick-and-roll. The one good thing we did was continue to move the ball to the open man and Dice let them fly and he knocked them down." Popovich on Kidd's and Terry's poor offensive games: "We didn't invent anything. It's just basketball. I think our guys just deserve credit for the great effort they put out. Jason and Jason are tough to guard. Jason Kidd because he's shooting that 3 so well and Jason Terry, obviously, because of his movement and ability to shoot it and drive it. I think our guys do deserve credit for chasing those guys around and being so disciplined on them." Popovich on Duncan's high minutes: "How many millions is Timmy getting paid? He should play 48 every game, the money he's getting paid. And you can tell him I said that." Popovich on his comment about the next player to miss a free throw owed him a car: "This is what's great about Tim Duncan that in the heat of battle he's been a really funny guy for the 13 years I've coached him and nobody really knows it. He obviously was not having a great night at the free throw line and I said that. And just to stick it to me - to let me know he's going to go miss another one he said, 'So what color do you want?' And nobody would think that Timmy would do that, but that's the kind of stuff he does. And so I just kind of shake my head and said, 'Get out of here.' and that's him." Tim Duncan: "I think we took a lot of their energy, a lot of their effort getting back into it after being so far down. Hopefully we used that against them and closed the game out." Manu Ginobili: "Today was very impressive the way we handled their run. It was really a tough situation because we had an almost perfect first 20 minutes. We kind of let down the last 4 of the 1st half - they came down to 13, 11, I think. And they started the 3rd quarter really hard and making every shot. We kind of stopped. We didn't start the 3rd with the right mental approach. But then we corrected mistakes. We stepped up defensively and we were able to run a couple times that really gave us some fresh air to start over again and start executing better." Ginobili: "We got too comfortable at that point. As I said before, the last 3 minutes of the 2nd quarter were really bad because we should have kept that [lead] at least 16, 18 points because we were playing that well and we let down at that time. And, as I said, in 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter, we were almost tied - 4 points. It was really tough because they were making every shot. We were starting to look to the side because things were not going our way. But, as I said, we stepped up. We started to play better D and execute better offensive." Ginobili on Hill: "There is no mystery that he played unbelievable. Game 4, he was huge. It was a game that none of us 3 had great nights - Tony, Tim, and me - and he led us to the win by making big shots and being the guy out there. And today, off the top of my head, I can remember 8 points that were huge, 2 corner 3s and 1 off balance shot from the corner were very important in a moment where we needed buckets. He's played very solid, he's become very reliable, and he's playing the most minutes for us because he's been unbelievable." Ginobili on Hill waving him off and Hill scored: "It was a point where we were struggling and I wanted to get the ball and he said, 'No. I'm going to run it.' and he ran it well, he made the shot. So, he's the point guard at the time and he got to take over. If he thinks he's feeling well and feeling confident then it's his job to decide who's going to take the shot. So, it's what he's got to do." Ginobili on the difference between Game 5 and 6: "It was totally different [start to the game] - our minds are kind of hard to understand sometimes. We went into Game 5, I'm not saying relaxed, but we suffered then. We were on our heels the whole game and they really attacked us. They made us turned the ball over. They made shots, they run. We didn't do anything that we were supposed to do. They beat us on every aspect of the game. And today we started so well. They scored 8 points I think, 8 points in the 1st quarter, so it was totally different. Great approach and a great way to close out a series." Richard Jefferson on responding to Dallas' run: "We fought back to regain the lead and that was huge. Down the stretched we got the stops that we needed and we kept that intensity. When they only had 8 points for most of the 1st quarter, you know they're going to hit shots. You know sooner or later they were going to get a couple calls. They had a couple calls not go their way and weren't hitting shots, yet you knew that it was going to go back the other way and we just had to keep our composure." Jefferson on ending the series: "We didn't want to go back to Dallas. There's no secret to