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DALLAS -- In a span of 1.7 seconds, the script flipped for the San Antonio Spurs in their series with the Dallas Mavericks. Spurs guard Manu Ginobili made a go-ahead layup with 1.7 seconds left to put the Spurs up 108-106. But Mavs forward Vince Carter responded as the third option in a set play out of a Dallas timeout by hitting the game-winning 3-pointer over Ginobili at the buzzer to give Dallas the 109-108 victory -- and a 2-1 series lead. "He created some space going to the corner, used sort of a fake that got me in the air and he shot a good shot," Ginobili said. "When you have a good opponent like that who is that talented and can get a shot off, it can happen." ESPN Stats & Information notes that Game 3 of Mavs-Spurs was only the third game in the past 15 postseasons with two go-ahead shots in the final two seconds of the game. Carter's buzzer-beater was also the first to upend the Spurs in a playoff game since Kevin Martin hit one...