Final: Jazz 97, Mavs 81 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score The Mavs scored 1.30 points per possession in a scorching third quarter, the team’s best offensive frame of the season. They did it by playing aggressive, getting downhill, and finishing at the rim. Once you do that, suddenly the shooters find just […]
Here are a few thoughts and some things to keep an eye on tonight when the Mavs take on the Jazz. — Prepare yourself for a lot of talk about pace, or possessions per 48 minutes, this season. Dallas is a team that wants to control the clock, much like an NFL team relying on […]
Final: Mavs 101, Jazz 92 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score Dirk Nowitzki hit career 3-pointer No. 1,700 tonight, becoming just the 15th player in NBA history to do so. Nowitzki also enjoyed his first four-3 game since March 6. Dallas responded from a rough-shooting first quarter (36.8 percent) with a sizzling second […]
If the NBA season is a marathon, we’ve passed the 17-mile marker. That isn’t quite the metaphor Mavs head coach Rick Carlisle would use to describe what lies ahead for his team between now and the end of the regular season. Last week coming out of the All-Star break, he called each game a “Super […]
Final: Jazz 121, Mavs 119 Box Score | Highlights Behind the Box Score The Mavs scored 87 points through the first three quarters, the team’s highest point total after three since scoring 87 against Golden State on Dec. 30. Dallas is now 5-1 this season when scoring at least 87 points through the first three […]
There’s a big difference between 1-1 and 0-2. Not only does losing the first two games of the season make a team feel just a bit more desperate, but in this year’s stacked Western Conference, starting behind the 8-ball makes qualifying for the playoffs that much harder. Both the Mavs and Jazz fell in their […]