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It was a close game last night against Golden State for most of three quarters, when the Mavericks blew the doors open and took a 20 point lead in the 4th. Dirk and Jet both contributed 26 points for the night, and JJ Barea threw in a solid 20 (8 straight points scored in the 4th Quarter). It was a solid performance by the Mavs, which shouldn’t be surprising given the four day siesta since their last game. Fresh legs SHOULD win out over traveling fatigue every time.

So no real reason to celebrate there, except that some of us have grown a bit pessimistic and expect the worst.

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It wasn’t so much that the Mavericks played oorly Friday night. Josh Howard left early in the game with an injury after already contributing double digit scoring. He was the slasher Dallas needed to keep from becoming an outside-only shooting team.

Suns Coach Terry Porter was hear to tell his guys, “No layups, guys. No layups.” And his team’s defense was solid for the following two and a half quarters.

Shaq surprisingly sank all 7 of his free throws in the game, and at half-time added that he took his father’s advice and returned to the natural shooting form he learned as a child, rather than the forced approach learned early in the NBA. Phoenix reached the 100 point mark before the end of the 3rd quarter, and played backups for the rest of the game.

Embarrassing to watch guys like Brandon Bass, a DPS fave, perform so poorly.

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