Victor Wembanyama and Dylan Harper lead the Spurs to their first win, 122-106 at Dallas

Victor Wembanyama scored 23 points with seven rebounds and four blocks, Dylan Harper added 22 on 9-for-18 shooting, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-106 on Saturday night for their first win of the season. The Spurs avoided their first 0-3 start since the 2008-09 season, the Associated Press reported.

San Antonio had lost to Oklahoma City on Tuesday and to Houston in Austin on Friday.

Dallas played its home opener without its two best players. Cooper Flagg is out with the left shoulder sprain he suffered Friday at Indiana and will be reevaluated next week, and Kyrie Irving sat the second night of a back-to-back. Irving returned this season after missing 19 months with a torn ACL. Rookie Sergio de Larrea led the Mavericks with 21 points off the bench on 9-for-15 shooting, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range. Marcus Sasser added 12 off the bench.

De'Aaron Fox had 19 points and nine assists for San Antonio, and Stephon Castle had 19 points and eight assists. Julian Champagnie hit three 3-pointers and blocked three shots.

Wembanyama started slowly and had one point until midway through the second quarter, per the AP. Then he threw down two alley-oop dunks in two minutes and went to halftime with 12.

The Spurs gave away a 14-point lead in the third quarter. They opened the fourth on a 17-5 run over the first six minutes and won the quarter 30-17, as Spurs fans took over American Airlines Center late, the AP said.

San Antonio won the possession game. It grabbed 15 offensive rebounds and outscored Dallas 25-10 on second-chance points, and the Mavericks committed 18 turnovers to the Spurs' 12. Dallas scored 46 points in the paint in the first half, a franchise high in the play-by-play era according to the Elias Sports Bureau, but only 16 more after halftime.

Dallas starters combined for 50 points, with P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford scoring 12 each. Gafford added nine rebounds and three steals.

Both teams are 1-2. San Antonio hosts Sacramento on Tuesday, and Dallas visits winless Miami on Monday.