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Dallas down Spurs 103-87 in season-opener
By TOM WITHERS
Posted Oct 29 2015 1:58AM



SAN ANTONIO (AP) Deron Williams performance was reminiscent of his Utah Jazz days as the Dallas Mavericks out-classed the San Antonio Spurs in front of their home crowd last night.

Williams finished the game with 36 points and 10 assists, on 14-21 shooting. The last time Williams had a game of 36+ points and 10+ assists was all the way back in 2010, when he finished with 42 and 10, per Basketball-Reference.com.

New signing Wesley Matthews also put in a promising performance after coming off a season-ending Achilles injury last season, tallying 19 points to go with 4 rebounds and 6 assists in 32 minutes of play.

Things didn't look good for the Spurs from the get go, as Tim Duncan went down with an ankle injury early in the 1st quarter. He did end up returning in the 3rd, and finished the game with 10 points and 5 rebounds, albeit in 21 minutes. The injury was later found to be an ankle sprain, and Duncan won't be sidelined for too long.

Tony Parker put in a terrible performance, racking up 8 turnovers and shooting 1-6 from the field.

There was a bright spot for the Spurs however, as Kawhi Leonard stepped up, and scored 29 points to go along with his 7 rebounds. He also had 2 steals, which lead to easy fastbreak dunks.

"It wasn't a good game," Gregg Popovich, coach of the Spurs said after the game. "We just didn't execute like we usually do in season-openers. We'll just have to go back, and work on the areas that were subpar tonight."

Mavericks coach, Rick Carlisle had this to say about Deron William's performance: "I'm really proud of him. I've seen how hard he's been working during the off-season and during training camp, and I'm glad it's payed off for him. Hopefully he can keep this up and become a leader alongside Dirk for us."

UP NEXT

The Spurs are at Phoenix on Thursday.

The Mavericks host Utah on Wednesday.

Dallas Mavericks at San Antonio Spurs
Oct 28, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Dallas (1-0)	15	29	32	27	103
San Antonio (0-1)	20	18	23	26	87

Dallas Mavericks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Deron Williams	31	14-21	4-4	4-5	0	10	0	0	3	36
Wesley Matthews	32	7-13	1-2	4-4	4	6	1	0	1	19
Chandler Parsons	31	4-10	0-1	5-7	1	2	2	0	0	13
Dirk Nowitzki	27	1-4	0-0	0-0	10	1	4	1	0	2
Zaza Pachulia	29	3-6	0-0	0-0	8	4	5	0	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.J. Barea	10	5-8	0-1	3-4	0	0	0	0	0	13
Devin Harris	10	1-4	1-3	2-2	2	1	0	1	1	5
Charlie Villanueva	8	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Richard Jefferson	8	0-4	0-1	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Raymond Felton	8	2-5	0-2	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	5
Justin Anderson	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Evans	5	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		38-79	6-14	21-26	33	26	13	2	8	103

San Antonio Spurs
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Tony Parker	35	1-6	1-2	5-8	4	8	2	1	8	8
Danny Green	34	3-9	3-5	0-0	5	3	1	2	2	9
Kawhi Leonard	35	11-16	3-3	4-6	7	2	2	1	5	29
LaMarcus Aldridge	28	4-7	0-0	3-6	4	2	2	1	2	11
Tim Duncan	21	4-6	0-0	2-6	5	1	1	3	0	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Boban Marjanovic	16	1-1	0-0	3-4	2	1	0	3	3	5
David West	13	1-3	0-0	3-4	1	1	0	0	1	5
Patty Mills	7	1-1	0-0	2-2	4	2	0	0	0	4
Manu Ginobili	7	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	1	0	4
Boris Diaw	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Anderson	2	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ray McCallum	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		29-53	7-11	22-34	33	25	7	12	22	87

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NBA Injuries (as of 10/29/15)
Pos	Player	Injury Note
C	Dwight Howard (HOU)	Sprained Ankle (Day-to-Day)
PF	Tim Duncan (SA)	Sprained Ankle (Day-to-Day)
PF	Pau Gasol (CHI)	Sprained Wrist (1-2 Weeks)
PF	David West (SA)	Back Spasms (1-2 Weeks)
C	Andrew Bogut (GS)	Sprained Wrist (1-2 Weeks)
PG	Grant Hill (IND)	Separated Shoulder (2-4 Weeks)
SF	T.J Warren (PHX)	Shin Splints (Day-to-Day)
SF	Thabo Sefolosha (ATL)	Flu (Day-to-Day)
SG	Jerryd Bayless (MIL)	Bruised Rib (4-6 Weeks)

[eyes of hazel]

D. Will went "old school" didn't he?

Geeesh!

