Mavericks 120 Jazz 102: Game 2 Recap

Headline
A balanced, spectacular offensive performance leads the Mavs to their first win of the year in the home opener.

Box Score

Leaders
Mavs
Points: Nowitzki, Parsons, 21
Rebounds: Aminu, 10
Assists: Ellis, 6
+-: Harris, Jefferson, +19

Jazz
Points: Favors, 17
Rebounds: Favors, 11
Assists: Burke, 7
+-: Burke, +1

Game Ball
Chandler Parsons
21 points, 7 rebounds, 8-16 FG

X-Factor
Al-Farouq Aminu
16 points, 10 rebounds, 6-7 FG

Goat Horns
Rodney Hood
0 points, 0-7 FG, 0-3 3PT

Play of the Game
Take your choice of any one of the three first quarter alley-oops to Tyson Chandler. It could be Nelson to Chandler, Parsons to Chandler or Nelson to Chandler again. 

Stat of the Game
The Mavericks made their first 8 shots of the game on their way to a 69 point first half. They would end up shooting 55% for the game.

Of Note

• After going 9-13 from the field while scoring 21 points, Dirk is now 16-24 from the field in the first two games.
• After starting 1-7 from the field, Chandler Parsons made 7 of his last 9 shots.
• The Mavs center combo of Chandler and Brandan Wright combined to go 11-12 from the field.
• J.J. Barea played 19 minutes in his return to the Mavs totaling 4 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
• No Mav played more than 30 minutes and 7 different players scored in double-digits.
• Trevor Booker made 3 threes for the Jazz. He entered the game with one made three for his entire career. 
• Charlie Villanueva made his Mavs debut in garbage time.

Mavs Grades
Nowitzki: A
Parsons: A
Chandler: A
Ellis: A- 
Nelson: B+
Aminu: A+
Harris: A-
Wright: A
Barea: B+
Jefferson: B-
Crowder: C+

Quote of Note
“People are going to look at him and say this is one of the best young players in the league.”
Rick Carlisle on Chandler Parsons

They Tweeted It

Dirk giddy about having Tyson Chandler/J.J. Barea back. "I’m gonna call Peja & bring Brian Cardinal back and see if they can move somehow."
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) October 31, 2014

Next Up
The Mavs (1-1) travel to the Big Easy Saturday for a meeting with budding superstar Anthony Davis and the Pelicans (1-0) at 6:00.