At 9:30 a.m. Beijing time on December 24, the NBA Mavericks hosted the Spurs, and their starting five Tigers were Doncic, Exum, Hardaway Jr., Derrick Jones, and Gween, while the Spurs' starting lineup was Champagnie, Sochan, Vassell, Branham, and Collins.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Derrick Jones scored 2 points with a rebound, Champagnie scored 3 points with an outside shot, Vassell hit 2 points with a small throw, and Sochan added 2 points under the basket, and the Spurs led 7-2 at the beginning. Doncic hit a 3-pointer from distance, and then scored two points on a step-back jumper to tie the game 7-7. The Mavericks led the Spurs by 11 points at 40:29 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Johnson hit 2 points from mid-range, Lawson hit 3 long-range shots from 100 steps through Yang, Sochan only knew how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle to score 3 points in response, and he hit the basket to score another 2 points, and the Spurs chased it to 36:43. The two sides fell into offensive mode, you chased me to catch up with a scuffle, and after two quarters, the Spurs trailed the Mavericks by 5 points at 66:72.
In the second half, the Mavericks ushered in more blossoms today, Doncic, Hardaway Jr., Exum and others took turns to bomb and score, and they were firmly in the lead. The Spurs Sochan, Johnson, and Collins also worked hard to catch up. Helplessly, the strength was not good, and in the end, after a fierce battle, the Mavericks easily defeated the Spurs 144:119!