(MENAFN- Kora) Starting in place of veteran tony parker mills scored 26 points and had six assists as the spurs moved to the brink of clinching the top seed in the western conference.
The spurs are just over three games ahead of the oklahoma city thunder who have won back-to-back matches.
"whether i start or come off the bench there's a mentality" said mills. "shooting shots is the same."
Experienced centre tim duncan produced another mammoth performance posting 20 points and 15 rebounds while kawhi leonard contributed with 16 points.
Monta ellis was the pick of the bunch for the mavericks top-scoring with 24 points.
Star team-mate dirk nowitzki had 19 points as the mavericks slumped to defeat home.
Dallas who sit eighth in the western conference are just one game ahead of the memphis grizzlies in the race for the final play-off spot.
Elsewhere on thursday the denver nuggets survived a tense fourth quarter to down the golden state warriors 100-99.
The warriors led by two points heading into the final period but were outscored by three in the last as denver claimed victory.
Timofey mozgov was the star of the show for the nuggets shooting 23 points and grabbing 29 rebounds in a dominant display.
Randy foye had 20 points seven rebounds and seven assists for denver.
Steph curry (24 points) and klay thompson (21 points) combined for 45 points for golden state who are sixth in the west.
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