SAN ANTONIO - Tony Parker made a clutch shot in the fourth quarter. Dodgers Jerseys 2019 . Manu Ginobili had a big game, and Tim Duncan contributed with a double-double.San Antonios efficient performance on opening night looked awfully familiar.Parker made a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:07 remaining, and the Spurs began their title defence with a thrilling 101-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday.Parker finished with 23 points and Ginobili scored 20 for San Antonio, which shot 53 per cent from the field. Tim Duncan had 14 points and 13 rebounds for his 14th double-double in a season opener, the most by any player in NBA history, according to Elias Sports.Dirk Nowitzki gave Dallas a 100-98 lead with a fadeaway jumper over Boris Diaw with 1:37 remaining, but Parker drained a 3-pointer 30 seconds later in front of the Mavericks bench off a feed from Diaw. Parker was 4 for 4 from long range, matching a career high for 3s in a game.It was a great basketball game, you cant kick off the season with a better game than this for the fans — theres no way, Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. Unfortunately, the slim margins of winning and losing are all that anybody remembers. If we get one more stop one more basket than were all him here singing a different tune. Thats the world we live in the Western Conference.Monta Ellis scored 26 points for Dallas, and Nowitzki had 18. Devin Harris finished with 17 points.Chandler Parsons, who signed with the Mavericks in the off-season, missed a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds remaining. His shot hit the front of the rim.The miss extended San Antonios streak to five wins following a championship celebration, but it was the first since capturing its last title in 2007.Its special, Ginobili said. I think it helps you actually. Sometimes you dont play that sharp because its the first game of the season. You have to move from the success of the previous season to the new beginning. But it all gets your emotions up so you want to get out on the court and do a lot of things, hustle, jump, run and win.Following a video recap of the 2014 season narrated by actor and Spurs fan Samuel L. Jackson, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver presented San Antonios staff and players with their championship rings. The inscription inside the ring was Good to Great, which was coach Gregg Popovichs mantra last season.The ring presentation even drew a series of fist pumps from the normally stoic Popovich.It was the teams first meeting since Dallas took San Antonio to seven games in the opening round of the playoffs last season — the Spurs toughest test during their run to a fifth NBA championship. The rematch proved just as tense after a sluggish beginning.San Antonio committed five turnovers in the first eight minutes and missed its first three shots before returning to the fluid offence that led to a five-game rout of the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals.The third quarter included technical fouls for teammates Tyson Chandler and Nowitzki about a minute apart after both argued calls made by official Jason Phillips.Nowitzki continued to argue against an offensive foul even after receiving the technical, leading Duncan to walk by the Mavericks star a few times to argue in the contrary.TIP-INSSpurs: This was the fifth meeting between the Spurs and Mavericks to open the season, with the teams splitting the previous four. ... San Antonio returns 14 players, most in franchise history. ... Ginobili shot just 20 per cent during the preseason, going 8 for 41 from the field and 2 for 23 on 3-pointers. He was 6 for 13 from the field and 2 for 6 from long range on Tuesday. ... The Spurs lead the league with nine international players. ... Tiago Splitter (calf), Kawhi Leonard (eye infection) and Patty Mills (shoulder) all suited up to receive their rings, but donned jackets and jeans to sit behind the bench during the game.Mavericks: The Mavericks are 20-15 in season openers. ... G Raymond Felton (sprained right ankle) missed the game. ... F Richard Jefferson, who spent 2 1/2 lacklustre seasons in San Antonio, was booed heavily each time he was announced.UP NEXTThe Spurs are at Phoenix on Friday.The Mavericks host Utah on Thursday. A. J. Pollock Jersey .com) - Patrick Reed poured in a 19-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole Monday to defeat Jimmy Walker and win the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Cheap Dodgers Jerseys . 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"Like everyone else in this community, they have a strong desire to have the Buffalo Bills remain a centerpiece of this region," Gilbert said. "Accordingly, they have been following the developments involving the sale of the Bills." Out of respect for the sale process, Gilbert said the owners will not be issuing any further comments. The statement was released in response to numerous reports of the Pegulas having serious interest in purchasing the Bills, who are on the market after the teams owner and founder Ralph Wilson died in March. The latest development came on Thursday, when a person familiar with the sale process told The Associated Press the Pegulas were among prospective buyers who received a non-disclosure agreement and background on the Bills from a law firm representing Wilsons estate. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the sale process has not been made public. Filling out the non-disclosure agreement would be the next step in providing interested groups full access to the Bills financial data in order to begin formulating bids. The Bills were last valued by Forbes to be worth $870 million. But theirr sale price could go much higher because NFL teams rarely go on the market. Kyle Garlick Dodgers Jersey. The Pegulas made their fortune in the natural gas industry, after Terry Pegula sold off many of his companys assets for $4.7 billion to Royal Dutch Shell in 2010. His net worth was last estimated by Forbes to be $3.3 billion, but that figure could rise after his company reached a deal to sell off 75,000 acres of land in Ohio and West Virginia to Oklahoma-based American Energy Partners last week. Pegula has spent the past four years going on a major spending spree focusing on two of his passions: hockey and Penn State, his alma mater. In 2010, he donated more than $100 million to Penn State to build a hockey arena and establish a Division I program. In February 2011, he purchased the Sabres, the team he became a fan of in the 1970s. The Pegulas have since shown a commitment to helping spur Buffalos economy by building a $172 million hockey/entertainment complex called HarborCenter across from the Sabres downtown arena. The Bills long-term future in western New York remains a question mark. Though their lease essentially ties them to playing at their current home through the 2019 season, there are concerns the Bills could eventually relocate under a new owner. Toronto and Los Angeles are considered potential landing spots. People familiar with the sale have previously said an ownership candidate could be identified by the end of July, and the sale approved by NFL owners as early as the leagues meetings in October. ' ' '