that. Their job was to try and come here and steal one and anything can happen in Game 7. We didn't want to go back there. They have a great crowd, great fans, and play well at home. We worked extremely hard to get those 3 games so that we could have an opportunity to close it out at home." George Hill: "I just try to be a spark. I worked hard all summer on being able to make open shots and trying to take my game to another level. I think it's paid off this year and having a little bit of confidence from the veterans is always going to give you more confidence and they start to believe in you and set you up for plays that making things easy." Hill: "You dream about playing in big time games like this that really count and that's the type of person I am. I like to compete, I like the pressure, I like the challenge and things like that." Hill: "I think we played well in the 1st quarter. We held them to I think 8 points, but with things like that you know that basketball is a game of runs. You know they're going to start making shots and they're going to start figuring out how we're stopping them. I think Dallas did a great job of getting back in the game. Beaubois really stepped up off the bench and gave them a big spark which really rallied them and helped them to come back. It just showed the character of the Spurs. We're always competing and going out there and giving it our all. Everyone from 1 through 15 really stepped up and helped to get this win tonight." Hill on Beaubois sitting most of the 4th: "I was kind of happy because it took away another scorer that was playing very well. That's how it goes. People are going to go with people they're very comfortable with. I think Beaubois did a really great job of really giving them a spark. I think that at the end of the day we made plays that we really needed to close it out." Rick Carlisle on playing Beaubois: "We needed a spark. We were having trouble getting anything going offensively. We needed some quickness, some playmaking, some scoring. He's been a guy all year that's been able to give us a lift like that. On many occasions he's had, you know, a couple of runs where he was a consistent starter where he got a feel for the game as a starter and then he was off the bench a lot during season. The thing that really impressed me was that we needed him to make something happen and yet it allowed it to happen in a right way without forcing things. It was a great performance from a kid that had really only played a few minutes in a series prior to that. And it was obviously a big reason that we were really able to close the gap in the 2nd quarter and get some momentum going into halftime" Carlisle on why he didn't got to Beaubois earlier in the 4th: "I gave JET [Terry] a shot to see what he can do. We were hanging right in there for a good portion of time. We looked at him in Game 3 briefly. These have been tough decision all year. The thing I like is the kid was ready to go in a difficult team situation." Carlisle on Kidd's struggles: "They paid a lot of attention to him. They made a point of making him work offensively. And, look, he became such a positive offensive factor for us the last 2 months of the season, that they really started treating him like a scorer. Running him and all of our shooters off the 3-point line, making guys make plays. It was tough, it was challenging." Carlisle on the 1st quarter: "They were extremely aggressive, the crowd was into it, obviously. We were struggling. We were probably shooting the ball a little too quick. We wanted to get into a running game if we could, but some of our quick shots were resulting in quick breaks for them and momentum and so, you know, we had to try to get settled down. On the one hand, on the other hand, it was hard to try to get anything going. So that was tough. The 1st quarter has been a big story in this series and it was our undoing tonight." Carlsile on Terry in the 4th: "He was in there for a couple of stretches. The decision to go with Beaubois was just because dynamically he's a different kind of player. He's more of a penetrator, he can shoot, but he can get to the rim and he can make plays. He can get the defense into rotation a little better than some of our other guys at that position. When he's on the floor with Kidd, he's a 2 guard and not necessarily have to make plays from the point position, which can be more difficult. These are calls you've got to make when you're sitting in that seat. But I loved the way Beaubois was ready and how he played. We needed some other guys to have big games. We just couldn't quite get there." Carlisle: "Haywood gets the 3 fouls and Dampier goes in there and plays huge for us in the 2nd quarter and earned the right to start the 3rd quarter and played great in the 3rd too." Carlisle: "This was