Mavericks 107 Hornets 80: Game 11 Recap

The Lead
Ho-hum, another Mavs blowout win as Dirk passes 27,000 career points.

Box Score 

Leaders
Mavs
Points: Ellis, 18
Rebounds: Aminu, 11
Assists: Nelson, 8
+-: Ellis, +23
Hornets
Points: Henderson, 18
Rebounds: Biyombo, 8
Assists: Stephenson, 7
+-: Maxiell, Vonleh, 0

Game Ball
Chandler Parsons
17 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 4-9 3PT

X-Factor
Jameer Nelson
11 points, 8 assists, 4-6 FG, 3-4 3PT

Goat Horns
Al Jefferson
6 points, 5 rebounds, 3-12 FG

Play of the Game
Dirk's jumper midway through the third period that gave him 27,000 points in his career. He is only the fourth player in NBA history to score that many points with one team joining Michael Jordan, Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant.

Stat of the Game
The Mavericks had a 30 point lead for the fourth time this season. Golden State has done it the next most in the league with two such leads and 9 other teams have had done it on one occasion.

Of Note

• The Mavs have now won 23 out of 25 against the Hornets and snapped a two game losing streak in Charlotte.
• Devin Harris did not play in the second half due to soreness in his left leg.
• With Tyson Chandler going 7-7 from the field he joined Brandan Wright as now the second Maverick shooting over 70% from the field.
• Raymond Felton was deemed healthy enough to begin his four game suspension.  He will eligible to play next Monday at home against Indiana. With Felton having to be activated, Richard Jefferson was inactive for tonight's game.
• Dallas had an assist-to-turnover ratio of 32 to 8 and scored over 60 points in the first half for the 3rd straight game.

Grades
Nowitzki: B+
Parsons: A
Chandler: A
Ellis: B+
Nelson: A
Wright: A-
Harris: B
Aminu: A
Barea: A-
Crowder: B-
Smith: B
Villanueva: B

Quote of Note
 "It means a lot to me that I was able to do it for one franchise with not knowing what to expect when I got there a long time ago. It's been a great ride. People were great to me from the beginning. When I was struggling my first year everyone supported me. Obviously Cubes bought the team and he was loyal to me and I count it as my new home. I'm proud of that and hopefully there are many more baskets to come."
Dirk on 27,00 points

They Tweeted It
 

The gap between DAL + the No. 2 offense (5.8 points-per-100) is nearly the same as the difference between No. 2 (CLE) + No. 15 (ATL).
— Dan Devine (@YourManDevine) November 18, 2014

Next Up
It is off the nation's capital for the 8-3 Mavericks where the Wizards (7-2) will await them Wednesday at 6:00.