Suns 124 Mavericks 115: Game 30 Recap

The Lead
The turnover bug dooms the Mavs as they drop their second game in a row.

Box Score

Leaders
Mavs
Points: Nowitzki, Chandler, 22
Rebounds: Chandler, 14
Assists: Rondo, 8
+-: Jefferson, +4
Suns
Points: Dragic, 25
Rebounds: Bledsoe, 10
Assists: Bledsoe, 11
+-: Mark. Morris, +11

Game Ball
Eric Bledsoe
16 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds

X-Factor
Charlie Villanueva
18 points, 7-13 FG, 4-9 3PT

Goat Horns
7 points, 3-9 FG, 6 TO

Stat of the Game
The Mavs turn the ball over 20 times leading to 28 Phoenix points off those miscues.

Of Note

• Dirk scored 22 points, leaving him 6 points shy of passing Elvin Hayes on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
• In his third game for the Mavs, Rajon Rondo totaled 13 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds but also 5 turnovers.
• Dallas has allowed 242 points in two losses to the Suns this year.
• Tyson Chandler scored 22 points on only 8 shot attempts, going 6-8 from the floor and 10-12 from the line.
• The Mavericks managed a 70 point second half, unfortunately the Suns scored 71.

Grades
Nowitzki: B+
Parsons: D
Chandler: A
Ellis: C-
Rondo: C+
Villanueva; A
Jefferson: C
Harris: D+
Smith: B+
Barea: B

Quote of Note
"Yeah, I feel like I haven't made a three since preseason."
Dirk on making 2 threes out of 3 attempts

Tweet of the Night
 

Rajon Rondo will learn soon that Dirk does not jump.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) December 24, 2014

Next Up
After a Christmas break the Mavericks (20-10) will get back to action at home on Friday against Kobe and the Lakers (9-19)