From start to finish the Mavs found no way to stop the Suns potent guard-dominated offense.
Box Score
Leaders
Mavs
Points: Ellis, 33
Rebounds: Chandler, 18
Assists: Nelson, Barea, 3
+-: Jefferson, +4
Suns
Points: Dragic, 28
Rebounds: Mark. Morris, 10
Assists: Dragic, 13
+-: Mark. Moris, +24
Game Ball
Goran Dragic
28 points, 13 assists, 10-15 FG
X-Factor
Markieff Morris
22 points, 10 rebounds, 8-15 FG
Goat Horns
Jameer Nelson
5 points, 2-8 FG, 1-4 3PT
Stat of the Game
The Suns exploded out of the gate for 40 first quarter points as the Mavs would try to play catch-up the rest of the game but never got closer than five points.
Of Note
- The Mavs five game win streak was snapped.
- Dallas had only 13 assists on 40 made field goals.
- The Suns made 13-26 threes including 10 of their first 13.
- The Mavs were only 4-19 on threes.
- Isaiah Thomas missed his fifth straight game for Phoenix with an injured ankle.
Nowitzki: D
Parsons: C
Chandler: A
Ellis: A
Nelson: D
Aminu: C-
Harris: C
Jefferson: C
Wright: B+
Barea: C+
Quote of Note
"Any team is going to have issues if you're not in a stance and you're not helping each other. Our thing from day one has been we've got to do it collectively. It's as simple as that. We've got to throw out body in front of people. If one body isn't enough, you've got to have two bodies there and make them make an extra pass. You've got to make them make one more pass. Paint-drive layups and paint-drive kick-out wide-open 3s are going to get you beat most nights in this league."
Rick Carlisle on the defense.
They Tweeted It
Mark Cuban won't admit it, but he's gotta be wondering how much it'd take to sign Goran Dragic this summer.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 6, 2014
Next Up
For the second time in three games the Mavericks (15-6) will face the Milwaukee Bucks (11-10), Sunday at 6:30 at the AAC.
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