mavscentral.com - 2/29/2008
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The Spurs edged out Dallas tonight, 97-94, but the real confusion came with 30 seconds left in the game and Dallas down two points. Avery Johnson benched Jason Kidd in favor of Jerry Stackhouse. While I agree Stackhouse is a much better shooter than Kidd, why make the trade to get Kidd and talk about how he was brought in to win games at the end, yet he sits on the bench when they need a ...
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