The San Antonio Spurs play the Dallas Mavericks on Friday in Game 6 of their first-round 2014 NBA playoffs series. Tipoff is at 8:00 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links listed below.
San Antonio bounced back from two straight losses with two straight wins and now is one game away from closing out the series. Spurs guard Tony Parker, who was one of five Spurs to score in double digits, led the team with 23 points, and both center Tiago Splitter and forward Tim Duncan grabbed 12 rebounds apiece in the 109-103 victory.
"We're taking what they give us," Duncan told the Associated Press. "So we have a little more of an ability to get in the lane, especially with Tony, and once he gets in there he is drawing a lot of attention, which leaves Tiago and I an opportunity to try and hit the glass and try and finish things up."
The burden to extend the series falls to Mavericks veteran Dirk Nowitzki, who's coming off his best game in the series with 26 points and 15 rebounds.
"The way you've got to look at it is you've got to win one home game," Nowitzki said. "We worry about everything else after that. Fun setup tomorrow, one game to win at home."
Nowitzki is the player to have when your team is facing elimination, according to ESPN's Marc Stein.
"Dirk Nowitzki averages 28.9 PPG facing elimination," Stein tweeted on Friday. "Only five players in history score more in those games: LeBron, MJ, Wilt, Iverson & West."
Mavericks forward Shawn Marion isn't as worried about scoring as he is about getting defensive stops.
"When guys have breakout games, we've got to turn them into Ws," he said. "That's been the hardest thing to adjust to. The offense has been there. It's been up and down. But for the most part, you get stops, you can win."
Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE (SAS) and HERE (DAL).
