With a victory over the Grizzlies on Wednesday night, the Mavericks will record their tenth consecutive 50-win season.

Since the NBA expanded to an 82-game schedule in 1967-68, only two teams have reached at least 50 victories 10 or more times in a row.

The Lakers did it 12 straight times 1979-80 through 1990-91 and San Antonio has accomplished the feat 10 straight seasons entering this one.

San Antonio's streak, however, may be in jeopardy.

The Spurs have 44 wins entering Wednesday's action, giving them just nine games to notch six wins.

The San Antonio Spurs have signed Alonzo Gee of the Austin Toros, it was announced Monday night.

Gee appeared in 36 games for the Toros this season, averaging 21.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 38.2 minutes, recording four double-doubles.  

He scored a season-high 34 points in a 127-94 victory over the Sioux Falls Skyforce on Jan. 6 in Austin.

Gee returns to the NBA following a call-up to the Washington Wizards on March 7.  

In 11 games, two starts, for the Wizards, Gee averaged 7.4 points, 2.9 rebounds and 16.5 minutes.  

On March 26, Gee earned his first NBA start, scoring a career-high 19 points in a 107-96 loss at Charlotte.

The Spurs will sign swingman Alonzo Gee for the remainder of the season with a non-guaranteed contract for 2010-11 as well, according to Ridiculous Upside.

San Antonio wants to secure the rookie's rights for training camp next fall.

Gee's second 10-day contract with the Wizards expired on Sunday, meaning Washington could either sign him for the rest of the season or let him become a free agent.

The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have signed guard Curtis Jerrells from the Austin Toros of the NBA Development League.  Per team policy, terms of the deals were not disclosed.  

Jerrells, 6-1, 200 pounds, has appeared in 43 games this season with the Austin Toros. He averaged 20.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists in 40.0 minutes.  Jerrells has been selected as the NBA Development League Performer of the Week twice this season, most recently for games played during the week of March 15 when he averaged 32.7 points, 6.3 assists and 5.7 rebounds.  Jerrells also appeared in five preseason games for San Antonio, averaging 3.6 points and 1.8 assists in 14.8 minutes.  He was waived on 10/22.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich isn't sure there is a team in the NBA with a tougher schedule leading up to the playoffs.

"I don't know if anyone has a tougher schedule going down the stretch than we do, as far as number of games against playoff teams," Popovich said. "We're going to have to play really well in a very tough West to position ourselves like we want to."

Beginning with the Hawks in Atlanta, San Antonio's next five opponents have a winning percentage of .690.

"We know what's coming,? said guard Manu Ginobili. "We basically have a tough final 15 games. The last 15 are going to be really rough, so it's good to get a good win and time to rest a little bit.

"We've got a really tough back-to-back now, Atlanta and Oklahoma City. Both are really good teams and strong at home, so we're going to have to do very good."

The Spurs entered Sunday's action with a record of 41-26, good for seventh in the Western Conference.

The Spurs are starting to look better defensively, something coach Gregg Popovich believes is important to playoff success.

"Nothing good can happen, playoff-wise, if you can't play 'D'," Popovich said.

San Antonio defeated Miami 88-76 on Tuesday night.

Manu Ginobili said of San Antonio's defense, which has yet to surrender 100 points this month: "That was as good as it gets."

One NBA executive doesn't believe that the Spurs will be able to sign former first-round pick Tiago Splitter away from Europe this summer.

Splitter, who was San Antonio's first-round pick in 2007, has an opt-out clause in his contract with Tau Ceramica this summer.

Since he was drafted three years ago, the Spurs could offer the big man above and beyond a typical rookie contract, but they don't have a large amount of cap space.

The San Antonio Express-News writes that the most they could offer will probably be mid-level cap exception, expected to be around $5 million.

With a possible lockout looming in 2011-12, that may not be enough to lure Splitter to the NBA.

"That's why they're probably not going to get him, even for the full mid-level," said the executive. "If you've got a nice, guaranteed deal over in Europe, why would you sign over here and face a lockout? I'm telling you, the full mid-level probably isn't going to get it done."

San Antonio could try to work a sign-and-trade with a team that does have the cap space to give Splitter the kind of deal he's expected to covet.

The Spurs have signed rookie guard Garrett Temple to a 10-day contract.

The signing Saturday came the day after Temple's 10-day deal with Sacramento expired.

He averaged 2.2 points in five games for the Kings.

The San Antonio Spurs today announced they have signed guard Cedric Jackson from the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League to a 10-day contract.  Jackson is the 22nd call-up of the 2009-10 D-League season.

Jackson, a 6-3 guard, had a brief stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers earlier this year.  He appeared in five games with the Cavs from Jan. 23 to Feb. 12, scoring one point and handing out two assists in nine total minutes. In 30 games with the BayHawks, Jackson averaged 15.8 points, 7.4 assists and 5.1 rebounds in 32.7 minutes.  He posted season-highs of 34 points and 13 assists on Jan. 19 at Austin.

LeBron James is healthy enough to play if he absolutely necessary.  But with James banged up and the Cavs holding a comfortable lead for the best record in the league, Mike Brown will rest James for the second straight game on Monday night versus the Spurs.

With James sitting out Monday's game, he will be able to get six consecutive days of rest.

"I'm good, I'm good," James said when asked about his right ankle.

James also has a bruised thigh and some back soreness.

Cleveland holds a three-game lead over the Lakers for the top record in the NBA, and the Cavs also own the tiebreaker.

The Cavaliers beat San Antonio, securing their first win without James in several seasons.