The San Antonio Spurs will have to battle the Dallas Mavericks without their best player Tony Parker as well as center Tiago Splitter, according to Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express News.
Tony Parker (hamstring) and Tiago Splitter (back spasms) will not play tonight vs. Mavs. Matt Bonner (back) listed as probable.
— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) March 23, 2012
Just minutes later, though, Splitter's condition was upgraded to doubtful for the Friday night match-up with the Mavs. Splitter is averagin 11 points and 5.4 rebounds in the last five games for the Spurs, better than his season average of nine points a game. Parker is also bettering his season average over the last five games, in which he is averaging 20.4 points and 8.6 assists per game. San Antonio is 4-1 in those contests.
In past 10 minutes, Spurs have upgraded Splitter to doubtful for tonight. At this rate, he'll be 100% by tip
— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) March 23, 2012
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