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Even without Jakob Poeltl, the Spurs played a good game on Wednesday night against Luka Doncic and the Mavericks, but the inability to cope with Jalen Brunson and Boban Marjonavic were costly as Dallas hung on for a 1 point win as the Spurs threw away the inbounds pass as time ran out.