Full Coverage: San Antonio Spurs @ Dallas Mavericks

Breaking down the Parker to Belinelli alley-oop

In a new wrinkle for San Anotnio's unabridged play book, the Spurs play off the defense's fear of the three-ball to get a shot at the rim.

Rehash: Green's shooting is set to "on."

In a game in which the final result eased our concerns by .001%, the Spurs overcame a bad Mavericks team thanks to hot shooting from Green, some fabulous overall play from Duncan and Diaw and a whole mess of free throw attempts.

Spurs ride Duncan, Green & Parker to win over Mavs

When three Spurs score at least 20 points and two are Duncan and Parker, you'd expect the third to be Ginobili, or maybe Leonard. But it was Danny Green's perfect night that helped San Antonio to a victory over their I-35 rivals.

Final score: Spurs edge Mavericks, 116-107

Literally everything Danny Green threw up went in, but it took a great finish from Tim Duncan to put Dallas away.

GIF: Did Tony intend this pass to go to Tiago?

Even in slow motion it's difficult to tell whether Parker meant to send this to get the ball to Splitter. What do you think?

GIF: Kawhi's coast-to-coast slam against Dallas

There aren't many players in the league who can take the rebound, dribble the length of the court, slice through the defense and finish with a slam. And even fewer who can do it as quickly as Kawhi Leonard did against the Mavericks on Thursday night.

GameThread for Spurs at Dallas Mavericks

Game Preview: Spurs @ Dallas Mavericks

The Spurs have a chance to put their Christmas disappointment behind them immediately with another Texas showdown, this time with the boys from the big D.