a very close series. San Antonio was a little more opportunitistic than we were. Their ability to win the 2nd game was huge and they were able to end the series tonight." Carlisle on Terry: "He's disappointed with how we played as a team and probably how he played too. And, look, I'm disappointed in myself. We're all disappointed. And that's unfortunately going to be a constant when you lose." Dirk Nowitzki on Terry's and Kidd's problems: "You have to give the Spurs credit, they are a good team on defense, that's what they do. That's what they hang their hat on over the last decade or whatever. They won 4 championships what with their defense and they showed last year that they don't want to get JET [Terry] involved in the offense. They trapped him in pick-and-rolls last year every time he came off and then made it him priority again this year, trying to take him out of the game. And with JKidd, they really run at him at the 3-point line - you know, he shot 40-something percent this year, which was his career best. They really made an effort to get out there when he was open and really tried to chase him off the line and they did a good job." Nowitzki: "Disappointed, disappointed obviously. You know, we had some ups and downs again all season long. Fought through some stuff and then we made a big trade, started off hot, had some downs after that too. It was a long season again. But I felt like we had a good little momentum going there, going into the playoffs. Playing well, playing well with the new guys, had a pretty good rotation and obviously going into the playoffs as a 2 seed it is what you wanted. We just happened to see a very, very tough 7 seed that got rolling at the right time, that got healthy at the right time, and really started to play well. You know, in this series I think we had our chances again, but it comes down to you have 3 chances to win 1 game here and you just have to find a way to win 1. We were in all 3 of them, we were right there, and they just made a couple more plays than we did, that's what it comes down to. If you can't win 1 game on the road out of 3 then you're going to lose the series." Nowitzki: "It was a little ugly there early. Got rattled again. But I think that we made a good little push there right before the half. You know, they had us down 19, 21 at some point, or right around 20 and we made that little push right before the half. With Roddy [Beaubois] got going there, had a couple of floaters and a big 3, and it was only like a 14 point game at the half, and I think that's obviously manageable with all of the firepower that we got, it's something that we can do. And really came out determined there in the 3rd quarter, made a nice little run, and we were right back in it. And down the stretch, I think again we had our chances. But you got to tip your hat to them. George Hill was the x-factor to me in this series. Again made amazing plays today. Made a fall-back runner there out of bounds, made a big 3 in the corner. I mean, you live with Parker, Duncan, and Ginobili making plays and he really used his freedom out there - obviously we had to load up on those 3 guys and he made some amazing plays. So you got to give him credit. He's going to be a good player in this league." Nowitzki on Beaubois: "He's explosive. He's showed that all year. We were impressed with him already in training camp. I've never heard or seen anything about him and in training camp he came in and really impressed some guys with his length and his ability to score. Even in practice when he came in when we were scrimmaging, he took big shots for the other team. You could see he has a swagger about him. Man, if he keeps improving, you know, stays humble, he's going to be fun to watch in this league for a long, long time. He is special. So, like I said, he can stay grounded, he'll have a great future in this league." Nowitzki on halftime: "Obviously we had to settle down a little bit, but like I said, that little run that we made to push it to 14, I think we had to feel good about ourselves going into halftime after being down 20, 21 - it really didn't look great there for a while. But we felt good about ourselves to be in that position, only down 14. And we felt if we could get some stops early and make some plays, we could be right there back in it and that's what we did. You know, it wasn't time to panic at that point down 14. It's nothing in the playoffs." Jason Terry: "To me this season is a failure if you don't win a Championship. We failed. The Championship was our goal and that's what we wanted. Fortunately it's not over. Now it's time to go home and work on your individual game and get ready for next year, hoping this team can do it again. As of right now this season is a failure." Terry: "I'm not sure why it's so hard for us to