SB Nation Dallas - Mavericks Scratch Out 89-87 Win Over Celtics https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48887/dallas-fave.png2010-11-08T22:33:44-06:00http://dallas.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15661862010-11-08T22:33:44-06:002010-11-08T22:33:44-06:00Mavericks Top Celtics, 89-87
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<p>Dallas, TX (Sports Network) – Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points and hit the game- winning jumper with 17.9 seconds left, leading Dallas to an 89-87 victory over Boston at American Airlines Center.</p>
<p>Nowitzki added seven rebounds for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/">Mavericks</a>, who moved to 4-2 on the young season. Jason Terry added 17 points in a reserve role, while Tyson Chandler had 12 points and 13 rebounds.</p>
<p>Caron Butler contributed with 11 points in the victory.</p>
<p>Rajon Rondo had 11 points and 15 assists, but missed a potential go-ahead three-pointer in the closing moments, as Boston saw its five-game win streak come to an end. Kevin Garnett also missed a shot at the buzzer, but scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in a losing effort.</p>
<p>Paul Pierce led the team with 24 points, while Ray Allen had 11 for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/">Celtics</a>.</p>
<p>With the game tied in the latter stages of the fourth, Garnett grabbed a long defensive rebound and sent a successful outlet pass to a streaking Rondo, who went in for the layup and added a free throw for an 83-80 lead with 3:13 to go.</p>
<p>Nowitzki answered with a driving layup over Garnett, but Rondo’s deep open jumper with 2 1/2 minutes left restored the three-point cushion. After Pierce missed a short layup attempt, Kidd drove to the lane before kicking out to Terry, who hit a wide-open three to tie the game, 87-87, with 1:13 left.</p>
<p>Boston missed two chances to go ahead after the clock moved past the one- minute mark, and Nowitzki’s contested jumper from the wing over Glen Davis with 17.4 seconds left put Dallas ahead, 89-87.</p>
<p>Rondo was left alone for a wide-open three-pointer on the Celtics’ next possession, but he missed the shot with under 10 seconds. Allen grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 1.5 seconds left — Dallas had a foul to give; Garnett was forced to hoist up an off-balance shot from deep in the corner, and the ball fell harmlessly to the floor to end the game.</p>
<p>Dallas held a slight 23-19 lead after the first quarter and pushed its lead to 50-40 at halftime.</p>
<p>Boston used an 8-0 run in the third to tie the game at 57-57 on a Pierce jumper with under five minutes to go, and he added a three several minutes later to give the visitors a 67-63 advantage. Dallas, though, closed on a 7-2 run to grab a 70-69 lead after the quarter on a Nowitzki jumper.</p>
<p>Boston scored 11 of the first 15 points of the fourth to move in front, 80-74, on a Garnett basket with 7:24 left, but Dallas answered with six straight points to tie the game with four minutes remaining.</p>
<p>Rondo now has 118 steals in eight games, an average of 14.75…Kidd finished with 10 assists and no points…Boston has still won five of the last seven meetings…This is the first time in four seasons that the Celtics are not 7-1 or better. This loss put them at 6-2…Boston attempted only seven free throws and made all of them; Dallas went 17-for-20 from the line.</p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/dallas-mavericks/2010/11/8/1802817/mavericks-top-celtics-89-87Brett Perryman2010-11-08T16:44:31-06:002010-11-08T16:44:31-06:00Mavericks Host Streaking Celtics
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">(Sports Network) - The streaking <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.celticsblog.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Boston Celtics</a> resume a four-game road trip in Big D Monday night by squaring off with the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.mavsmoneyball.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Dallas Mavericks</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Celtics opened their trek by winning their fifth straight game in Oklahoma City on Sunday. <span>Ray Allen</span> scored 19 points and <span>Paul Pierce</span> added 17 in that one, as Boston cruised to a 92-83 triumph.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Seven Celtics scored at least eight points, as opposed to six players accounting for all of Oklahoma City's production. <span>Rajon Rondo</span>, dealing with plantar fasciitis in his left foot, ended with 10 points, 10 assists and five rebounds for Boston, which has won six of seven to start the season.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"I thought we did a good job to start the game off, and we've got to finish the game off more solidified," said Celtics forward <span>Kevin Garnett</span>. "But I'll take it."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Boston will also visit Miami and Memphis on its current trip.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">The Mavs, meanwhile, opened a quick two-day homestand in losing fashion on Saturday when <span>Chauncey Billups</span> scored eight of his 18 points in Denver's dominant fourth quarter, which the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: #c61c17; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Nuggets</a> used to take a 103-92 win over Dallas.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Jason Terry</span> and <span>Dirk Nowitzki</span> finished with 26 and 23 points, respectively, to pace the Mavericks, who were dealt their second loss of the season.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">"The majority of the game, particularly in the fourth quarter...we just didn't play well enough tonight," said Mavericks head coach <span>Rick Carlisle</span>. "We all own this loss, I own this just as much as anybody."</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span>Caron Butler</span> finished with 13 points and 10 boards for Dallas, while <span>Shawn Marion</span> had 12 and nine.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Boston, which will be attempting to start 7-1 or better for the fourth straight season, has won five of its past six games with the Mavs.</p>
https://dallas.sbnation.com/2010/11/8/2323961/mavericks-host-streaking-celticsBrett Perryman