Hornets-Mavericks Preview

By SANTOSH VENKATARAMAN
Posted Feb 27 2010 12:48PM

The Dallas Mavericks clearly have a strong roster with All-Star Dirk Nowitzki, top reserve Jason Terry and three players acquired over the All-Star break that have all started games in Caron Butler, Brendan Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson.

Jason Kidd, though, is making sure his importance isn't forgotten.

Kidd will try to follow one of the best games of his career and lead the Mavericks to a seventh straight win Sunday night at home against the New Orleans Hornets.

Dallas (38-21) is seeking its first seven-game win streak since Dec. 29, 2007-Jan. 12, 2008, and has clearly been bolstered by adding Haywood, Butler and Stevenson from the trade with Washington. Nowitzki is averaging 27.7 points in seven games since the deal.

Kidd is also playing well in that span with averages of 14.9 points, 10.1 assists and 7.7 boards while shooting 44.0 percent on 3-pointers.

"The big thing is we're not worried about competing for a championship," Kidd said. "We're going to take it one game at a time ... the (playoff) seeding will take care of itself."

The 36-year-old point guard was magnificent in Friday's 111-103 overtime victory at Atlanta. Kidd had 19 points, 17 assists and 16 rebounds for his first triple-double this season and 104th of his career.

"This one, I will treasure as much as the first one I had," Kidd said. "At 36, I feel great. A triple-double at 36 is special."

Kidd inspired a comeback from a 15-point deficit in the fourth quarter, making a heady play down the stretch when he ran into Hawks coach Mike Woodson - who was on the court - for a technical foul that Nowitzki converted. Nowitzki is shooting 96.0 percent (121 of 126) on free throws in the fourth quarter and overtime.

Butler missed his second straight game due to a negative reaction to medication but could return Sunday. Stevenson made his second straight start and Haywood turned in another strong game.

Filling in for an injured Erick Dampier, Haywood recorded his third double-double in four games with 11 points and 11 boards. He's got 11 blocks in his last three games.

"He's had double-doubles since he's been on the team," Kidd said. "He understands how to play and I think it's worked out for us."

Dallas and New Orleans (31-28) have split two games this season, and the Mavericks have won 15 of the last 16 regular-season home matchups. Hornets forward David West is averaging 13.3 points on 38.9 percent shooting in seven career starts at Dallas.

West, however, enters off a dominant performance Friday with 40 points and 10 boards in a 100-93 home win over Orlando. He had gone 12 straight games without a double-double.

"I wanted to come out aggressive," West said. "We've got a tough stretch of games coming up. We felt like coming off the road trip where we dropped two, we just wanted to come in here and put together a solid game win or lose."

Rookie point guard Darren Collison, starting for an injured Chris Paul, is averaging 22.7 points and 8.7 assists in his last nine games.

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Mavs hold off Hornets, extend winning streak to seven

By Dave Ivey, for NBA.com
Posted Monday March 1, 2010 1:31AM

DALLAS (NBA.com exclusive) -- In crunch time Sunday night, Dallas star Dirk Nowitzki was vintage Dirk and New Orleans rookie Darren Collison finally made rookie mistakes.

Nowitzki scored 14 of his game-high 36 points in the fourth quarter as the Mavericks held off the Hornets for a 108-100 victory, extending the league's longest winning streak to seven. Dallas had been cruising along with a 31-6 first-half run and a 25-point, third-quarter cushion, but New Orleans rallied with a 19-3 surge as the Mavs missed 12 consecutive field-goal attempts.

Collison's 3-pointer with 2:45 remaining cut the deficit to 101-97 for the Hornets, who have come back to win 12 games this season when trailing by double figures.

That was still the score when Collison lost control on a daring drive to the hoop with 1:06 left and Brendan Haywood came up with the steal. After Nowitzki nailed a 10-foot turnaround jumper at the other end, Collison had his pocket picked in the backcourt by Caron Butler. Butler missed the layup, but Haywood slammed home the carom to make it 105-97.

"Defensively, he battles and stays within the system," Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle said of Butler, who finished with 19 points and four steals after missing the past two games because of a bad reaction to medication. "When he's in the position to make a play, he does."