get started at times. You have to get off to a good start against teams like the Spurs and every game we got off to a rough start we lost." Terry: "No one in the Western Conference is less than a 2 seed. The Lakers are obviously #1 and everyone else is even. This match-up wasn't about where you were seated. This match-up was about which team came out and wanted it more. I give the Spurs a lot of credit because they were the hungrier team." Terry: "I'm not watching the playoffs because there is nothing for me to watch. I'm not cheering for any team other than this one. Our team goal was to win a Championship and it didn't happen. At this point you can blame it on the rain. Our season is over and we don't have any excuses - if we look for excuses that can be seen as a weakness. I think this team is all strong minded individuals so we are going to take this summer and get better." Terry on Beaubois: "He showed us the same thing he showed us all year. The kid can play. Now if he's going to be on the basketball court or not is a different story, but the kid can play well. He showed it tonight and he showed it all season long." Brendan Haywood: "It's very disappointing. I think this team is a lot better than we showed and we had a chance to really make some noise during the playoffs this year. To not get things accomplished is very disappointing." Haywood on the slow start: "I'm not sure. I think we got wrapped up in what we've gotten caught up in before which is taking long jump shots that weren't falling. When you miss long jump shot you allow the Spurs to run out and take advantage of good possessions it hurts. We didn't come out flat, it's just the Spurs got good possessions and we didn't. The Spurs are one of the best defensive teams in the league and they showed it." Haywood: "It's not like we lost to a team that isn't good. We lost to a team that has Championship pedigree and the only reason they were the 7th seat is because of injuries throughout the year. This series could have been the Western Conference Finals. These 2 teams are very good and anyone who thinks the Spurs are an easy knockout has another thing coming. This isn't like a monumental upset or anything. You all are talking like this is the NCAA tournament and the 15 seed just beat the 2." Haywood: "My biggest regret is that we didn't win. We have to take this series and learn from our mistakes. Long contested jump shots against the Spurs equals death. You must attack the rim, no matter if you're getting the calls or not." Haywood: "I don't think we lost our composure tonight. We may have been a little frustrated, but our biggest problem was missing our shots. In Game 5, we got good shots. When you don't get good shots against the Spurs they're going to clamp down and you will find yourself in a hole, which is what happened tonight." 2010 Playoffs - First Round Game 6: San Antonio Spurs 97, Dallas Mavericks 87 at San Antonio (April 29) 1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% San Antonio 22 25 23 27 - 97 .500 .333 .474 .613 Dallas 8 26 29 24 - 87 .500 .250 .438 .800 Halftime: San Antonio 47-34 3rd Q: San Antonio 70-63 Technicals: Caron Butler 4:33 2nd Refs: Bill Spooner, Ed F. Rush, Tom Washington Attendance: 18,581 (sellout) IL: Dallas - Tim Thomas San Antonio - Alonzo Gee, Malik Hairston, Curtis Jerrells San Antonio Spurs REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Richard Jefferson 31 2-5 0-0 3-4 7 1-4 2 2 1 0 0 Tim Duncan 43 8-17 0-0 1-7 17 4-10 5 3 1 3 3 Antonio McDyess 25 4-6 0-0 0-0 8 2-6 0 0 5 0 1 George Hill 42 7-12 2-4 5-6 21 3-6 2 1 1 1 0 Manu Ginobili 38 7-19 2-6 10-12 26 0-2 5 1 2 1 0 Tony Parker 35 5-12 0-1 0-2 10 1-7 8 0 2 2 0 DeJuan Blair 5 2-3 0-0 0-0 4 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 Matt Bonner 12 2-4 0-1 0-0 4 1-7 1 1 4 0 0 Keith Bogans 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 Ian Mahinmi 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Garrett Temple 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 48 37-78 4-12 19-31 97 12-43 23 8 17 7 4 Dallas Mavericks REB Player MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS O-T AST TO PF STL BLK Shawn Marion 25 3-8 0-0 0-0 6 1-4 0 1 3 0 0 Dirk Nowitzki 38 13-21 2-4 5-6 33 1-5 4 1 5 0 0 Brendan Haywood 21 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1-7 0 0 3 1 1 Caron Butler 39 9-18 1-5 6-6 25 1-3 1 1 2 0 2 Jason Kidd 43 1-6 1-4 0-0 3 1-8 6 2 5 2 0 Jason Terry 20 1-7 0-2 0-0 2 0-0 2 2 1 1 0 Eduardo Najera 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1-1 0 0 1 0 0 J.J. Barea 6 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 1-2 0 1 0 0 1 Erick Dampier 21 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2-5 1 1 3 0 0 Rodrigue Beaubois 21 7-13 1-3 1-3 16 2-5 1 2 4 0 0 Totals 48 35-80 5-20 12-15 87 11-40 15 13 27 4 4 patricia