DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Victor Wembanyama had 23 points, seven rebounds and four blocks, Dylan Harper scored 22 points and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-106 on Saturday night for their first victory of the season.<\/p>\n
De\u2019Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle added 19 points apiece as the Spurs avoided their first 0-3 start since 2008-09. They lost to Oklahoma City on Tuesday and to Houston in Austin on Friday.<\/p>\n
Rookie Sergio de Larrea led the Mavericks (1-2) with 21 points off the bench, going 3 of 4 behind the arc. Dallas\u2019 five starters combined for 50 points, topped by P.J. Washington with 12 points.<\/p>\n
The Mavericks played without their two marquee players, Cooper Flagg and Kyrie Irving. Flagg, last season\u2019s Rookie of the Year, is out with a shoulder injury that occurred during Dallas\u2019 win at Indiana on Friday night and will be reevaluated next week. Irving, the nine-time All-Star, didn\u2019t play the second night of the back-to-back. He returned this season after being sidelined for 19 months with a torn ACL.<\/p>\n
The Spurs squandered a 14-point lead in the third quarter but opened the final period on a 17-5 run in the first six minutes. They outscored Dallas 30-17 in the quarter as Spurs fans took over American Airlines Center in the closing minutes.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama started slow, scoring only one point until midway through the second period. He then scored on two alley-oop dunks within two minutes and finished the half with 12 points.<\/p>\n
The Spurs grabbed 15 offensive rebounds and outscored the Mavericks 25-10 in second-chance points.<\/p>\n
Dallas scored 46 points in the paint in the first half, a franchise high during the play-by-play era (since 1997-98), according to the Elias Sports Bureau.<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUp next<\/p>\n
Spurs: Host Sacramento on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Mavericks: At Miami on Monday.<\/p>\n
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