Collison added a late 3-pointer to finish with a career-high 35 points on 15-for-21 shooting (3-for-5 from 3-point range). Fellow rookie Marcus Thornton added 21 points off the bench, while Emeka Okafor had a season-high 17 rebounds and tied a career high with five steals. Coming off a 40-point game in Friday's win against Orlando, David West was held to 10 points on a 3-for-15 night.

Nowitzki was 14-for-25 in his third straight 30-point game, his longest such streak since February 2008. He added eight rebounds and seven assists. Jason Kidd tallied 13 points (10 in the first quarter), nine rebounds, five assists and a season-high seven turnovers. He also had two steals to pass Maurice Cheeks (2,310) for fourth place in NBA history. Jose Barea had nine of the team's 31 assists as Dallas improved to 21-1 when dishing at least 25.

The Mavericks shot 52 percent from the field (67 percent before intermission) and had a 30-14 advantage in fastbreak points, including a 17-0 margin during a first-half layup line. In their 31-6 run that spanned the first and second quarters, the Mavs had nine layups or dunks by six different players as the Hornets went 3-for-14 with four turnovers.

"We had a nice lead in the third quarter," Nowitzki said. "We were rolling and the next thing you know, we throw the ball all over the place and that got their running game going and they started making shots to get back into the game."

Dallas last won seven straight games from Dec. 29, 2007 to Jan. 12, 2008. The Mavericks are 7-1 since acquiring Butler, Haywood and DeShawn Stevenson in a trade with the Wizards at the All-Star break. They have held all eight opponents during that stretch to 100 or fewer points in regulation. Opposing teams have shot 25.5 percent (39-for-153) from behind the arc during the win streak. Other than Collison, the rest of the Hornets were 3-for-16 from downtown.

"They're a very strong defensive team when you look at what they've done to their last six opponents during this winning streak going into the game," New Orleans head coach Jeff Bower said. "We knew it was going to be rough from an offensive standpoint for us going into the game. ... They're a very strong team and they play very well together."

The Hornets dropped to 6-8 since losing All-Star point guard Chris Paul to a left knee injury. They were just 1-4 on the road in February.

• Hornets: Diogu
• Mavericks: Dampier, Thomas

• Hornets: Bower
• Mavericks: --

• Lead Changes: 8
• Times Tied: 3

• Arena: American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
• Officials: #48 Scott Foster, #65 Sean Wright, #67 John Goble
• Attendance: 19911
• Duration: 2:26

