Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Dirk Nowitzki scored 27 points and Jason Terry
led a solid bench effort with 16, as Dallas downed Golden State, 112-103.
Brandan Wright matched Terry with 16 points, Vince Carter chipped in with 12
and Rodrigue Beaubois donated 11 for Dallas, which has won its past two. The
Mavericks bench scored 57 of their 112 points, and the visitors shot 50
percent overall on the game.
David Lee led all scorers with 30 points to go along with eight rebounds and
Klay Thompson added 24 points with eight assists and seven rebounds for Golden
State, which has dropped three straight contests.
The two teams jockeyed for position in the first quarter with Lee's putback
tying the game at 13-13. Dallas jumped out to a seven-point lead by the end of
the period thanks to six successive points to end the quarter. Nowitzki's
three with just over one second left made the score 27-20.
The margin quickly reached double figures, ascending to 40-26 after two
buckets from Carter and Beaubois' three with just under 8 1/2 minutes to go in
the half. Three straight Nowitzki free throws opened a 50-33 margin, and his
step-back jumper created a 60-41 gap, Dallas' largest lead of the night.
Dallas held a 63-49 lead at the half, but Golden State shot its way back into
the contest thanks to Lee and Thompson, who buried three treys in the final
four minutes and scored 13 points in the period. His first triple brought the
home team within 78-67, and by the time he connected on his third trey of the
period the Warriors were within 87-79.
Despite Thompson's shooting, the Mavericks still took a double-digit lead,
89-79, into the fourth, but it was shortlived. Nate Robinson brought the
energy with five quick points and Brandon Rush's driving slam cut the deficit
to 89-86 with a little more 10 minutes to go. Nowitzki's bucket, Dallas' first
over 2 1/2 minutes into the period, extended the lead to five, and Terry's
trey moments later made the score 96-88.
The Mavericks regained their footing and Nowitzki's jumper opened a 103-92
lead with just under six minutes to play. Dallas never felt threatened the
rest of the way.
GAME NOTES:
Dallas has won seven of the last nine against Golden State...The Mavericks are
on a four-game road trip that will take them to Portland, to Los Angeles to
face the Lakers and to Utah. Dallas has a 12-16 mark away from home this
season...Robinson added 10 points in the loss.
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