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Mavs clinch No. 2 seed, will face Spurs in first roundBasketball Betting Lines04/14/2010 - Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Caron Butler poured in 20 points, and the Dallas Mavericks clinched the second seed in the Western Conference with a 96-89 win over their first-round playoff opponent, the San Antonio Spurs. Dirk Nowitzki added 19 points, five rebounds and five assists for the Mavs (55-27), who will battle the Spurs in the first round for the second consecutive season. Last year, when San Antonio held home-court advantage, but Dallas prevailed in five games. Jason Kidd contributed 18 points and seven boards, as the Mavs finished their season with five straight wins. DeJuan Blair recorded a game-high 27 points in addition to a career-best 23 rebounds for the Spurs (50-32), who will be seeded seventh and open the playoffs on the road for the first time since 1998 after 11 straight top-4 seeds. San Antonio, which rested Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, received 16 points from Tony Parker and 14 from Garrett Temple in defeat. The Spurs held a 20-14 lead with three minutes to go in the first quarter, but Dallas closed on a 16-2 burst to take the lead for good. Kidd scored eight of the first 10 points during the surge, which Jason Terry closed out with two straight threes for a 30-22 advantage after one quarter. An 8-0 spurt by the Mavs gave the hosts a 38-25 lead early in the second, and Dallas settled for a 10-point cushion, 56-46, at halftime. A Nowitzki three kept Dallas in front by double-digits, 65-53, with seven minutes left in the third, and the Mavs scored six of the final eight points in the period to grab a 75-64 advantage heading to the fourth. A late burst by the Spurs had the visitors down only six, 87-81, after Blair's free throw with 3 1/2 minutes left, but Nowitzki answered with a pair of free throws, and a Brendan Haywood free throw pushed the Dallas lead back to 90-81 with just over a minute to go. San Antonio did not get closer than seven down the stretch. Game Notes These two teams have faced off four times in the playoffs, with each club winning twice. San Antonio has not beaten the Mavericks in postseason play since the 2003 Western Conference finals en route to a world championship...Dallas will have home-court advantage in the first round for the first time since 2007, when it was upset by eighth-seeded Golden State...San Antonio finished 21-20 on the road, while the Mavs finished 28-13 at home...Dallas won the season series, 3-1.
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