New Orleans Hornets (31-29)		Dallas Mavericks (39-21)
Start of 1st Quarter
(12:00) Jump Ball Haywood vs Okafor (Collison gains possession)
West Step Back Jump shot: Missed	11:35
	11:34	Butler Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	11:16 [DAL 3-0]	Kidd 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Marion (1 AST)
Collison Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Stojakovic (1 AST)	10:59 [NOH 2-3]
	10:48 [DAL 5-2]	Butler Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (1 AST)
Peterson Jump Shot: Missed	10:35
	10:34	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	10:23	Kidd 3pt Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	10:23
Collison Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: West (1 AST)	10:12 [NOH 4-5]
	10:01	Marion Step Back Jump shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	10:00
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: West (2 AST)	09:45 [NOH 7-5]
	09:25	Kidd Jump Shot: Missed Block: Okafor (1 BLK)
	09:23	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	09:18 [DAL 8-7]	Kidd 3pt Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (2 AST)
Peterson 3pt Shot: Missed	08:58
	08:57	Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	08:53 [DAL 10-7]	Butler Running Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Stojakovic Step Back Jump shot: Made (5 PTS)	08:31 [NOH 9-10]
	08:14	Kidd Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	08:13
Okafor Slam Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Peterson (1 AST)	07:52 [NOH 11-10]
	07:42 [DAL 12-11]	Butler Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (3 AST)
Collison 3pt Shot: Made (7 PTS)	07:30 [NOH 14-12]
	07:23	Butler Driving Reverse Layup Shot: Missed
	07:21	Marion Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	07:19	Marion Layup Shot: Missed
West Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	07:18
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	07:04
	07:03	Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	06:59 [DAL 14-14]	Kidd Running Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Marion (2 AST)
Collison 3pt Shot: Missed	06:32
Okafor Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	06:32
Collison Layup Shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Okafor (1 AST)	06:28 [NOH 16-14]
	06:20	Team Timeout : Regular
West Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	06:14
	06:14 [DAL 15-16]	Nowitzki Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	06:14 [DAL 16-16]	Nowitzki Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Stojakovic Jump Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: West (3 AST)	06:02 [NOH 18-16]
	05:47	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
Stojakovic Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	05:46
Collison Running Jump Shot: Made (11 PTS)	05:22 [NOH 20-16]
	05:01 [DAL 18-20]	Nowitzki Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Okafor Alley Oop Dunk Shot: Missed	04:49
	04:47	Haywood Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	04:43 [DAL 20-20]	Haywood Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Kidd (1 AST)
Peterson Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	04:43
	04:43	Butler Substitution replaced by Terry
	04:43 [DAL 21-20]	Haywood Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)
West Jump Shot: Missed	04:21
Okafor Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)	04:20
Okafor Tip Shot: Made (4 PTS)	04:20 [NOH 22-21]
	04:05 [DAL 23-22]	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Collison Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Kidd (1 ST)	03:58
	03:56	Kidd Turnover : Poss Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)
Collison Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Nowitzki (1 ST)	03:46
	03:42 [DAL 25-22]	Marion Running Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Terry (1 AST)
Peterson Jump Shot: Missed	03:17
	03:16	Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	03:11 [DAL 27-22]	Terry Driving Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Kidd (2 AST)
West Running Hook Shot: Made (2 PTS)	02:49 [NOH 24-27]
West Foul : Personal (2 PF)	02:33
Team Timeout : Regular	02:33
	02:33	Marion Substitution replaced by Butler
West Substitution replaced by Posey	02:33
Peterson Substitution replaced by Thornton	02:33
	02:25	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	02:24
Stojakovic Jump Shot: Missed	02:13
	02:12	Kidd Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
	02:07 [DAL 29-24]	Haywood Slam Dunk Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Terry (2 AST)
Posey 3pt Shot: Missed	01:51
	01:50	Butler Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	01:44	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	01:43
