Mavericks Live for Another Day

Behind Caron Butler's 35 points explosion, the Dallas Mavericks is not slowing down and end up fighting with a 103-81 win over the upset-minded San Antonio Spurs. Even losses on games 2,3 and 4, they salvage this one cutting the deficit 2-3 on the series. After a controversial 2nd half of benching out Butler in the 2nd half of game 3, Rick Carlisle is now convinced that the player they added on their roster midway through the season, could be the player they needed in this series. Dirk Nowitzki added 15 points while Jason Terry and Jason Kidd had 12 and 11 points respectively.Its up now for the Spurs to clinch the series on their homecourt in game 6 as the Mavs will try to level the series with a win on the road.