[trekfan]

Wow. D-Will showed up that game; playing him and the Mavs tonight, I really hope he doesn't do that to me.

[Bradster224]

Quote: Originally Posted by eyes of hazel

D. Will went "old school" didn't he? Geeesh!

I know, I was really surprised he could pull out a statline like that.

Quote: Originally Posted by trekfan

Wow. D-Will showed up that game; playing him and the Mavs tonight, I really hope he doesn't do that to me.

Tony Parker just bombed it that game, I have no idea why, I was really annoyed with the loss, considering Timmy D got injured as well.

Next game I'm playing and reporting on is Knicks @ Cavs, should be a good one.

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Cavs defeat Knicks 87-80, start season off strong
By BRIAN MAHONEY
Posted Oct 31 2015 12:46AM



CLEVELAND (AP) The Cavaliers started out their quest for back-to-back Finals appearances with a win, defeating the New York Knicks 87-80 at Quicken Loans Arena on Wednesday.

The formalities began straight out of the gate, as the Cavs came out with an 18-2 run to begin the first quarter. The Knicks picked up though, and fought back with their own run to end the first.

Carmelo Anthony seemed to get out on the wrong side of the bed last night, only making 3 field goals at halftime. He did turn it around after the break slightly though, finishing with 28 points on 13-25 shooting.

Aaron Afflalo was a bright spot in the Knicks off-season pickups, tallying 15 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in 30 minutes of play.

LeBron had a LeBron game, finishing with 25, 5, and 6, to go with 3 blocks and 9-10 FT shooting.

Timofey Mozgov had a good day on the glass, grabbing 10 rebounds, but had a terrible game everywhere else. After being dunked on by Sophmore Langston Galloway in the second quarter, he went down in the 4th after coming down with a rebound, tweaking his ankle. The Cavs missed his interior presence while he was out, as New York made a run to make the game interesting, before Mozgov came back in with his ankle wrapped up.

Kevin Love could not get anything going on the offensive side of the ball, not scoring a single point off of 5 shots. He did contribute defensively however, blocking 4 shots, all late in the 4th to help secure the win.

The game was hanging in the balance with a minute remaining, as the Cavaliers were only up by one possession. That's when Cleveland guard and former Knick, Iman Shumpert stepped up, receiving a pass from a running LeBron, and sinking the transition three. Shumpert finished 2-2 from behind the line, and racked up 16 points.

LeBron said this about his teammates in the post-game press conference: "I'm just really proud of my boys. In one of the timeouts we had in the last quarter, I gave a little pep talk to 'em, try and fire them up."

"It always feels good to hit a shot like that, you know?" Shumpert said. "You always want to take them shots, and I'm glad that Bron trusted me with taking that shot."

The Cavs start their season 1-0, while the Knicks remain winless, falling to 0-2.

UP NEXT

The Cavaliers are in Chicago on Thursday.

The Knicks host Charlotte on Saturday.

New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers
Oct 30, 2015	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York (0-2)	17	25	22	16	80
Cleveland (1-0)	20	25	21	21	87

New York Knicks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jose Calderon	31	3-10	0-1	0-0	1	7	2	0	4	6
Aaron Afflalo	30	7-18	1-4	0-0	5	6	1	0	1	15
Carmelo Anthony	29	13-25	0-5	2-2	4	1	2	1	0	28
Kristaps Porzingis	26	2-7	0-1	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	4
Robin Lopez	23	1-5	0-0	3-4	9	1	1	0	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Langston Galloway	20	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	5	0	0	0	8
Kevin Seraphin	11	3-6	0-0	1-1	8	1	1	0	0	7
Derrick Williams	10	1-2	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	3
Lance Thomas	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Kyle O'Quinn	8	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Lou Amundson	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Quincy Acy	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		36-82	2-12	6-7	35	24	9	1	6	80

Cleveland Cavaliers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Kyrie Irving	30	7-12	2-3	0-0	6	4	3	1	3	16
Iman Shumpert	32	6-10	2-2	2-2	4	4	1	0	1	16
LeBron James	36	8-17	0-1	9-10	5	6	0	3	3	25
Kevin Love	27	3-3	0-2	0-0	6	1	0	4	0	0
Timofey Mozgov	27	0-5	0-0	2-3	10	0	0	2	3	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mo Williams	11	1-5	0-2	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	2
Tristan Thompson	10	4-4	0-0	1-1	6	0	0	0	1	9
Matthew Dellavedova	9	0-3	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Anderson Varejao	9	2-2	0-0	3-4	2	0	0	0	0	7
Cedi Osman	7	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Harris	5	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rakeem Christmas	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
TEAM TOTALS		32-63	4-11	19-22	42	18	5	10	13	87