Okafor Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Butler (1 ST)	01:30
	01:25 [DAL 31-24]	Butler Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Terry (3 AST)
Thornton Jump Shot: Missed	01:05
	01:04	Butler Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
	00:50.9 [DAL 33-24]	Kidd Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS)
Posey Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Butler (2 ST)	00:47.9
	00:37.9	Terry 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:37.4	Kidd Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	00:33.9 [DAL 35-24]	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Kidd (3 AST)
Team Timeout : Short	00:30.0
	00:30.0	Nowitzki Substitution replaced by Marion
Collison Jump Shot: Missed	00:09.9
	00:08.7	Kidd Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)
	00:00.9	Marion Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Okafor (1 ST)
Collison 3pt Shot: Missed	00:00.4
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 1st Quarter
New Orleans Hornets (31-29)		Dallas Mavericks (39-21)
Start of 2nd QuarterBack to Top
	11:44 [DAL 37-24]	Terry Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Barea (1 AST)
Collison Pullup Jump shot: Made (13 PTS)	11:20 [NOH 26-37]
Okafor Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	11:08
	11:08 [DAL 38-26]	Haywood Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)
	11:08 [DAL 39-26]	Haywood Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
	10:51	Terry Foul : Personal (1 PF)
	10:51	Haywood Substitution replaced by Najera
Wright Jump Shot: Missed	10:45
	10:44	Barea Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	10:33	Butler Jump Shot: Missed
	10:32	Marion Rebound (Off:2 Def:0)
	10:29 [DAL 42-26]	Terry 3pt Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Marion (3 AST)
Najera Violation:Kicked Ball	10:14
Okafor Substitution replaced by West	10:14
	10:10	Najera Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Collison Jump Shot: Missed	09:57
	09:55	Marion Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
	09:45 [DAL 44-26]	Marion Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Barea (2 AST)
Posey Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	09:45
	09:45 [DAL 45-26]	Marion Free Throw 1 of 1 (5 PTS)
West Jump Bank Shot: Missed	09:26
	09:25	Marion Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	09:14 [DAL 47-26]	Marion Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Barea (3 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	09:05
West Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)	08:56 [NOH 28-47]
	08:38 [DAL 49-28]	Marion Turnaround Hook Shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Barea (4 AST)
Wright Driving Bank shot: Made (2 PTS)	08:16 [NOH 30-49]
	08:06 [DAL 51-30]	Barea Driving Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)
West Jump Hook Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Collison (1 AST)	07:49 [NOH 32-51]
	07:27	Terry 3pt Shot: Missed
Wright Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	07:26
Collison Driving Layup Shot: Made (15 PTS)	07:19 [NOH 34-51]
	07:19	Barea Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Collison Free Throw 1 of 1 (16 PTS)	07:19 [NOH 35-51]
	07:06 [DAL 53-35]	Butler Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Barea (5 AST)
Thornton Driving Layup Shot: Missed	06:48
	06:47	Najera Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	06:39 [DAL 55-35]	Najera Running Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Butler (1 AST)
	06:25	Najera Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Thornton 3pt Shot: Missed	06:12
Wright Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	06:11
Wright Putback Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)	06:09 [NOH 37-55]
	06:03	Team Timeout : Regular
	05:49	Najera Driving Layup Shot: Missed
	05:48	Marion Rebound (Off:3 Def:2)
	05:38 [DAL 57-37]	Najera Reverse Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Barea (6 AST)
West Turnover : Traveling (1 TO)	05:21
	05:21	Marion Substitution replaced by Nowitzki
	05:02 [DAL 59-37]	Butler Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Barea (7 AST)
Thornton Running Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Wright (1 AST)	04:38 [NOH 39-59]
	04:28	Barea Turnover : Traveling (1 TO)
Thornton Driving Layup Shot: Missed Block: Butler (1 BLK)	04:09
Wright Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)	04:07
West Jump Shot: Missed	04:04
Thornton Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)	04:03
Thornton Putback Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)	04:02 [NOH 41-59]
	03:39 [DAL 61-41]	Nowitzki Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (10 PTS)
Collison Jump Shot: Made (18 PTS)	03:25 [NOH 43-61]
	03:02 [DAL 63-43]	Nowitzki Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS)
	02:37	Terry Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Timeout : Official	02:37
Wright Substitution replaced by Stojakovic	02:37
Thornton Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)	02:37 [NOH 44-63]
Thornton Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	02:37
	02:37	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	02:11 [DAL 65-44]	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Terry (4 AST)
Thornton Driving Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: West (4 AST)	01:54 [NOH 46-65]
	01:31 [DAL 67-46]	Najera Running Dunk Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (4 AST)
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	01:12
West Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	01:11
Thornton Jump Shot: Missed	00:56.9
	00:55.9	Barea Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	00:46.9 [DAL 69-46]	Nowitzki Layup Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Barea (8 AST)
	00:35.4	Najera Foul : Personal (3 PF)
West Free Throw 1 of 2 (7 PTS)	00:35.4 [NOH 47-69]
	00:35.4	Najera Substitution replaced by Marion
West Free Throw 2 of 2 (8 PTS)	00:35.4 [NOH 48-69]
	00:14.9	Nowitzki Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed
Stojakovic Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	00:13.7
Collison Driving Jump shot: Made (20 PTS)	00:03.9 [NOH 50-69]
	00:00.3	Barea 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 2nd Quarter
New Orleans Hornets (31-29)		Dallas Mavericks (39-21)
Start of 3rd QuarterBack to Top
	11:42 [DAL 71-50]	Butler Jump Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (5 AST)
West Jump Shot: Missed	11:26
	11:25	Haywood Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	11:15 [DAL 73-50]	Nowitzki Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (18 PTS) Assist: Kidd (4 AST)
Stojakovic Turnaround Fade Away shot: Made (9 PTS)	10:51 [NOH 52-73]
	10:47	Kidd Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO)
	10:40	Marion Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	10:28
	10:27	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
Okafor Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	10:12
	10:12	Butler Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	10:12	Team Rebound
	10:12 [DAL 74-52]	Butler Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)
Peterson 3pt Shot: Missed	09:53
	09:52	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	09:46	Kidd Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Okafor (2 ST)
Peterson Pullup Jump shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Collison (2 AST)	09:40 [NOH 54-74]
	09:25 [DAL 77-54]	Kidd 3pt Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (6 AST)
	09:09	Butler Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Okafor Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)	09:09 [NOH 55-77]
Okafor Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)	09:09 [NOH 56-77]
	08:52	Butler Driving Finger Roll Layup Shot: Missed
Collison Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	08:51
Collison Jump Shot: Missed	08:43
	08:42	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)
	08:39 [DAL 79-56]	Butler Pullup Jump shot: Made (17 PTS)
	08:19	Nowitzki Foul : Personal (1 PF)
West Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO)	08:11
	08:01	Butler 3pt Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)	08:00
Stojakovic Jump Shot: Missed	07:46
	07:45	Marion Rebound (Off:3 Def:3)
	07:35	Kidd 3pt Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:2 Def:5)	07:34
	07:28	Nowitzki Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Peterson Free Throw 1 of 2 (3 PTS)	07:28 [NOH 57-79]
Peterson Free Throw 2 of 2 (4 PTS)	07:28 [NOH 58-79]
	07:12	Kidd 3pt Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:2 Def:6)	07:11
Collison Turnover : Lost Ball (3 TO) Steal:Kidd (2 ST)	06:50
	06:43 [DAL 81-58]	Nowitzki Dunk Shot: Made (20 PTS)
West Turnover : Bad Pass (3 TO) Steal:Haywood (1 ST)	06:27
	06:22 [DAL 83-58]	Butler Driving Layup Shot: Made (19 PTS) Assist: Nowitzki (7 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	06:18
Collison Substitution replaced by Thornton	06:18
Peterson Jump Shot: Missed	05:59
	05:57	Kidd Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)
	05:37	Kidd Turnover : Bad Pass (4 TO) Steal:Okafor (3 ST)
	05:36	Butler Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Thornton Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)	05:36 [NOH 59-83]
Thornton Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)	05:36 [NOH 60-83]
	05:21	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
West Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	05:20
Okafor Hook Shot: Missed	05:05
	05:04	Butler Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
	04:57	Kidd Turnover : Bad Pass (5 TO) Steal:Okafor (4 ST)
	04:53	Nowitzki Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Stojakovic Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)	04:53 [NOH 61-83]
	04:53	Nowitzki Substitution replaced by Terry
Stojakovic Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)	04:53 [NOH 62-83]
	04:34	Marion Driving Layup Shot: Missed
	04:33	Marion Rebound (Off:4 Def:3)
	04:33	Marion Tip Shot: Missed
	04:32	Team Rebound
	04:25	Kidd Turnover : Bad Pass (6 TO) Steal:Peterson (1 ST)
Peterson Running Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Thornton (1 AST)	04:21 [NOH 64-83]
	04:21	Team Timeout : Regular
	04:07	Butler Jump Shot: Missed
Peterson Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	04:06
	03:54	Haywood Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Thornton Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)	03:54 [NOH 65-83]
Thornton Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)	03:54 [NOH 66-83]
	03:41	Marion Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Okafor (5 ST)
Thornton Driving Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS)	03:36 [NOH 68-83]
	03:19	Terry Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Peterson (2 ST)
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	03:09
Okafor Rebound (Off:3 Def:6)	03:08
West Layup Shot: Missed	02:52
Okafor Rebound (Off:4 Def:6)	02:51
	02:51	Marion Substitution replaced by Nowitzki
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	02:48
	02:47	Kidd Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)
Stojakovic Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	02:43
	02:43	Nowitzki Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	02:43	Team Rebound
	02:43	Butler Substitution replaced by Stevenson
	02:43 [DAL 84-68]	Nowitzki Free Throw 2 of 2 (21 PTS)
	02:27	Terry Foul : Shooting (3 PF)
Thornton Free Throw 1 of 2 (14 PTS)	02:27 [NOH 69-84]
Peterson Substitution replaced by Collison	02:27
Thornton Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)	02:27 [NOH 70-84]
	02:14	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:4 Def:7)	02:13
Thornton Jump Shot: Missed	02:00
	01:59	Haywood Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
Okafor Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	01:42
	01:42 [DAL 85-70]	Haywood Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
	01:42	Kidd Substitution replaced by Barea
	01:42	Haywood Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:4 Def:8)	01:42
West Hook Shot: Missed	01:22
Okafor Rebound (Off:5 Def:8)	01:21
Okafor Jump Hook Shot: Made (8 PTS)	01:20 [NOH 72-85]
	01:11	Terry 3pt Shot: Missed
Stojakovic Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	01:10
Okafor Turnover : 3 Second Violation (2 TO)	01:03
	00:50.9	Stevenson Jump Shot: Missed
	00:49.7	Haywood Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	00:46.9	Haywood Layup Shot: Missed Block: Okafor (2 BLK)
	00:45.8	Haywood Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)
	00:44.6	Haywood Layup Shot: Missed Block: Okafor (3 BLK)
Thornton Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	00:42.9
	00:38.2	Haywood Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Thornton Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed	00:38.2
Team Rebound	00:38.2
	00:38.2	Haywood Substitution replaced by Najera
Thornton Free Throw 2 of 2 (16 PTS)	00:38.2 [NOH 73-85]
Okafor Foul : Defense 3 Second (3 PF)	00:30.5
	00:30.5 [DAL 86-73]	Nowitzki Free Throw Technical (22 PTS)
	00:15.9	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:5 Def:9)	00:14.4
Collison Jump Shot: Made (22 PTS)	00:02.9 [NOH 75-86]
	00:00.3	Najera 3pt Shot: Missed
	00:00.0	Team Rebound
End of 3rd Quarter
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West Jump Shot: Missed	11:43
Okafor Rebound (Off:6 Def:9)	11:41
	11:41	Stevenson Foul : Loose Ball (1 PF)
West Jump Shot: Missed	11:30
Okafor Rebound (Off:7 Def:9)	11:30
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	11:27
West Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)	11:26
	11:24	Najera Foul : Shooting (4 PF)
West Free Throw 1 of 2 (9 PTS)	11:24 [NOH 76-86]
West Free Throw 2 of 2 (10 PTS)	11:24 [NOH 77-86]
	11:09	Terry Jump Shot: Missed
Okafor Rebound (Off:7 Def:10)	11:08
Thornton Foul : Offensive (1 PF)	10:58
Thornton Turnover : Foul (1 TO)	10:58
	10:40	Barea Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Collison (1 ST)
Thornton 3pt Shot: Missed	10:25
	10:24	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)
	10:18 [DAL 88-77]	Terry Pullup Jump shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Barea (9 AST)
West Turnover : Traveling (4 TO)	10:03
	09:59 [DAL 90-77]	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Made (24 PTS) Assist: Terry (5 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	09:52
Okafor Substitution replaced by Posey	09:52
Stojakovic Driving Jump shot: Missed	09:34
	09:33	Najera Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
Thornton Foul : Loose Ball (2 PF)	09:33
	09:19	Najera Foul : Offensive (5 PF)
	09:19	Najera Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
Collison Driving Layup Shot: Missed	09:04
Thornton Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)	09:03
Thornton Layup Shot: Missed	09:02
Thornton Rebound (Off:3 Def:1)	09:01
Thornton Tip Shot: Made (18 PTS)	09:01 [NOH 79-90]
	08:52	Terry 3pt Shot: Missed
Stojakovic Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	08:51
Stojakovic Step Back Jump shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: West (5 AST)	08:37 [NOH 81-90]
	08:35	Team Timeout : Regular
	08:35	Barea Substitution replaced by Kidd
	08:35	Najera Substitution replaced by Butler
	08:35	Stevenson Substitution replaced by Haywood
	08:16	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
Posey Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	08:15
Collison Jump Shot: Made (24 PTS)	07:57 [NOH 83-90]
	07:41	Kidd 3pt Shot: Missed
	07:40	Haywood Rebound (Off:3 Def:3)
Posey Foul : Loose Ball (2 PF)	07:40
Posey Foul : Personal (3 PF)	07:30
	07:27 [DAL 92-83]	Terry Driving Layup Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Kidd (5 AST)
Jump Ball Kidd vs Collison (Thornton gains possession)	07:19
Jump Ball Kidd vs Thornton (Stojakovic gains possession)	07:16
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Made (16 PTS) Assist: Collison (3 AST)	07:11 [NOH 86-92]
	06:47 [DAL 94-86]	Nowitzki Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (26 PTS)
West Layup Shot: Missed Block: Haywood (1 BLK)	06:22
West Rebound (Off:3 Def:2)	06:21
West Layup Shot: Missed Block: Haywood (2 BLK)	06:21
Team Rebound	06:21
Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover	06:21
	06:08 [DAL 96-86]	Nowitzki Step Back Jump shot: Made (28 PTS)
Bower Technical	06:05
	06:05 [DAL 97-86]	Nowitzki Free Throw Technical (29 PTS)
Thornton 3pt Shot: Made (21 PTS)	05:46 [NOH 89-97]
	05:19	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
Posey Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	05:18
Thornton Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Butler (3 ST)	05:11
	05:08	Kidd Turnover : Bad Pass (7 TO)
Collison Jump Shot: Made (26 PTS)	05:00 [NOH 91-97]
	04:42	Butler Layup Shot: Missed Block: West (1 BLK)
	04:41	Butler Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	04:40	Butler Layup Shot: Missed
West Rebound (Off:3 Def:3)	04:38
West Jump Shot: Missed	04:29
	04:28	Haywood Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)
	04:16 [DAL 99-91]	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Made (31 PTS) Assist: Terry (6 AST)
	03:50	Kidd Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Collison Free Throw 1 of 2 (27 PTS)	03:50 [NOH 92-99]
Collison Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	03:50
	03:49	Nowitzki Rebound (Off:1 Def:7)
	03:29 [DAL 101-92]	Haywood Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS)
Foul : Double Personal - West (3 PF), Haywood (3 PF)	03:21
Collison Jump Shot: Made (29 PTS) Assist: West (6 AST)	03:07 [NOH 94-101]
	02:54	Kidd Driving Layup Shot: Missed Block: West (2 BLK)
West Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)	02:52
Collison 3pt Shot: Made (32 PTS)	02:45 [NOH 97-101]
	02:44	Team Timeout : Short
	02:44	Timeout : Official
	02:20	Nowitzki Step Back Jump shot: Missed
	02:19	Haywood Rebound (Off:4 Def:4)
	02:15	Team Timeout : Regular
Team Violation : Delay Of Game	02:15
	01:59	Butler Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed
Thornton Rebound (Off:3 Def:2)	01:58
Stojakovic 3pt Shot: Missed	01:41
	01:40	Kidd Rebound (Off:1 Def:8)
	01:22	Nowitzki Jump Shot: Missed
West Rebound (Off:3 Def:5)	01:21
Collison Turnover : Bad Pass (4 TO) Steal:Haywood (2 ST)	01:06
	00:58.9 [DAL 103-97]	Nowitzki Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (33 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	00:58.2
Collison Turnover : Lost Ball (5 TO) Steal:Butler (4 ST)	00:51.9
	00:47.9	Butler Layup Shot: Missed
	00:47.2	Haywood Rebound (Off:5 Def:4)
	00:47.2 [DAL 105-97]	Haywood Putback Dunk Shot: Made (12 PTS)
Thornton 3pt Shot: Missed	00:33.9
	00:32.6	Terry Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
Stojakovic Foul : Personal (2 PF)	00:23.9
Posey Foul : Shooting (4 PF)	00:11.6
	00:11.6 [DAL 106-97]	Nowitzki Free Throw 1 of 3 (34 PTS)
	00:11.6	Haywood Substitution replaced by Barea
	00:11.6	Kidd Substitution replaced by Najera
	00:11.6	Terry Substitution replaced by Stevenson
	00:11.6 [DAL 107-97]	Nowitzki Free Throw 2 of 3 (35 PTS)
	00:11.6 [DAL 108-97]	Nowitzki Free Throw 3 of 3 (36 PTS)
Collison 3pt Shot: Made (35 PTS)	00:04.5 [NOH 100-108]
End of 4th Quarter

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